Page 30 of No Strings Attached

“What do you mean?” she asked, floating on to her belly and coming a little closer to the shore. He could see the beautiful curves of her ass above the water and swallowed hard.

“Males…and females…only come together in the water to…join. Um, mate.”

“Oh,” she said, her eyes big, “it’s forbidden, otherwise?”

“Yes,” he said, breathing a sigh of relief. It was short lived, only lasting until she spoke next.

“Will you tell me about Trallian mating? I can’t believe I’ve been off of Earth for more than a month and I still haven’t heard about any alien sex!” She grinned deviously at him, then her glance dropped to skate over his penile sheath and testicles, which immediately became noticeably warmer. “Also, I don’t think you’re forbidden from doing anything anymore, Bahbi.You’re not on Trallia. And I’m an incompatible alien, right? At least, that’s what Qlu and those other Trallians said.” She started laughing and said, “C’mon, you tell me yours and I’ll tell you mine. I’ll even go first.”

Smiling hesitantly, he stood up and walked towards the water, then dove in and surfaced next to her, on his back. “OK, you start.”

“Well,” she said, then stopped to think. “You’ve seen me, so you know what human females look like. Human males look a lot like Caussus, only they have testicles where his have been cut off.”

“Wait, WHAT? Caussus’s testicles were cut off?”

“Yes. He’s what we call a eunuch. He was made to be a servant, so they probably took his testicles so that he wouldn’t have any drive to escape or get out of his situation.”

Bahbi muttered, “I’m glad they never thought of that on Trallia.”

Vi looked at him sympathetically, then went on. “So, males have a penis like that. When they are aroused, it gets hard or erect. They put it inside here,” pointing to her secret, mysterious sex, “and slide it in and out until they orgasm and ejaculate. If the timing is right, their sperm finds an egg and a baby starts growing.”

“And this activity is not done in the water?”

“Um, well, it can be. But it usually isn’t. It usually happens in a bed.”

“And how often? More than once per year?”

She laughed, “If you find someone you enjoy being with, you can do it as often as you like.”

Bahbi didn’t understand anything about what she had just said, so he pushed it aside for a morepressingquestion.

“And there is pleasure?”

Vi looked at him, “Yes, usually. It depends on the partners and how attentive they are to each other’s needs. Tell me about Trallia. Maybe that will help me understand what is causing your confusion.”

Bahbi thought, “Well, once per year there is a mating event. All eligible females are paired with warriors, and they join in the water.”

Vi looked at him, “Eligible females?”

“Females carry a new litter and raise them for 15 years, after which they are eligible for a new litter.”

“Um…okay. And warriors? Warriors are the only males who are allowed to mate?”

“Yes.”

“And it is done just for procreation? You don’t have sex with each other for fun and pleasure? For love?”

“No.”

“So, let me understand this. Since you’re not a warrior, you have spent your whole life knowing that you would never mate, never be allowed to be with a female of your species?”

“Yes.”

She frowned and her voice became lower, “Tell me about the mechanics of Trallian sex.”

Bahbi pointed unselfconsciously at his penile sheath, “In the water, we align our sexes. The penis emerges, enters the female as deeply as it can, then inflates so that it locks the two together until the mating is completed.”

“When is the mating completed?”

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