"Now that's ridiculous."Now that's ridiculous." "Is it?" I asked. "Aaden, I can bottom out to a man for the same reason you do, except you do it exclusively. They terrify me more than women do. But I've never really thought of loving a mel." "What about, oh, what's his name, the Felinzi- You know, your stardiving friend." "Who, N'nance? That was a one-time thing. Mostly because he was lonely, bedridden, and I was in a mischievous mood." "But you do love him, don't you? You did it because you wanted to make him feel good. I read that entry, and I saw a lot of you in it, Ken. Not just the mischievousness, either." We walked along silently. Did I love Nance? He was a friend, surely, had been for centuries. I had panicked when he had been nearly killed. "You're right," I said. "It's not my being right that matters, Ken. It's that you see it. You said yourself that it's silly to exclude half the sentient population from the fun part of sex. |