Half-elves Fall in Love

The back length of Tess is very small in the renfan gas group.

Almeida is relatively long, and Tetes is about the same or even slightly smaller than Angelos, while Naris and Sharon are not as tall there either.

Sometimes the product used is a two-handed sword, and although the impression is that it is not noticeably a chick, its small size was strangely impressive when it stood alone at close range.

"... hey, what the hell. I didn't do anything funny."

"That's a lot of greetings. Well, I can't help it."

Tetes gently raised the liquor bottle in his hand.

Pretty fancy liquor. According to the country, the general grade liquor is distributed in ceramics and barrels, and glass bottles only make you feel like you're in character.

"You did like alcohol, didn't you? This was presented to the senior knights when they showed up at the Knights Stuff earlier... so why don't you have a drink?"

"Are you sure? I'd rather give it to Naris or something."

"Because I'm turning to Naris and Al, one bottle at a time."

... Do you distribute pom pom poms and economy to female knights? It shouldn't be such an inexpensive drink, but I guess the economic outlook is quite different from mine too, especially since it's supposed to be profitable Gauntlet Nights.

"... well, come in"

Not that I'm blind to alcohol, but at least now, there's no reason to drive Tess back.

If anything happens, Lyla or Maia will fly in, and Tess won't hit my opponent twice.

The rooms at Celesta Mansion are large. That's the place called the former aristocratic mansion.

"It's too big for the two of us to drink, hey"

"It's good for the big part. I mean, can you drink? You."

"... why did you come to me with this?"

"You can't drink!

The age at which drinking is permitted varies considerably from place to place. By and large, the age of 20 is basic, but depending on the location, it can be from 17 to 18 years down there, and fruit liquor doesn't go into alcohol, so even children can have OK and many different standards.

"Well, shouldn't the ten Smythson chiefs drink it? Nobody's bothered that I didn't drink."

"I bet you are... no, I'm the only one who gets drunk unilaterally, and it's going to be roughly porn sprawl and it's going to be a big deal, so you should call someone off. Experience"

Only Tess is not good. It's Lord Buster's sister.

If I say that, Sharon is also Goldarm's sister, but for a few proper decades...... no, on top of having over a hundred years of life experience if I'm bad. The splendid Jianmae that it's his decision goes by.

but if you get your hands on Tess, who is slightly 16, you can't escape telling the boulders. It's a normal perception that 15 or 16 is still a child.

I'm the bad guy who said how much Tess saw when he pranked his overhead daughter, who was one of the best at martial arts and studying.

... Well, in the Cat Beast Colony, I did everything I could to get to the end, but I hope that's approved.

Rationally, intellectually.

No, I'm not that smart. At least we have to avoid international problems with booze matigy.

"Yes, yes. That's the story."

"Smythson Ten Chiefs is a little out of common sense, isn't she?"

"Oh, no... well, I don't think so"

I was just about to pull the cork out of the liquor bottle with my fingers, so I almost dropped the precious liquor in a hurry.

Tess supports it and then pinches the cork and pulls it out with a pong.

Aromatic aroma. It's not fruity. Whiskey?

"Once again -. It's unconvincing to tell nearly twenty superb women to stay friendly and naked or something, and someone who can make them do the right thing says," I'm not strong on women. "

"Oh, where are you from?"

"Naris is quite choosy, isn't she?"

…………

Well, I said freedom, whether you say it or not, but you're too choosy, Naris.

"... is it also for any special reason?

"... special?

"You've taught a master like that, or you think he's got the skills to please you"

"No.... If you insist, I'm not the cause. I'm just sketchy and greedy."

"... Smythson, the Decathlon... isn't it?

"Well for a lot of reasons...... it gets longer when we talk from the start"

"... I listen. Alcohol, please don't drink yet."

"Oh. Well, I can't still get drunk either"

Rationally, intellectually.

I pay particular attention to this girl.

"... I mean, to sum up, Apple was the first person to say female slavery... with many people in precarious circumstances, including half an elf"

"Anyway, I guess you wanted someone to feel safe with you... Not all of them, more than half the slave applicants."

"... just for a moment, we got a point"

Tess nods with serious eyes.

... My personal story centered around the last two years or so is nothing more than absurd when I talk again.

The level that every event, though not as a possibility...

The fact that Apple and Selene fell in love, the fact that they missed Lyla, and the fact that they were able to get along with Mr. Deane because of the customs of their homeland, twirled the trust that followed from the goodwill of the homeland and the training ground ahead, creating a perfect love affair for Angelos, as well as Etosetra beyond.

But the timing was particularly good, and I was able to get everything in chain. A rear guard of just a country blacksmith's son, supported by many forces, is at some point even called a hero.

This is just a joke if you think about it normally.

"You may not believe it, but that's what it is"

"... no, if you ask me... there is certainly a place I can nod.... Sure, a lot of people aren't very stable... different, I wonder if they can attract irregular people because they're an irregular group in every sense"

"... I'll take care of the interpretation."

I pour the liquor into the glass. The mansion here was equipped with a glass cup, so I tried to use it.

It is not quite an item to be seen even in Wangdu, where the glass industry has been relatively developed.... but much prettier than a ceramic or wooden cup, the superior clear amber color looks gorgeous.

Nice one. I'd like to study glass finishing sometime.

"… for once, I was satisfied"

"Right. Well, here we are tonight."

If Tess leaves, she can drink in peace and crumble in peace. It would be nice to call around Lyla or Mr. Deane to exchange cups.

"No, well, that's what I wanted to know, but that's not the point."

... I just thought you wanted to hear this kind of story on Sashi.

"So, Chief Smythson is very feminine as a result, right?

"Were you listening?

"Yep. I understand why for now"

"That's not why I'm so good at special women, it's just that they complement me in a better direction with women who were sketchy, called snowmasters, right?

"But you're going through an impossible number of people, right?

"... yeah"

The hundred people cut is still suspicious, but the number of people who can reach it is also... only the number has experienced.

If this is all I have, I may be able to tame with the royal nobility.

"... I am"

Tess poured water out of the water into a glass (which she wouldn't drink, but prepared just in case) and dampened her lips just a little.

"Naris told me one day... there's no male experience."

"... well, it's not normal. 16 or so."

Given that it was only last year that I cut my virginity, well, that's nothing. I wouldn't be sick of it.

No, a human girl, and regardless of whether Tess, who is cute and pretty good for the price, should be a virgin for another decade.

... No, you're ten years younger, this kid. When I was the fucking kid that Apple was tinkering with, was it still born or not?

Just for a second, I feel so ossant.

"Neither the gift of magic nor the gift of the sword, the human race is very dependent on the bloodmuscle... even though they said so, I showed the same talent as Sir Buster and was expected. I've been studying and pickling since I was a kid, and I was responsible for meeting the expectations of my surroundings, and I never thought about love or anything until I was this age."

"No, no, it's nothing special."

Tess seems sick, but even humans are like that for craftsman children and swordsman aspiring children.

Being alone is a top priority, and color noticing is when you grow up... it's not a rare story.

"... so I don't know. What makes you want to depend so much on a guy... wear a collar. But even if you are one of dozens, even if you can only tell for your lower body, you still want a guy to love you... what do you mean"

"I'm gonna annotate you that people like that are really special, okay?

I mean, it's not normal. I have a lot of daughters around me like that, but I also know they're generally just really special hobby women.

"... but at least ten Smythson chiefs can deal with all of those people, and maintain a relationship, right? Some of them only see each other once every few months."

"... well, just the results"

My daughter every few months of that would be about Breakcore, but I think he's just used to that kind of special spirit over time.

"... can you tell me, So-yu's"

"... Tetes, you know"

"If you're worried about Lord Buster, I won't tell you. I'm not telling you to take responsibility, and I'm not saying it's for free.... I only have this kind of alcohol, but"

"I don't think it would be a lot of fun if we weren't so fond of each other."

"But no matter how much you know about those facts... you don't know what it's like to like... you can't help it because you don't know what you want to get laid yourself!

"I don't think that's a rush to find out. It's distorted, you."

Include a little liquor in your mouth.

I've never liked the opposite sex. I've never wanted to get laid.

That's sad, but not so much of a problem yet if you're Tess's age.

I think so, but Tetes was serious.

"If you mean distorted, isn't the Smythson Ten Man much more distorted!?

"I don't mind. I know it's distorted, and I'm ready to live to death like that."

I have a relationship with all kinds of girls, and I'm not even going to squeeze that. A lot of girls are needed by me and I can't get rid of them. Only a weird girl who would tolerate that got me together a lot.

On distorted terms, I'm going to live immersed.

But Tess doesn't need to be so distorted. It's just that some sensibilities aren't catching up with other maturities, and someday time will fix it.

He's the one you shouldn't put your hands on in a position, and the difference in age is real adults and children, and the rules of the race don't change.

I think she's cute, but I can be rational, because she's the one with the usual ethics.

"Our selenium and apple were unfavourable conditions for the person they would take care of. Luna was not blessed with the very existence of a man, and the two dragons needed something unique: someone to admit by their own standards. Make sure the others aren't that extreme, that's pretty much it. But you're not in such a weird situation. If we wait, we'll find a better man and we can get married without a problem."

"... eh"

Tess loses her words and mouths for a while before sitting back on the couch.

And a slight breath.

"... ten Smythson chiefs... so much so that you don't treat girls with desire"

"What, are you unhappy?

"More, I thought you were an enthusiast.... more rational than I thought. I think about my convenience and the other person's."

"... I'm sorry."

"I'm not saying it's bad.... I just think you're a bore"

…………

"Sounds good if you say you're compassionate, but pull back, right? I don't even think of a choice if I'm not the first person to have an excuse for myself"

"... I guess so. But that's the adult..."

"What did Naris say about 'likes'... 'can I be held' was that kind of backwards object?

"... eh"

For some reason, I was thrilled.

Or it was cool. Might not have been a good idea to add a little booze.

Naris' words of lovely and pure sensibility sanded him strangely.

"Tetes!"

"'Cause Smythson, the theoretical arming of ten men, right? Emotions, you're not in, are you? If that means adults...... I knew it"

Put Tess down for a beat.

"My predecessors and my mother... related to such a loss that they made me..."

With a strange thought of voice, with a pasted smile.

I'm finally out of time for Tess to say that.

No, I don't think so.

"People are seriously braking...... fine, if you say that, I'll tell you what! Well, there's no man who can't burn if he's tempted to teach a pretty girl something naughty!

Push Tess down on the couch. Hold down your little body, give a forceful kiss, pull that clothes off, and think about offending without reason... stop your hand.

Then I do leave it to desire, and you'll be teaching Tess sex, but nothing solves it. It just becomes scary when a man leaves it to his sexuality to Tess's perception... and carves it out.

... In the meantime, all you have to do is tell me what a relationship is between a man and a woman that includes sex.

"... p, ha... ki, is it over with a kiss..."

"Don't be strong. You're a virgin."

"Please don't look down"

I get up from the top of the teeth, take off my belt and take out my penis.

Tess's expression is slightly stronger. If I thought that would get inside me, I'd still be somewhat scared.

And I lift her skirt... more like a Six Nine.

"Become... what, foreplay...?

"You know me well."

I provoke myself by saying that in a voice that contains a little mockery and laughter.

"If you want me to tell you about your dick, you shave hard.... I'll make you like this one."

"Huh... there...!?

"What the hell. You know about where to use it in sex."

"Oh, that's... I know, get out of my way..."

I was licking Tess Nomako from the top of my underwear.

I was arguing about sex, so I thought it might be a little wet, but not at all. I don't even smell like that.

Thank you. It seems true that you can't see sexual things overlapping with your own.

"Ya, underwear... don't be so... take it off"

"Oh, my God, I can't believe you're making a manko round out of yourself. You're an insane bitch."

"... let it be, you have a different personality, Smythson Ten..."

A little dodgy. Well, some parts of me are inspiring me to "make it," so it's not a mistake.

... I took Tess' underwear off like I said and rounded out her lower body.

"Oh, it's growing."

"Become... what are you talking about!

"Our female slaves, because they haven't grown a lot"

"... Oh, is that what you mean..."

He was so relieved when he said, "I have pubic hair on my kid's ass."

... The elves are hairless, so they grow properly in our female slaves, about Lyla and Luna. What is it?

Jeanne and Maia should also grow more when the time comes, but the current situation is to such an extent that they do not.

"A little fresh...... then I'll have it"

"Oh, yah...!?

Hang your cures over Tess's face, bury your face in Tess's lower body, and start cunning.

... Manko himself really sees a lot and goes through it, but I'm actually proud that Kuni's technology isn't very rich.

Because there is also a risk that the turn will turn slower if we take the time, or by the time we all reach a point, we are often firmly wet with nasty imaginations or messing with them to get wet.

In fact, it's hard to turn large numbers of people around in a limited amount of time if you're not as quick as that, so I'd be very grateful, but I'm having trouble losing edge with this kind of technology.

but still seemed quite pleasant, Tess sounded funny as she stuck her head into Tess's luminous thigh gap, mouthed her initial groin, licked her labia, and applied saliva and repeatedly kissed her horny nucleus.

"Hiaaah! Ya, do... uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!?

"Nku... that sounds like a pale graffiti. That's a good response."

"Ugh... I knew ten Smythsons were good..."

"I don't know how bad you are. I've never compared you to people."

Blame it again.

It's a more lewd experience than I thought to thoroughly stir up an unperforated hole in a girl under ten years of age for personal acknowledgement.

And pretend to dick over Tess's face dancing to that pleasure. While immersed in inexperienced pleasure, Tess's mood and how her tiny, gigantic murder weapon is plundering right in front of her.

... I'm more excited about this than I need to. I also smell like a jerk clearly, yeah.

"Oh, you mean... me, do something"

Tess asks me if I thought that penis waving was some kind of sign.

"Nothing."

I can dare to push it hard "shaved," which feels better, but I dare to push it away.

I could afford it.

Tess just said, "Tell me something naughty."

And I think Tess is cute, but she's a little resistant to offending.

So I mean, there's a live line there.

You can teach Tess, who as knowledge also knows relationships between men and women, but is not perceived as a real relationship with romantic feelings and sexuality, that a man is the one who can see it as a "relationship that can feel good".

That doesn't have to be a virgin. Thoroughly manly. You can teach him pleasure with my hands.

On top of that, I hope you're satisfied with whatever it is you're doing with Fella or Handjob, and if Tess seems to be pulling back on it, you can tell Lyla or Maia what's going on and let her suck your dick in front of you instead.

All I have to do is keep Tess crazy.

"Come on, Tess...... feel honest, what a shame that sounds"

"Huh, ahh, ahh... ahh...!?

"I share these pleasant tips with Naris, Sharon and the female slaves. It feels so good... and then I get pregnant if I suck"

"Hiaaah!!

"I get pregnant, I have kids... and this is how I continue to feel good. That's the kind of relationship between a man and a woman... you know, those guys are a little distant from that kind of happiness, but I happen to be super dodgy no matter how much I get laid off, because there's all kinds of situations around me where I can protect that kind of relationship... it's not normal, but that's fine. Do it and a woman wears a collar."

"Ha, ah... hey, hey, I'm not taking a break..."

"You're not crazy yet, are you?"

"So, but if I do this any more... it's going to feel weird..."

"Be."

Chiu, and suck up the clitoris.

Just because each element is psychologically unconnected, the reaction itself is really good Tess can't stand it.

"Huh... ah...!!

Tess made her hips jump and yip.

And then I take a few seconds to relax... and where my breath is ready I start licking Tess Nomanko again.

"Oh... but enough, enough..."

"Not yet."

I'm not actually going to fuck you. But in order to teach me more and more about lust, I will resume using my tongue further.

It was Tess who had been raising her voice like she was bewildered for a while, but eventually she gave up and let herself go...... no.

"Mmm..."

Surprisingly, he put his mouth out of his own on my penis, which was hanging in front of him.

"Oh, man."

"... Su, Smythson Ten Chiefs Are Eager To Suck Where My Pee Comes Out..."

Oh, calm down. Well, I've been telling myself some naughty things. Don't be surprised.

"Ma... well, I hope I don't have to get my teeth up"

I'll take care of my penis in the guise of cool, and I'll go back to my cunt.

I don't actually see it in position, but I can tell by the feeling that Tess kisses her little one and tries to get it in her mouth, hesitating, confused, and even then she manages to pepper it with her tongue.

... Yikes, no. They're adorable.

"... weird flavor..."

"You'll taste weirder when you get out of Zamen. Oh, and pay attention because Mr. Hilda's surgery is starting to produce a huge amount right now. Drowning if you suck."

"Huh... drowning...!?

"If I were a normal guy, I'd go out with one of these fingertip cups. I'd be superior, but I'm so overflowing out of a jock right now. I usually have a hard time drinking it, but when it's only in my mouth, I feel bad..."

"Huh... hey, why such a technique..."

"They feel good when they ejaculate so much that they reflux in the manko. And because of the quantity, it's easy to get pregnant by getting into the womb."

"... ugh..."

Tetes to be extinct.

Can't you imagine such an odd technique when you haven't even had regular sex with a boulder yet?

"Man, you're a jerk. I'll make it real when it feels good."

"... ku, huh"

Tess started snubbing her dick again, whether she had just taken some threatening advice or not.

Hey, busy.

... I also screw around a little serious.

Me and Tess licking each other's genitals on the couch, in a quiet room, kind of mean.

What a strange situation, but desperately excited about the weird cuteness and freshness of licking teeth, I can't stand that naive fellatio either.

... in time I think I'll rely on someone for that kind of training as well, while I pull my penis out of Tess's mouth with my last reason.

If I do oral sperm hell on my daughter who doesn't even have experience with just drinking, I seriously risk choking.

… and ejaculation begins at a concentration and amount that compresses the bubble, buzz and urethra, and a large amount of semen is covered in Tetes' face.

"Shah, blah... ah, agoo...!?

"Ku... that's the semen... if I put it in my stomach it would normally reflux..."

"Or my face... Viet..."

"You can wipe it. Let me keep licking your cock."

"Oh hey......!!

I regretted it, so I attacked Tess' manko with all my might. He still tries to force Tess to go crazy again while he continues to ejaculate a little bit.

Tess seems to have tried to endure, but just not the same experience.

Successfully push it right into ACME.

"Huhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

Bikun, Bikun and Tetes were at their best.

... I wonder if it's okay around here. It will be time to make excuses.

That's how I wake up.

... My face is all over semen all the way to my hair, and the manko in the skirt I gave her is a 16-year-old girl who turns into a bicho bicho and trembles to the top.

Now, if you shut up and give your penis to Soko, the girl who should shut you up and let you fuck her.

The demon spills.

No, no. What if I make a fait accompli there?

I shake off the grid.

That's it. So far.

"It was refreshing.... That felt good, didn't it?

"Ah, uh..."

"When I go out with a guy, these things also come into my choices. I mean, if you're as cute as Tess, I think it's a normal guy who wants to go any smoother than this for a price."

"Ha fu..."

Tess took a deep breath for a while and wiped the semen scattered around her eyes with her sleeves.

"... the ten Smythson chiefs... any more?

"I have as many opponents as I want..."

"... that kind of backward theoretical arming is good. Don't you think I want to keep offending you...?

With a semen filled face, Tess tries to peek into her heart with serious eyes without even fixing her skirt.

"Greed, Tess."

I only stomp.

I was relieved for a moment, but Tess is a powerless, still a child.

I'm sure you're coming up with something for it, and it shouldn't be a good idea to use your body for that.

"If you want to have my baby, I'll make you pregnant, but it just doesn't look like you're ready to say it"

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Tess doesn't answer instantly.

If I'm in this sperm inferno state right now, I really don't have a good chance of getting pregnant.

I guess I'm putting the desire to abandon the virgin and understand the entangled relationship of carnal desire... and that on the balance.

"... I don't really feel like having a baby yet... and I don't know what it's like to feel craved as a woman to be the head of the Smythson Ten..."

"Then stop. You don't have to panic. One of these days the time will come to know."

"... but I want to know now"

"Tetes."

Tess takes off her clothes in large measure.

The proposition is only worthy of a small impression, not so much peppery as ever full, but just from the even-handed nudity gives a girl-characteristic, blue-sexual blossom.

"Don't take it off. Don't take it off."

"You can't let it get so dirty again."

"He said he wouldn't let me out anymore! A man gets calm for a while when he takes one shot!

The commonly known mode of sage.

I actually don't have that chilling time, or I'm a tough guy with little to no lowering of tension, but now I'm forced to separate myself from my psyche, so let me make an excuse.

"There's nothing to be afraid of."

Tess pulls me back on the couch.

And turn your ass on me, spread your cock.

"... so much, be.... you know you still have a way to go, but you end up here or something... don't you think that's rude to a girl?

"Soyu - you know the logic..."

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I sigh.

"Ear Years"

"Huh..."

"I'll tell you what, if you're just a woman used to treating women, you'll feel safe and comfortable... what a pretty bad way to dump a virgin."

"Then to whom..."

"You can't do that around handing over responsibilities with your crotch open."

Pussy, and slap his ass.

And suddenly I try to stick my finger in my butthole.

"Hia!?

"If a girl who likes me had abandoned her virginity for so-yu reasons, I don't even want to imagine... So you don't even know how to ask me out, because I'm not gonna get you a virgin."

"Ugh..."

"Bare strands today."

"Su, su again...?

"Make your penis feel better by pinching it in your manko and ftmomomo. So I ejaculate... right, next time I'm gonna penetrate this ass hole."

"Next......!?

"That's right. That's how you rub everything but your virginity in my penis... and if you still want to know my penis, I'll bust your virginity at the end of the day. You want to know you're horny, don't you? This is porn too. Think carefully while being used to process perverted men's sexuality. I was wondering if I didn't have to go through a little better first time."

"Ku......"

"Sora, tighten your crotch! I'm gonna rub your tits!

"Well... because even Knight Sharon and Mr. Aurora... that doesn't make a difference..."

"Don't look at yourself in the same line as the woman I fucked because I wanted to. Sure, you're cute, but if you don't want to be a female slave, you're not going to get pregnant, and you're not going to love me. It's not the same thing. I'm not fucking a woman at the service. I want to fuck you and I'm fucking you."

"Ugh..."

I see a side that feels a little obstinate.

This girl is aggressive, passive, and unbalanced everywhere.

To be honest, it's fascinating.

But you shouldn't be used like that.

Make it some kind of conspiracy, or a real mind problem, and yes, you can't let it go the way you want it to be hidden.

Let's scorch him. The first experience I've ever had is still awkward.

One day, yes... if the time comes to pierce my penis in that vagina, it's time to "decide" more seriously.

Until then, I'll mock you. As you wish, I'll just match your horny eyes.

Are you prepared to stand in line with those female slaves in the middle of nowhere?

I stroke Tess's unscratched body and exhale an alcoholic breath whilst rambling my penis between its buttocks.

"Come on, this... this is it, this... feels, how dare you, I do..."

"Feel like it. I just want to ejaculate, and I'm just using yours again."

"... different personality after all...... Yikes, it hurts...... don't twist those nipples......!?

"Fine, stick your ass out, I'll yip you. I'm gonna smash the zamen out of your groin......!

She is the daughter of a neighboring Marquis family, a genius swordsman and wizard, all you want.

I'll start ejaculating under that waist.

"Oh, come on... this, so much...!?

Bullshit, Bullshit, Bullshit... and.

Sperm hellish outings wet the couch in a stick.

I was satisfied when I stroked Tess roughly in that amount.

... I regretted it after a moment that it was hard to end it later.

"… Next, with your butt…… and then finally here…"

"... in the meantime, I'm telling you to rethink who you're going to virgin."

"So that's the kind of emotion I don't know."

Tess said dissatisfied as she put her clothes back on.

And just a little red.

"... wait a moment next. My butt... I hear it's dangerous if you don't get ready."

I'm not punished. I mean, I don't even seem to be going to punish you.

"... by the way, depending on my mood, the butthole period will be extended. You won't have to do it in one go."

Try adding more threats though.

"... if that makes you feel better"

Tess also swells a little, blushes, and says challengingly.

"By the way, if you normally want to si, say it in advance. Because I use birth control magic."

…………

Ready. No, you were learning from Mr. Hilda.

Have you been thinking about doing this for quite some time?

"And one bottle of booze per tuition."

I give up half the time but raise the hurdle even more...... pretend and just aim to be useful for a bit.

"Fine, but don't go next time, more than just take what you asked for"

... It's poking me where it hurts.

"... Okay, I get it"

Can't I even preach from now on?

... each other, with a slightly anticipated face of dissatisfaction poked at each other.

This is how Tess and I had a weird contract.

"By the way, what does Naris have to do with honesty?"

"... I thought you knew?

"I want to know what's really naked. She's not even a female slave."

I've been toyed with half the time myself, but how about your eyes shine brighter about that story, Tess?

(cont 'd)