Everything was made of the same dark stone of the island, a gray so deep it was almost black. The streets were narrow and crowded, the humans of Graha...ta, most with the red tinge to their skin of a Thlinian, wore muted clothing, mostly robes, though a few laborers wore pants or overalls. There was no bright vibrancy to the city.It was dreary.Sophia walked along, lost in thought again. Last night’s spanking had not lifted her spirits. I studied her, puzzling over what worried her and why she. "I already have that. The keyboard you gave me from Sludge has a jack where I can plug my Sennheiser headphones in. That's as much privacy as I need... at least for now."Kristen was silent a few minutes. I was about to say something when she said, "All right. But this room will be here, whether you choose to use it or not."I sighed. I hated spoiling Kristen's surprises, but I really disliked her spending money on me like that. I wasn't interested in being the beneficiary of all of Kristen's. I swear my vagina flew open when she looked at me. Did you see her look at me with lust in her eyes?” “I was there, remember? She was hot alright.” I started to feel like I might be making Tommy jealous. “Is it OK? I mean talking about her like this?” “It’s more than OK.” He stood up and proudly showed off a bulge in his shorts. I could clearly see the ridge around his head and wanted to trace it with my tongue. Tommy was clearly thinking of something, but not sure how to bring it up. “I wanted. The hogs were getting the idea that this might not be a good place to be. Then the work began. I went for some rope and hung the first one up from a low branch. I dug out a little under him and began. I gutted the animal and was going to begin scraping him. Tia took my knife and began skinning the beast. She had the hide off the meat really fast. She showed me a big heavy wire screen in the barn, and signed that it was what was used. She signed to dig hole, put logs on four sides. Make a fire.