? Her stomach still hurt a bit, butnothing like before.? She cleaned up thedried blood using water from the sink after detaching the water hose.? Ging...erly she pulled the gown down to herwaist for her breasts were still very sore.?She dabbed at her bloody nipples, surveying the damage in themirror.? They were torn up but intact.? She had a tough time replacing the bra as herC-cup breasts were very swollen.? In theend she had to crush them painfully into the once comfortable bra.? She left the. She'd warned the natives that it would be some time before the humans returned—"probably a year, perhaps more"—but said that, when they did, they'd make contact as soon as they were able.Thus, several days before they were even in orbit, they were able to begin talking to the Edenite collective. Meiersdottir had insisted on primacy at the Gardener end, so it was she who initiated the first contact when they'd approached closely enough that the transmission delay would be at least. We looked at the pictures and the full-color brochure for the Skinny Dippers Paradise. We didn’t pick a date when we would visit but delayed that by letting them know we were going to be moving soon and would want to get settled in our new home before we took any more trips. By the time dinner was over it was almost ten. We wandered and found three of the clubs where dancing was happening. Each had different music catering to different aged dancers. We danced once and Janice stopped it after. "You might just end up lucky, too!" Sarah said."Promises, promises." Listen, I figured out something else last night too," Sarah revealed. "I think it's a way to pick who you visit." How did you do that?" Seth shot back eagerly."It's not so much a way to pick exactly who you want to visit, as much as quickly rejecting everyone else until the right person comes along," Sarah explained."But doesn't that take a really long time?" Seth asked."It didn't," Sarah answered. "Let's go somewhere this.