Page 23 of It Varies
He blinked.“You are providing protections for all of them?”
“Yes.All but your lot.They have to pay and don’t even know what they are getting.”She smirked.“They are big boys and can take care of themselves.”
He nodded.“Fair enough.”
She smiled.“I either have to get moving again or sit down.”
“May I offer my arm.”
“You can offer anything.It doesn’t mean I will take it.I tend not to use others for support.They collapse.”
“You may lean on me.I can handle it.”
“My pain radiates along my skin.If my skin touches yours, it will hurt.”
He shrugged.“I am due it for not seeing to a need when it was there.”
“I am not into flagellation.”
Kazuya nodded.“I will pull away if it becomes difficult.It will not change your level of pain?”
“Nope.I am steady no matter what.It doesn’t change me; it just changes what you are experiencing.”
He offered his forearm to her, and she shrugged and wrapped her hand around it for a support grip.His body tensed, and she smiled.“I can let go.”
“You feel this every day?”
“It is particularly strong because I have been standing in one place for a while.Let’s walk.We can go back to the seats if you like.”
“Will that ease you?”
“Nope.Sitting is the worst thing.My legs throb uncontrollably.”
“Then, we will walk.”
“Don’t you absorb a ton of sun?”
He chuckled.“My glamour is that of a Japanese man in his mid-thirties.The glamour does the filtering of UV rays.”
“Ah.Interesting.I have wondered.”
“Any other questions?”
“How sensitive are your ears?I imagine it’s like having a nipple attached to your head on either side.”
He spluttered a bit and cleared his throat.“It is...similar.”
“Well, that explains why some of your guys get them pierced.At least they don’t have the threat of having milk shooting out of them.”
He laughed.“Any other questions?”
“Sure.A ton of them.I have been watching you guys for a decade and have had no one to ask.I could ask Xiroth, and he would tell me, but it would make things weird.I am guessing since you are medically aligned, I have a better chance of getting a straightforward answer out of you.”
He smiled.“Ask away.”
They walked across the green space in a slow promenade.
“So, where does the mucus come from?”
