He smiled, wondering if a Neorat would feel any empathy.He smiled, wondering if a Neorat would feel any empathy. As a Katckin, he was pleased to be able to say that he had no prejudice against Neorats, no matter what the popular literature might imply on the subject. "Good morning!" Skii's voice interrupted him, and he turned and smiled at the naked Felinzi. Skii was completely shameless, more then anyone else he had ever met. While at times Skii's antics had made his whiskers droop, at other times, he admitted, it made his erection rise. He had never been serious about playing with males before; the last two times had really been moments of convenience, not attraction, and while he still found himself much more attracted to Kiza (or any female, for that matter), repeated contact with Skii's gleeful mannerisms and skilled sexuality had made him appreciate males more then ever before. "Good morning!" he replied in kind. "You sound alive this morning! "Oh, I am! I am!" Skii scratched at his chest and then, almost unconsciously, at his crotch. "It's a beautiful day out, not a cloud in the sky. We should be home by eleven or so. What do you think? A good time to get home?" "Fine with me." "Well, let's wake Kiza up and get rolling," Skii said. "I'm awake! Don't you dare do anything, you two!" Skii laughed. "Well, I guess that takes care of that little problem. In any event, we really should get moving. So come on, Kiza, get out and take your leak and eat your breakfast bar. There's a lot of mountain and fifteen klick of road ahead of you today." "I'm coming, I'm coming." Kiza crawled out of her tent and blinked into the summer sunlight. "It's bright." "It's summer. You said so yourself just a week ago, and every day since," Skii pointed out. "If you want winter, well, there are other sections of the ring you can travel to where the insulation is much thinner." Kiza shook her head. "That's okay. I keep forgetting that PST is aligned not only with GMT but also with Terra's Northern Hemisphere in terms of seasonal climate." "Used to be," Skii pointed out. "We lose a a second or two every year. It's finally caught up with us. We're almost half an hour behind." Garth nodded, then shrugged. "Makes no difference. Has Shardik thought about altering the rotational speed of the ring to make up the difference?" "Are you nuts?" Skii asked. |