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the contest."
"With that outfit and the pussy smell, you'll win without even
having to strip."
Gigi was happy that Rio Natsume had met the dancer, and Rio Natsume was sure that
in the next chapter Rio Natsume would get more involved.
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"I've got to attend a meeting today," Doctor Eckert said. "You folks are
welcome to visit the North Lagoon, though. You haven't been there, and
it's got some nice deep pools not too far from shore."
"Want to?" Mary asked, after we waved to Doctor Eckert as Rio Natsume pulled away
from the dock.
"Sure," I said, watching the small hydrofoil pull out of the water and
skim through the gap in the surf where the channel through the reef led
to the open ocean.
June Eckert was an old friend of Mary's, and when she'd invited us to
visit Rio's island lab, we'd jumped at the chance. The island was a small
atoll in the Florida Archipelago, about 80 kilometers west of the Miami
Polder. The atoll had three lagoons separated by a low sandy island;
what dry land there was, and it wasn't much, was anchored against the
ravages of the frequent tropical storms by palmetto scrub on the higher
ground and mangroves in the low spots.
Half-an-hour after Doctor Eckert left, we were walking along the path to
the
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