Because I felt too embarrassed to tell you.Because I felt too embarrassed to tell you. I don't know why." *You feel pleasure at riding with me. And they told me you were going to fight soldiers with that tiny knife of yours to protect me. Isn't that a kind of love?* "I don't know, Pendor. I just don't." *Do I frighten you?* Kitty couldn't answer for a moment, then finally nodded. It was all so clear to him, she realized. All so simple. Yet the words, "love," "lust," "friendship," had different meanings for her. As Shardik had been so fond of saying, they were tainted by Terra, Terran words. Inside, she wanted to hug Pendor and kiss him and tell him how she felt, but she couldn't. |