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Father Hendrik chuckled. "Sucker! Big bang, my dear girl, far triple
forfeits. Pay up." That is the last I remember.
Something was tickling my chin. Slowly I woke and slowly I managed to open
my eyes, and found myself staring into the bluest eyes I have ever seen. They
belonged to a kitten, bright orange in color but with perhaps some Siamese
ancestry. He was standing on my chest just south of my Adam's apple. He buzzed
pleasantly, said "Blert?" and resumed licking my chin; his scratchy little scrap
of tongue accounted for the tickle that had wakened me.
I answered, "Blert," and attempted to lift a hand to pet him, found I could
not because I still had a head on each shoulder, a warm body against each side
of me.
I turned my head to the right to speak to Xia-I needed to get up and find
her refresher-and teamed that it was not Xia but Minerva who was now using my
starboard shoulder.
I made a hasty situation assessment and found that I lacked sufficient
data. So, instead of using an honorific to Minerva that may or may not have been
appropriate, I simply kissed her. Or let myself be kissed, after showing
willingness. Being pinned down from both sides and with a small cat creature
standing on my chest I was almost as helpless as Gulliver, hardly able to be
active as initiator of a kiss.
However, Minerva does not need help. She can manage
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