He breathed, panted, gasped and gushed into her mouth. His eyeballs saw colored lights inside his closed eyelids, bright enough to match the fires of ...the tiki torches sputtering nearby. She was caressing his chest with her hands when he came around to consciousness. After a hiatus to get some strength, he lifted himself out of the lounge, took her hand and led her inside. They played in her bed throughout the night. Fiona retained the glittering decorations. She took her time and let her. The little ones caught Zax’s line of sight on them and immediately waved their short bear arms up high, calling. “Bukibi! Bukibi! Mohey! Mohey!”“Mohey” was not a world in their species’ vocabulary, but the rough attempt of the little ones to pronounce the word “Play”.“Two more days”. Zax said and started walking toward the small group of young Krikitories. “Afterwards, I’ll simply intrude and whisper all the lovey dovey words in the world to her ears as she ruminates. See if I’m not romantic. In only a few seconds, the pulse returned, and with it a message: 'A moment--I will come'. Jake poured himself a glass of milk and sat at the kitchen table, waiting.About three or four minutes later, Jake felt the Ether gather itself and coalesce into the image of a man. Ykir stood before him, taking in the surroundings before sitting down across the table from Jake."I'm glad you called me, Jake. I was going to contact you in a few days myself, regarding this 'Elemental Mage' thing. Is that. I was floored, and momentarily at a loss for words."Oh, and – hi, welcome back," she said, pulling me into a hug and giving me a kiss."Hmmph. Scratchy," she added, wrinkling her nose. I made a note to myself to shave as soon as I got to my room.Just then, Simone and Tori came around from the bow. Simone barely waited for Saralinda to release me before she rushed into my arms. "Querida, welcome back," she whispered in my ear. Then, as she pulled back, she peered over my shoulder, down to the.