How one female, one humanoid, could overpower him so intensely, so quickly, he knew not.
But he needed to understand it and be very cautious in this Courtship.
The scientist in him wanted to analyze her power over him. However, the primal side of him wanted to devolve and claim what was his.
Something he never thought he would experience in his life.
"I didn't realize this room was here," Janae said, glancing around the modest extra sleeping quarters in his apartment. Kept for guests, the space was not nearly as elaborate as his private quarters.
He had hoped that Janae would want to sleep with him in his room, but she had gotten agitated when he mentioned being tired and ready for bed. He assumed she had not wanted to be in the same room.
Not yet, anyway.
Everything takes time.
"And it can be mine?"
"To do with as you choose. I hope, when you're ready, you will join me in my room, but until then, you can rest here if you find the accommodations acceptable."
She glanced around. "It's been a long time since I had one of my own."
"A room?"
"A proper bed."
He blinked, unable to articulate words at her admission. Or even emotions. For they felt almost unreal, that someone would not have a bed.
"You truly did live on the streets, didn't you?"
"I didn't have much choice. A poor upbringing. The wrong kind of humanoids all around. Family gone. Lots of bad decisions."
"Were you ever imprisoned?"
"That was one thing I always seemed to avoid. But only barely, sometimes."
Her admission both touched him and angered him. Though not anger at her, more anger at her situation.
She did not seem to find an issue with it, but he would undoubtedly like to duel those who put her in that position.
She glanced at the door. "Will I be able to set the lock?"
"Yes."
"Will you have access to it?"
"Not unless you give me permission."
She sat down on the bed. "Ok. I can live with this." Her gaze ran over the wall. "And no one can see in here?"
He shook his head. "The coding is here. Tap the controls."
She did.
The opaque wall turned transparent.
"Only when you want to see out, you can."
"And I can make it translucent?"
