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glistening over deep wet skin, and felt the same amazement he had
felt during the lesson. Doctor, he told Julian in his mind, you are
so very beautiful.
The other man's eyes rose then, and he saw the expression on Rala's
face, the way he was looking at him. After a moment, he returned the
gaze, held it firm. "But," he finished, "I have been . . . curious,
I guess."
Rala's smile became quite boyish at this. "Curious? How?"
Julian smiled back. "There were two people next door to my room in
the Academy; they went into epidemiology. Well, one did. The other
ended up in high energy physics. And they were married."
"And they were . . . " Rala prodded again. Julian's gaze did not
drop this time; he only looked back at Rala as if to say, I wish
you'd stop doing that.
"They were both men. There were also three women and two men in a
group marriage on the hospital staff there." Rala lowered himself
even further into the water as he listened. "I wondered . . . but
the opportunity never came up." Another languid shrug. "I've just
been attracted to women."
"As you should be; they are
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