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kiss was in case you accidentally scratched me.”
    He nodded and prodded his meal with the long spork that Lee had gotten used to eating with.
    “That was part of it. You are far softer than the metal makes you look.” He flicked a look at her through his strange, swirling eyes.
    “Thanks, I think. It is part of being a member of my species.” She poked at her own meal, unable to look him in the eye. He seemed to look right into her, and since her insides were all she had to call her own, it was a little unsettling.
    “Can I ask why Kilon is regenerating your limbs? Your grafts seem to work very well.”
    She smiled and waited until she swallowed her mouthful. “Your brother is not an idiot. If I keep the grafts in place, the Imperium could demand their return at any time. It isn’t that they would, they just can. The Seth-Ari grafts are Alliance donated, but they were donated to the Imperium. I don’t own them. They are not mine. Icky made sure that I knew that all the tech on me was on loan with the exception of the Genaran exoskeleton. That is mine. So, I can have a frame but nothing to put in it.”
    He frowned. “That isn’t right.”
    “If I can keep going for just under two years, most of my body should have regenerated.” She smiled. “I look forward to having my own fingers again. These can get a little cold. It is only by a few degrees, but the rest of me knows the difference.”
    “Do you touch yourself often?”
    She coughed and reached for her tea. “Could you clarify that?”
    “Kilon said your species was a little more restricted than ours when it came to sex. I thought you might have been doing it yourself since Kilon was not interested.”
    Lee blinked. “Oh, because he is inclined toward men. Yeah, I knew that from the first day he was working on me. His boyfriend came by the station.”
    “Loth came by?”
    “He did. He was en route to another base and he came in for a visit.”
    “You are not upset by him not desiring you?”
    She chuckled and worked on the cobbler equivalent on her tray. “If I was upset that men didn’t desire me, I would never have left the house. Being desired by the opposite sex is a nice fillip to your day, but it isn’t necessary to do your work or to enjoy life.”
    “So, my attraction for you doesn’t upset you?”
    She blushed. “Nope. I consider it unusual since I am not used to other species interactions yet, but it isn’t upsetting.”
    He reached out and she put her hand in his. “All day, I have been trying to figure out positions that would not endanger your skin against my spikes. I believe I have thought of at least seven.”
    Lee coughed. “You were thinking about that while fighting the G’bar?”
    “That was why so many of them were surviving until the tunnel exploded.” Lukar grinned. He took the trays away and sat back down, sharing the pot of tea with her.
    She was sipping at her cup when he asked, “So, would you prefer your room or mine for sex?”
    She sprayed the tea across the table. “Right now?”
    “Do you have a better time in mind? We are both clean, we both need rest and sex is an excellent way to relieve tension.” He shrugged.
    She thought about it and couldn’t come up with a reason not to. She was literally in a different world and that included the social morays of those around her. There was no social stigma associated with sleeping with a Guardian partner, but rather, it was considered a binding move in the partnership.
    If it didn’t go well, they would just go their separate ways on the ship or perhaps try again after the right amount of time had gone by.
    “What are you thinking about? Kilon looked that serious while dealing with deadly viruses.”
    She snorted. “I was just thinking about my traditions versus yours when it comes to sex. I have no personal objection to it, but I have to deal with the mental fallout if things don’t go that well.”
    “That is a lot of pressure. Doesn’t your kind ever