She had long become accustomed to people staring at her since she had arrived on Venus; it seemed as if she was an oddity even here.She walked slowly ...down the hall towards Charlie's solar. She glanced down at her healer's robes and then at the open window at the end of the hall. Did she really feel like traipsing around on the window ledges today? Not particularly. Maybe if she knocked on his door he would simply let her in. She approached his door and sighed. As she raised her hand to knock,. " But hestill wondered what could possibly be so wrong with his name that itmight cause anyone inside any problems. "As we both already know, myname is Lanella - Lanella Thornton - but everybody calls me Laini." Lanella suddenly shook his head. Something about his name hadn'tsounded exactly right in his ears as he'd spoken it. But yet, it justhad to be right. Lanella was thoroughly convinced that if he'd everhad a name other than Lanella or more commonly Laini, he certainlywould have known. They were comfortable, loose, and warm enough for the early fall evenings. It was only recently that Mitch had started a fire in the wood stove in the large room and he had done so this evening. It was nice to have his presence as I finished up with the dishes. His hand on me was reassuring, that our quiet time was not an issue, just time I needed, and he had sensed and honored that.He pulled my hip against his and stroked my side from my hip up to alongside my breast. “How are you doing? I. I noticed last night you were a bit up-tight, maybe because of this!”Betty looked at me, Gagged and unable to say anything and smiled as she took the hood and said; “I don’t mind you looking at me doing this type of thing, but it does make me nervous to know that I can see your eyes and they say so much at times.” Then she walked over to me and placed it over my head and secured it behind my head and she told me to ‘enjoy the show’. Then she walked back to the center of the room and started.