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body collects the DNA from her partner and uses it as the catalyst for her building a baby. It is peculiar, but we just need someone that we feel is worthy.”
    “Did your mother birth any siblings for you?”
    Jimra sighed. “No. She said I was enough for any parent. Once she had gotten it right, she didn’t need to do it again. My stepfather agreed.”
    Huros smiled. “So, we need to be careful when we mate.”
    She stared at him. There was no doubt in his voice. “Uh, I think medical can fix something. A prophylactic would probably do. There is something that the males use to get around the accumulation problem.”
    His eyes warmed. They were a deep purple that far outstripped her pale lavender gaze.
    “So, how long is Tremor with us?” She quickly looked away from his intense gaze and down to the creature who was enjoying her tickling it behind its tiny ear, chuckling with a wheezy chirp when she moved under its wing. Tremor hopped up onto her belly and walked up until she was staring into his black eyes.
    “Hey, he is the opposite of you, Huros. He has black eyes and dark purple fluff, you have black hair and dark purple eyes. His beak is even the same colour as your skin.” She stroked Tremor as Huros shifted toward her.
    Tremor rubbed against her hand again, and she relaxed, her nervous tension fading. She could literally feel the arousal coming off Huros.
    “You didn’t mention what happens next in our relationship.”
    “Our families will meet, and the formalities of the ceremony will be held. We will sign a bonding contract and have three days to ourselves, with Tremor, of course. You will inherit your share of your family’s wealth and property.”
    “What about you?”
    “I received my share when I declared.”
    “Do same-sex attractions get less?”
    He looked surprised. “No, they get more. They will not receive the bonuses that a reproducing couple will, so they are provided with an additional share.”
    “Well, that explains why Yoris said they have to do math because of me.”
    Huros was rubbing his cheek against hers, and she turned more fully toward him to make it easier. The contact eased a tension in her mind she hadn’t fully realised.
    “You need to rest more, and you will do it more easily if I am with you.”
    She tried to come up with a reason that she shouldn’t rest and recover, but she couldn’t. Her body still hummed a little with pain, and if she could take care of it herself, she wouldn’t have to drain poor Tremor.
    Jimra rolled to her side, and Huros spooned in behind her. Tremor moved into the curve of her body, and Jimra was out in eight deep breaths.
     
    Tremor was still with her, and he was eating seeds out of a tiny bowl on a pedestal at the foot of her bed.
    Jimra was thirsty, so she carefully rolled out of bed and put her favourite cup under her dispenser before pressing the fill button. She drank that cup of water and four more before she felt moderately alert.
    She brought a cup of water and held it for Tremor until he was sated, and then, she scooped him, his food and the water and took them over to her small table, setting him down and making him a path with footstools and chairs so he could get up and down.
    With Tremor sorted, she took a shower and got dressed in her day-off suit and robes. She really didn’t feel up to any additional training today. “What day is it anyway?”
    There was the feeling of time passing, but she hadn’t managed to work out how much.
    With a grumble, she sat at her terminal, and when Tremor tapped her on her leg, she hoisted him into her lap. Two days had passed since her run to Urmak. She had missed her classes and training sessions with Viika, but she was sure that Yoris had let her know.
    “Well, did you want to go for a walk around the Citadel?”
    Tremor chirped.
    She smiled and brushed a seed crumb off his blunt beak. “Well, then. We need to show you your new home.”
    She got an image of him on her shoulder, and she