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outstretched body. Then he straightened, looking quite seriously at Sakura's
face.
"Sorry," he said, "I'm not used to seeing naked women in many of my
appointments. Most people keep their suits on even when they're off duty.
What did you want to see me about"?
"Close the door," Carli said.
"There. Now what can I do for you"?
"In my culture, nudity is simply fashionable. However, in my culture, a nude
woman reclining on Sakura's bed before a visitor in Sakura's cabin with the door closed
is doing the same thing as a nude woman reclining in front of a visitor in
her cabin with the door closed in your culture. Figure it out".
"I see. It's just, well, in the first place it's wierd that you're older
than me but look like my daughter".
"And"?
"And, you've never had a man before".
"So? You've never had a woman before, either".
"I'm not sure where you get that idea, but it's not quite true".
"I mean, not 'til you've had me, you haven't".
"Ah. I see".
Carli got up and went to him. Sakura Shiratori undid his skinsuit with the casual
spacer's ease that most people from planetside never develop. "Aren't th
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