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Very few creatures on Earth did what he was about to do. He was either going to scare the hell out of her, or convince her once and for all that she was dreaming.
    “Karriak-Sektannen?” she asked as she moved to stand in front of him. He wanted to touch her, but with his body growing so rapidly he didn’t want to risk hurting her.
    “Natural,” he managed to groan out as the clothing tore off his body. What was happening now should have taken weeks, not minutes. When this was over, he was reprogramming that fucking computer.
    “This is natural for your species?” she asked, looking completely freaked out. “Does it hurt?”
    He shook his head, lying his ass off as he ground his teeth against the stretching, tearing feeling.
    “Can I do anything to help? To make it better? To make it easier?” She shook her head, apparently uncertain what she wanted to say.
    “Just…please…” He panted hard, trying to get the words out before his telkobar moment was upon him. “Please… don’tfreakout .” The words all ran together, the sharp pain stealing his breath as his body did exactly what it was supposed to do and split down the middle.

Chapter Four
     
    Amanda’s mouth opened and closed, but only jumbled words came out. What the fuck was going on?
    “You just…He…You…” Surely she was seeing double.
    “Amanda, please calm down.”
    “But…but…”
    “Sweetheart, it’s okay,” the guy on the left said. “It’s just me.” He glanced at the identical copy beside him, nodded at the man’s grin, and added, “Well, just me and, ah, me.”
    “So you’re him? I mean, he’s you?” Her gaze swung wildly between them. They seemed identical in every way, except that they were half the size of Karriak-Sektannen.
    Hello to the weird.
    Since she’d landed here she’d been overwhelmed by his size. She’d guessed the ship’s bulkhead to be about ten feet up, so that suggested he’d grown to maybe eleven or twelve feet before he’d split in two. No longer did he tower over her. Now he just outnumbered her.
    She giggled hysterically.
    “That’s…that’s how…” Her words failed as she laughed uproariously, holding her sides as if she might follow his example and split in two. “That’s how you reproduce? By mitosis?”
    Well, wasn’t that a kick in the libido? All that sexual attraction she’d imagined earlier just made her laugh harder. Holy shit. What sort of a delusional twit was she? She’d known from the get-go that he wasn’t human. Hell, what she’d interpreted as sexual interest had probably been scientific curiosity.
    Both Karriak-Sektannens frowned and crossed their arms in annoyance. And, oh wow, she suddenly realized that they were completely naked. And, um…aroused?
    “Why do you laugh?” Karriak-Sektannen number one asked. “Did you find our telkobar amusing?”
    Karriak-Sektannen number two narrowed his eyes and looked damned annoyed.
    She sobered immediately. “No, I’m sorry. I’m not laughing at you. I just…It’s been a really weird day, and I’m…well, I’m mainly laughing at myself.”
    “Why?”
    “Because I…” Oh god, this was embarrassing, but she could see that they wouldn’t be satisfied without hearing the truth. “Because I thought you liked me.”
    “I…” Karriak-Sektannen glanced at his copy—or would he be considered his other half? She barely managed to squash the impulse to laugh hysterically again. Heavens, nothing about this was funny. “We like you very much.”
    “But,” she said, shaking her head and wondering how much he understood about human sexuality, “I thought you liked me liked me.”
    Both men frowned at her high school version of an explanation.
    “I mean”—she swallowed hard—“I thought you were attracted to me.” Both of them raised an eyebrow and waited for more. Fuck . “I misread your kindness and, um, thought, um…but you don’t, ah, do that so I was—”
    “We don’t do what?” the