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more with each passing day, and fewer misunderstandings cropped up. It even seemed to have a sense of humor, sometimes making jokes.
    Clemmons managed to pull his gaze from her remarkable eyes. "We were just going back to camp to go to bed. Will you be able to take that tour of the area with us tomorrow?"
    "Yes, I think so. I'm looking forward to it, in fact."
    Landis smiled. "That's wonderful. We'll meet you at your camp about an hour after sunrise." Shane offered her hand to Landis, and he shook it gently. "Goodnight."
    Shane offered her hand to him, and Clemmons leaned forward slightly, raising it to his lips. "Goodnight, Shane." He kissed her fingers softly. She blushed and mumbled a hurried goodnight before walking off toward her ship.
    Clemmons licked his lips. Not only had he garnered a fleeting scent of what he was certain was Shane's pussy, he could taste the sweetness of her juices on her hand.
     
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    Landis hung back a little, letting Shane and Clemmons take the lead on their tour of the area around the camps. He tried for a while to convince himself it was to allow Clemmons to use his verbal skills to learn more, but he realized some time ago he really wanted to watch her ass as she walked.
    They had been moving for nearly two hours when Clemmons found a shaded area in the rocks and called for a rest stop. Shane was, as he'd suspected, in excellent condition and showed no signs of being tired, but she was, after all, a woman, and neither he nor Clemmons wanted to tire her. They sat in the shade of a large boulder and chatted.
    Shane sipped water from the metal container she carried. "This is a beautiful world you have here."
    "You'll have to be patient with us." Clemmons laughed softly. "Until a few days ago, we didn't know there were any worlds other than this one."
    "I understand it can be a shock. For many years, the Empire held the position that we shouldn't contact worlds and civilizations that are—well, more primitive than we are. We learned that was a mistake." She shrugged. "The key is to be benevolent. We want to help other peoples grow and reach their full potential. There is a dangerous time in the evolution of every society we have ever studied, a period when the technology is great enough that the civilization can destroy itself, but the society is still primitive enough that they can't manage the technology. Many places we have studied have dead societies that destroyed themselves before they learned how to manage things. We almost did that to ourselves many thousands of years ago."
    Clemmons nodded. "So you try to help people through that time."
    "Yes, that's right." She smiled, and the day seemed a little brighter. "You're not in any danger yet, but maybe we can help you plan for the future."
    Landis wondered about all of that. "Yet you have soldiers, like yourself, and you are armed."
    "Yes, I'm a soldier, and I'm armed." She patted the thing she wore on her side every time he'd seen her. "It's foolish not to prepare for battle and be ready to fight if forced. That's at least as foolish as fighting when you don't need to."
    "I can see the wisdom there."
    Shane hesitated for a moment and then seemed to make up her mind about something. "That's good to hear, but I wonder about this war you fight. We don't understand what it's all about." She shook her head and frowned. "No, more important, I don't understand it. I've come to believe that, despite being soldiers, the two of you love peace more than war."
    Clemmons pondered, nodding his head. "I'd like to think you've read us right. I hate war, even with the dragons, but I fight because I feel I must."
    "Tell me why."
    "The dragons have a long history of attacking men, killing them at random, stealing land and food and water." He shrugged. "They won't talk to our ministers or the king, so what choice do we have?"
    "Perhaps you just don't understand them and what they say." Shane laughed and brushed her golden hair from her face. "Look at