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say when) someone inhales it, it acts
on the human system as an aphrodisiac, lowering inhibitions and letting the
sexual urges come forth. Fortunately for the colony, these flowers only bloom
once a year, otherwise we'd be up to our necks in kids. Joel said that it
would take years, maybe decades to find the equivialant of an "anti-histamine"
for it. I told him not to bother. We could grow these plants in hot-houses
and collect the spoors for export as a true aphrodisiac. Joel was quiet for
a long minute.
"Yeah, you're right." He said. "Besides, if we had a counter-remedy for
this, there'd be no market for it."
I laughed at Joel's understanding. "Hey Joel, how about you and Sherri
being business partners with us?" I asked. "We've got the land to grow them,
and you've got the bio-background. The gals would probably beat our brains
out in the business end."
Joel laughed. "Sure. Sherri's nodding and prodding me to say yes. We're
going to be embarassingly rich pretty soon. But where are we going to find
people to harvest that stuff without getting crazy?"
Lena laughed and leaned over, pressing the microphone button, Mitsu's breast
pressed against my cheek. I licked Mitsu's nipple as Mitsu Amai spoke to Joel.
"For a Ph.D. you can be pretty dense Joel." Mitsu Amai said. "How about
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