“Wait.What?”
“Oh, they don’t get to touch you just because they want to.If their bodies would injure yours, or vice versa, no match.Our goal is to put complimentary actives together, not put you in harm’s way.Come into Z-Corp on Monday, and we can walk you through the protocol to get you into better shape.”
“I will have to check it with Keska.They will be coming home tomorrow.I don’t know what their new family schedule will be, oh, and yeah, what if there is more than one guy that physically is compatible?”
Zera shrugged.“Then, they both have the right to take you out on courtship dates, but nothing more until you want to change your classification.”
“I need to talk to Keska about this.Oh, and the guys have to be neutralized just in case.That’s not negotiable.”
Zera blinked and then grinned.“Oh, the complication.”
“She’s very cute, and I love her to pieces, but I am not equipped to take care of something like that on my own.I don’t have the resources.”
Zera nodded.“Fair enough.Eight in the morning, Monday?”
“If Keska says it’s in my best interest.Bye.”
She closed the call and blinked.She looked at Zephyr.“Am I doing this?”
Ekbert frowned.“What do they want you to do?”
“I will tell you as soon as the family is gone.”She spoke to Keska, and Keska laid it out in a way that meant Hemma understood it to the fullest.
The family gathered together.Keska and the others were together, and then a shadow wrapped around them, and they were gone.
Ekbert turned to her.“Okay, explain.”
She walked over to the lounge and sat down.“All right.You are old enough.”
With Zephyr nearby, she laid it all out.Ekbert was horrified and looked ill.
When she finished, she said, “On the plus side, if I choose the right Hyreno, you can have your pick of research posts.”
Ekbert blinked.“Do not pimp yourself out for research.”
She chuckled.“No pimping.In this case, from the inference Zera was laying down, the males in question are actually willing to engage in courtship.But I will have my body back under my control.”
“Courtship, like toward marriage?”
“Or whatever their country has that passes for marriage.”She shrugged.“Or I stay an escort but offer additional services.That is an option as well.”
Her brother was stunned.“Why would you?”
“Because I get lonely, and you are going away soon, as you should, and then I will be more lonely.I might like a bit of companionship.”
He frowned.“Keska remained alone for years.”
“Keska had her family at her beck and call.Kessie was only a call away, and they had visitation four times a year.She wasn’t lonely.She chose to live alone.There is a difference.”
She tried to put it into phrasing he would understand.“You know that when you go to Hyreno and activate your gills, there will be young ladies in your social circles.Are you going to remain on your own the whole time?No companionship?No friends to hang out with?”
“Of course I would...oh.”
“Yup.There you go.I am not a monolith, nor am I a nun.I am just woefully unable to do anything with the inch and a half I have left.I mean, I can hide coins in there but nothing else.”
He looked at her and laughed.“Right.Remind me to only take digital credits from you.”
She grinned.“So, you will get used to the idea?”
