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(c) Copyright 1999 by artie@netgate.net

This work may not be reposted or redistributed without the prior 
express written permission of the author.

A work of fiction, meant for adults.  Read something else if you are 
not an adult, or are offended by stories with sexual content.  Then 
again, if all you're looking for is in-out, in-out, in-out, you 
should probably read something else.  I welcome constructive 
comments.  Enjoy.

Thanks to Homer Vargas and Denny for their insightful comments.

Life Cycle of the Kaelen

Ellen Grode, Mission Commander
Dale Kendai, Mission Specialist

Part 5
Another Cycle

	When I awoke, Dina was outside the hut.  I spoke to her; Dale 
was to leave me for the day.  My meals would be brought to me; I 
should eat everything, and rest as much as possible.  Dale was 
practically in tears as we hugged.

	"Don't worry darling, this has been going on for countless 
years,"  I told him.  My comforting seemed to help him; it wasn't as 
effective with me.

	I drank all the juice, then used the chamber pot.  I was 
definitely going to increase my fluid intake today.  Tala appeared a 
while later with breakfast.  As I recalled with Adda, the portions 
were larger, with more protein.  I ate it all, drank more fluids, and 
then reclined once again on the moss.

	I didn't know what to do next, but my kaelen did, or were 
they coached from outside?  I'm not sure, but they carried me into a 
rejuvenating sleep, where I floated for the rest of the morning.  I 
was almost awake for lunch, and spent the afternoon on my back. 
Dinner arrived and I surprised myself by still feeling hungry, even 
though I'd eaten more today than I usually did in two or three days. 
I turned to my chosen, sitting on my right shoulder as usual, and 
said, "This must be your doing.  Have you been resting up as well?" 
I stroked his back and he hissed for me.

	I heard someone approach and my heart began beating 
frantically in my throat.  My kaelen started comforting me, relaxing 
me.  I closed my eyes and breathed deeply, accepting their advice.

	I heard Tala's voice outside the hut; she sounded shaky, 
unsure.  "Mother, it is time."

	I took another deep breath, exhaling slowly and with control. 
I put on my skirt and left the hut.  I smiled to Tala and Dina.  "I 
am ready, daughter."  I said it as much for my benefit as hers.  She 
looked so young now, and I felt so old.

	We stopped along the way and I relieved myself.  Then we went 
to the small hut in the trees.  I took off my kaelen and put them on 
Dina, my chosen last.  I nodded to Tala, and she did the same.

	Dina handed me a large leaf, then Tala followed me into the 
small hut.  It felt like such a long time ago I'd been here with 
Adda.  Now it was my turn to begin the cycle again.  I took off the 
woven cover, then the lid.  Tears filled my eyes as I looked down at 
the females, still wrapped up, waiting to fulfil their destiny.  I 
sat to the side and told Tala, "Pick two with well dried leaves. 
Choose well, my daughter."

	She moved hesitantly on her knees.  I could see her hands 
shaking as she touched the precious contents of the wooden container. 
This should be the first time she has seen the females.  She felt 
among the precious contents, choosing two.  I placed them in the 
leaf.  I replaced the lid, and the cover.  We left the hut.

	I handed Dina the leaf with our females.  Our kaelen were 
excited; I knew why.  I picked up my chosen first.  "Are you ready?" 
I whispered to him.  All three danced on me as we walked over to 
another small hut.

	I took the other two kaelen off and placed them on Dina; they 
were upset and didn't like it.  I stroked my chosen as he moved 
excitedly.  As much to him as to Dina and Tala I said, "It is time to 
begin the cycle again."

	I ducked inside the hut.  I dropped my skirt and put it by 
the entrance, then let myself onto my back on the moss.  I tried 
breathing slowly in and out, trying to maintain control.  I wasn't 
too successful, especially with my chosen dancing excitedly on my 
forehead.  I was glad I'd closed my eyes, feeling prickly feet on my 
eyelids; under normal circumstances he was careful not to step near 
my eyes.

	I heard Tala enter.  I patted the moss next to me.  "Sit here please."

	She sat next to me.  "Now unwrap them one at a time and put 
them here."  I touched my belly, halfway between my navel and my 
thatch.  I almost said, "Then hold my hand," but I swallowed the 
words, and started making the comforting sound, as had Adda.

	It helped, almost a year of conditioning showing its 
effectiveness.  I heard our precious packages being unwrapped, with a 
soft gasp of astonishment from Tala.  Then I felt a cool object on my 
skin, and my chosen start to move.

	I was afraid, more afraid than I'd ever been in my life.  I 
wanted to scream, to run, to be anywhere else.  Yet I remained there, 
breathing slowly, repeating the comforting sound.  I felt the other 
small package being placed and my heart took another jump.  Then I 
felt warm hands on me, and heard Tala making the comforting sound 
with me.  For whose benefit?

	But she did help calm me, especially her touch.  I felt the 
male dancing around on my belly, and felt a female start to move. 
The male started running all over my body, circling on my left shin. 
I felt him race back to the female, then back to my shin, with the 
female following slowly.  Visions of my nightmare returned briefly, 
feelings of large females moving slowly, ponderously, following the 
much faster males.

	I focused on the breath, focused on the sensation at my 
nostril as I'd been taught.  Deeper and deeper, more and more relaxed 
with each breath.  I felt a warm sensation on my skin.  I focused on 
the nostril, nothing except the nostril and the breath, trying to 
banish the rising fear.

	I almost screamed at the pain, a hot searing pain in my shin, 
ripping up my leg, shattering me.  What little fluid I had in my 
bladder escaped.  It was all I could to remain still.  The thought 
flitted through my mind; I could still move if I wanted to -- this 
was a symbiosis.

	The searing, stabbing nature of the pain decreased as the 
burning increased.  I felt another sensation through the burning, 
seeing in my mind's eye the larva issuing from the female and 
attaching itself to my skin.  Focus on the breath; focus on the 
breath.  I felt the male moving away, racing around on me again.

	Then the bottom dropped out.  I sighed and exhaled as my 
muscles relaxed.  I thought the flutter-giggles had turned me to 
jelly -- this was much stronger.  I was filled with warm liquid 
pleasure, radiating through my body.  The sexual edge built, carrying 
me into a limp orgasm.  It was an orgasm that rolled along, never 
completing.  Through it I barely felt the second searing pain 
somewhere on my right foot.  The burning mixed with the pleasure, and 
then another wave of pleasure swept through me, carrying away my mind.

	I had only dim awareness of waking slightly and drinking, so 
thirsty, then slipping back into bliss, time and again.  My skin was 
hot.  The moss felt so good, supporting me.  I dreamed of my mother, 
so far away.  She was nervous and scared; I tried to comfort her as 
best I could.  At first this scared her even more, but then she 
relaxed.  I told her how much I loved her.

	I awoke a little more.  I felt different somehow.  I could 
move a little.  I flexed my legs and felt what seemed to be cool 
spots on my legs, on my arms, and on my chest.  My head was lifted 
and I had some water.  It was cool and delicious.  I rested.

	Then my head was raised again.  I opened my eyes to see Tala 
and Dina.  I took a sip, then another, of thick nectar with a pungent 
taste.  I relaxed again and felt myself expanding.  My senses touched 
Tala, Dina, Adda, the old woman covered in kaelen.  I felt the 
connection between them, connecting us together like a tough fibrous 
root.  I reached out and touched my mother again.  Another wave of 
orgasm spread through us, rippling underneath space.  I held my 
mother one more time, telling her I loved her, then felt her slip 
away as I tumbled back underneath space and into sleep.

	I opened my eyes.  I was weak, barely able to raise my head.  It 
seemed to be mid afternoon outside.  Dina and Tala were still 
collapsed by my side.  All our kaelen were with us again.  I had the 
ship check my condition.  The kaelen startled momentarily as the ship 
did its scan, then settled down again.  I looked at the projection in 
my mind.  I'd been out four days.  I had six small scars on my body 
now, six!  I was weak, dehydrated, but otherwise okay.

	I moved to sitting, slowly.  I reached carefully for some 
water and drained the gourd quickly.  I took my chosen from my 
shoulder and rubbed his abdomen.  He flipped over and hissed, moving 
his legs.  "You did well, my companion," I told him.

	My speaking broke the spell on Dina and Tala.  They both 
started to move.  Dina sat up first, and was surprised when I handed 
her some water.  We got Tala up, and gave her some as well.  She 
looked as if she'd been through a very rough trip.  I hugged them 
both to me.

	Hands helped me out of the hut.  The elder women were there. 
Dale was standing beside Adda, tears on his face.  I smiled to him, 
and to Adda.  Behind Adda was Ben.  We were helped to the pool.

	The water felt delicious.  Oh how I wanted to float in light 
gravity again, just drift in coolness for days.  I also wanted ice 
cream, mountains of ice cream smothered in hot chocolate, with 
cherries and flaked coconut.  I wanted fiery hot curried lamb, so hot 
and spicy it would burn me from one end to the other and I'd scream 
for days; mounds and mounds of lamb in a thick rich sauce, over a 
small amount of rice.

	I laughed out loud as hands helped me up near the falls to 
wash my hair.  I put my arms around Tala and Dina, opening my eyes 
again.  Tala had a look of awe, of wonder, and possibly a little fear 
in her face.  Dina smiled with wonder.

	"You cared for me well, my daughter," I told Tala.  "What is 
bothering you?"

	She looked over her shoulder, then back into my eyes.  "So far away."

	I nodded and held her.  "Yes, far away.  But we are here."

	She sighed and put her head on my shoulder.

	We moved out of the water and I let them comb out my hair.  I 
was still weak, and very hungry.  After I had my skirt and my kaelen, 
I went to Dale.  He hugged me fiercely.  I noticed Tala holding Ben 
as well.

	"Thank God you're safe.  I heard you scream -- I wanted to 
help you, to be there so much," Dale practically sobbed in my ear.

	Had I screamed out loud?  I guess so.  I held and comforted 
him.  I felt stirrings inside me; food wasn't the only thing I was 
hungry for.  "I'm back, and I need you," I whispered hotly in his ear.

	Adda approached; I gave her a hug.  "I hope I have made you 
proud, my mother," I told her formally.

	She sighed.  "You did well, my daughter, very well.  You 
continue to surprise us."

	She walked beside me back to the village, Tala on my other 
side.  A hundred or so meters away though, my legs just gave out. 
Dale, who was behind me, swept me up and carried me the rest of the 
way, much to the astonishment of the others.  How good it felt to be 
in his embrace!

	For me, the evening meal started early.  I ate an entire 
baked fish, picking it clean.  Even without seasoning, it was 
delicious.  I was stuffing away fruit and drinking thick syrupy fruit 
juice as the rest of the village gathered for the meal.

	As the others gathered, it was apparent I was being held in a 
new regard.  Even some of the elder women bowed to me.  What did I 
see in their faces?  Fear?  Wonder?

	I don't believe how much I ate.  Finally, though, I was full. 
Dale had to practically carry me back to our hut.  Inside, I held him 
to my breast.  He clutched me hungrily.  I don't remember what 
happened after that.

	I awoke the next morning with a very full bladder.  I grabbed 
my skirt and headed out to one of my usual spots to relieve myself. 
I felt fine this morning, if a little on the hungry side still.  I 
should have had the ship track me more carefully during the process. 
I wonder how much weight I lost?

	Dale found me.  "What was your hurry?" he asked.

	I held him to me.  "I really had to go.  Oh it felt so good to hold you again last night."

	He ran his hands over my back.  "You can do it 
some more today if you like."

	I laughed.  "I was planning on it.  I thought we could spend 
the day up the hill."

	He nodded as we walked side by side down the path, arms 
around each other.  "Sure you can make it up there?  You were pretty 
weak yesterday."

	I took a deep breath of the morning air.  "I'll do fine.  I'm 
pretty much recovered, aside from still being hungry."

	He laughed.  "I don't believe how much you ate last night! 
Of course you were making up for four and a half days, and six males."

	I looked at him.  "All six were males?  Is that common?"

	He laughed a little.  "Very rare, not only to have all males, 
but also three from each female.  A powerful omen, they say."

	People were already gathering for the morning meal as we 
entered still side by side.  The unmarried women and their male 
companions (each woman seemed to have one) were looking on with some 
anticipation.  Then I remembered the special bread baked in the hut 
I'd been in.  I guess it took a certain amount of time to cook.  At 
the end of the meal, Tala and Dina appeared with it, distributing it 
to the unmarried women.  They ate greedily and hurried off with their 
companions.

	I leaned over to Tala, sitting next to me.  "Is it that 
special?" I asked her.

	She laughed and handed me a leaf with something in it.  "Yes. 
I saved some for you."

	I took it and set it under my skirt.

	Dina said to me, "You should rest today and tomorrow."

	I keyed my calendar.  I was due to ovulate in another four 
days.  Yes, I'd better rest.

	I nodded to her.  "I am taking my husband up the hill for the 
day.  Can someone bring us lunch?"

	Tala immediately said, "Yes, mother."

	I stood a while later, followed by Dale. I took our gift, and 
putting his hand in the back of my skirt, we bowed to the elders and 
headed for the hill.

	The walk did me good.  I was much stronger, but not 
completely recovered.

	Once in our special place, nestled in on the moss, I shared 
my gift with Dale.  After a few minutes I felt the glow begin to 
suffuse through me.  I pushed him on his back and played him as I 
played my kaelen, bringing us to crashing orgasm after orgasm, until 
I collapsed in his arms.

	We recovered and I suckled him for a while, enjoying holding 
him to me again.  I watched the lines fade from his face as he 
relaxed in contentment.

	Tala and Ben brought us lunch shortly thereafter.  I could 
tell Ben wanted to dawdle and look around, but his wife packed his 
hand in her skirt and took him away.

	"Damn that was good, but I'm still thirsty," I announced most 
of the way through lunch.  Dale looked at me and gave a mischievous 
smile.  He rolled his eyes up briefly, and my kaelen started hopping 
around in excitement.  An effector-generated container appeared in 
front of us, containing a few liters of water.  My kaelen scurried 
down and touched the field surface with their antennae.  I dipped my 
hands into the water; it was cold!  I had a drink; it was cold and 
marvelous, tasting like a mountain spring.  I drank my fill, as did 
Dale.

	"Care to explain that?" I asked after the field whisked away 
and my kaelen returned to normalcy.

	He laughed.  "It's from a spring near a fossil site down near 
the south pole.  I get thirsty too, you know."

	I laughed and held him.  I started telling him of the 
experience; I could tell he wanted to know.  He laughed with me at my 
hunger for ice cream, chocolate, hot curries.  He reminded me that 
we'd been eating an essentially fat-free diet for a little over a 
year.  I ran my hands over his chest, moving closer to him.  I told 
him I realized that, as I looked at his trim, muscular body.  The 
diet and exercise had done him very well.

	I started my kaelen relaxing him into ecstasy, and me into 
easy release.  I mounted him as he moaned, his eyes fluttering 
closed.  As I rode him, my mind wandered.  And I commanded the ship 
to enfield us and take us to one half standard gravity.  My skin 
prickled momentarily as the field enclosed us and we got lighter.  My 
kaelen scurried around for a moment until I refocused them on the 
task at hand, taking us further to ecstasy.  The ship's AI used its 
initiative again, supporting Dale's body in a pattern we'd used a lot 
in our journey here.  After an incredible series of orgasms, I 
collapsed on to him and felt us rocking gently back and forth.  As I 
drifted off to sleep, I momentarily considered forgiving the AI for 
what it had done to us.  Only momentarily -- it still had a long way 
to go to make up for the storm.

	We woke to being dumped unceremoniously back into full 
planetary gravity.  My kaelen chittered and scampered in disgust.  A 
few seconds later, Tala stuck her head up from the path.

	I sat up and smiled to her.  "Yes, my daughter?"

	"Mother?" she asked curiously, "I thought I saw something up 
here, like the sun on water."

	I looked around us with what I hoped was a poker face.  She'd 
seen reflections off the field the ship had projected.  I slapped 
Dale on the thigh.  "Let's go swim," I told him.  It was the next 
best thing to low gravity.

	He sighed and sat up slowly, although with a smile on his 
face.  Tala laughed and headed back down the trail.  I frowned at 
Dale.  "That was close," I said softly.  The AI had saved our hides, 
cutting the field as someone approached.

	Dale shrugged his shoulders.  "Wasn't my idea, darling.  And 
thank you, it was very nice.  I love rocking in your arms."

	I sighed and hugged him, feeling the hunger in my breasts, 
feeling it spread between my legs.

	We went back down and had a swim in the big pool.  I enjoyed 
swimming on my back, stretching out my shoulders, using the muscles. 
As a teen, I'd competed in swimming.  My shoulders still showed it, I 
guess.  We ended up having an impromptu swim class for a group of 
teens.  Dale worked on backstroke, I worked on crawl and breathing. 
For a while I thought I was going to have to take him to lover's lane 
before dinner, the way he was watching some of those girls and their 
pert nipples as they swam for him.

	But fortunately or unfortunately, we both calmed down and 
went to an uneventful meal.  Life seemed to be returning to some 
semblance of normalcy.  We retired to our hut for another normal 
evening of passionate lovemaking, ended by going to sleep with him at 
my breast.

If At First You Don't Succeed

	I haven't spoken much about illness.  That's because we 
hadn't seen much or really any to speak of.  We of course see the 
occasional injury from falls, cuts, and the like.  People who climb 
trees fall from trees.  Both Dale and I have taught them improved 
ways of splinting and setting fractures.  This has especially helped 
the young adults.  But we don't see infection.  I surmise it's the 
kaelen again, able to act on the immune system.

	So why oh why did I wake up a few mornings later sicker than 
I've been in many years?  I vomited on the way to breakfast.  Dina 
and Dale helped me to one of the small huts.  Dale was shooed away, 
but Dina stayed, then Adda for a while as I was violently ill from 
both ends for a day and a night.  Well, they stayed outside the hut, 
not inside with me.  They wouldn't come close and I couldn't blame 
them.  My head ached; my body ached.  I went through fluids, and 
fluids went through me.  Even with kaelen help, I slept poorly, 
waking to retch some more, spewing from both ends, then collapsing 
again, hot and feverish.

	And I woke the next morning feeling fine, aside from my 
stomach muscles being sore from the dry heaves and my poor asshole 
burned from gastric juices -- and I'd wanted hot curries.  I bathed 
by myself, but had to be helped back to the village by Tala and one 
of her girlfriends.

	I was early for lunch, but they brought me fruit and water 
anyway.  I ate slowly, unsure what would stay with me.  But it stayed 
and by the time people gathered for lunch, my appetite was back. 
Dale was overjoyed to see me, hugging and kissing me.  Evidently 
whatever I'd gotten wasn't contagious.  He wanted to know how I was 
feeling. He also reminded me that we had a hot date that night.

	I laughed at that; he joined in.  We had a good lunch.  He had to 
supervise some planting; he was trying contouring for better yields. 
It would be light work and he'd be back early.

	Adda was glad to see me recovered.  After lunch she led me to 
that little mossy area.  It seemed as if she wanted to talk, but I 
was exhausted.  Seeing that, she smiled.  She had me lie down, and 
then leaning over me, stroked my forehead as I'd done to her in the 
hut.  She started making the comforting sound, soon echoed by our 
kaelen.  I let go to it.  I sensed a new sound, or set of sounds a 
little later.  One was peaceful sleep; another was a feminine sound, 
and as I drifted off I felt myself being refilled with energy.

	Dale was very happy to see me at dinner.  We ate a good meal; 
my appetite returned.  We bathed after the meal, and retired to our 
chosen hut.  I lay down on the cool moss and sighed.  The next day 
and a half were an orgasmic dream as we gave ourselves to Him.

	Tired and a little sore, we dragged ourselves out of the hut 
and into the pool.  We washed each other and held each other close. 
At dinner that evening, we smiled to Adda. She sighed, and the way 
she did it got Dale and me laughing.  Tala joined in, then Dina, and 
even Adda.

	We had a very quiet, very comforting evening and night, 
holding each other, comforting.

	I haven't spoken much about dreams.  I still had them.  If I 
hadn't, I'd have been worried.  That night I dreamed of making love 
in a cold place.  We were in a cold place, under much lighter gravity 
-- one of our postdoc research assignments?  I pulled Dale to me, and 
we surrounded ourselves in a blanket of what looked like fur, but 
felt and smelled like the wonderful soft moss of this place.  I 
needed his warmth so much.  I wanted him deep inside me.  I teased 
him until his cock was so hot, so hard.  I started sliding him into 
me...

	And I awoke.  It was still dark out, humid as usual.  The 
kaelen were quiet, my first suspicion allayed.  This dream must have 
come from inside me, not externally influenced.  A cool damp breeze 
swept through our hut; well, there was some external influence.

	I moved and Dale was awake and alert.  "What is it, darling?" 
he asked softly, leaning over to kiss a nipple.

	I was still hot.  I pulled him on top of me and kissed him 
passionately.  I felt him grow between my legs as I ran my hands over 
his shoulders.  The diet and exercise of this life had done us both 
very well; we were in better condition than we'd been in a decade or 
two.

	My kaelen picked up on what was happening; they probably 
sensed my arousal.  I certainly was feeling wet.  I signaled them to 
take us on a wild but brief ride.  When our ride was completed and we 
lay panting in each other's arms, I pulled Dale to a breast and had 
them sing us back to sleep.

New Dawn

	The next morning it was cool, raining lightly, and windy; a 
storm was moving through.  I'd been thinking about the ship, and this 
was a good opportunity.  Dale rushed off with some men to insure 
something or other wasn't damaged by the storm.  I walked out to the 
beach.

	There, near the spot where we landed, the waves were being 
whipped by the wind, or was it the other way around?  A storm was 
indeed approaching.  I queried the ship on how to circumvent or 
remove the contraceptive implant.  I received a request to do a 
thorough body scan and acknowledged.  It would take about half a 
second, and my kaelen would just have to get used to it; they didn't 
like being at the shore anyway.  I felt the tingling over me, 
something I hadn't felt for a while.  My kaelen became agitated, 
skittering around in my hair, trying to keep protected from the 
storm.  The scan completed.  After a minute with no results reported 
to me the ship requested permission to rescan.  Surprised, I granted 
permission.

	That scan took a few seconds.  I put my hands up to calm the 
kaelen, making the comforting sound.  They were agitated, but that's 
all.

	Then the ship told me I was pregnant.  After I regained my 
balance from almost falling over, I requested confirmation and full 
analysis.  It immediately confirmed.  I told the AI to rescan.  It 
did, focusing on my pelvic region.

	Not only was I pregnant, but I was carrying twins, a boy and 
a girl.  The ship's systems could tell, even after only a couple 
days.  I thought about sharpening my mind, but pheromones don't work 
at the shore.  That's one of the reasons I came here, I reminded 
myself.  Instead I reviewed my medical history and that of my family. 
Twins were rare but present.  If I held true to the family, as with 
my mom, her mom, her sisters and my sister, pregnancy would be 
uneventful, if you ignored morning sickness for the first trimester. 
The way the women in my family traditionally found out they were 
pregnant was by waking up one morning extremely sick.  Let's see what 
the kaelen can do with that.  Genetic mapping showed the kids would 
be strong, healthy, bright. They would also have blue eyes.

	I scheduled the ship to do daily health checks, and to give 
me updates on my health and that of our children.  I should be dosed 
with trace vitamins and minerals as needed, and my growing family 
treated as needed.  The ship told me the contraceptive implant had a 
mechanical gate on it, and the gate was now closed.  It would no 
longer be effective, and the residuals would not affect the 
pregnancies.

	I closed my eyes facing into the storm, took a few deep 
breaths of the sea air, turned and walked back.

	Adda was waiting for me at the edge of a small clearing. 
"You left the village," she said with concern in her voice.

	I took her arm and put it in mine.  "I walked to the sea to think."

	She sighed.  "You are so far from your home."

	I stopped and turned to her, putting my hands on her strong, 
broad shoulders.  I felt the tears forming, and hoped I'd be able to 
say what I wanted without choking up.

	"Mother, this is my home now.  This is where we will have our family."

	She looked shocked, surprised. I continued.

	"I am carrying a boy and a girl.  They will have names that 
are new to you, but they will be happy, healthy, strong, and loved."

	She looked puzzled.  "How do you know?"

	So there was a limit to His sensitivity.  What was I carrying 
after a day or two, a couple hundred to a couple thousand cells each? 
As I said, I'm a linguist and cultural anthropologist, not a 
biologist.

	I smiled.  "I know.  And they will have blue eyes."

	She shook her head, then looked up to the sky.

	"Is it possible for you to leave?"  I saw sorrow in her face.

	There are so many puzzles to solve here.  How long has this 
society been stable?  How long had it taken to evolve?  I smiled 
again.  "Yes, but why would I leave my home?"

	We walked together to the central area.  We met Dale on the 
way.  We hugged.  Then I told him.

	"They did it," I said, looking at my husband, the father of 
our children.

	He looked puzzled.  "Did what?"

	"It must have been that fever right beforehand; they were 
flushing out my system."

	"Did what?" he repeated, a little louder, getting agitated.

	I held him to me, making the comforting sound, cradling his 
head for a moment.  My kaelen chimed in and I let the feeling envelop 
us.

	Stepping back a bit I ran my hand over his short, trimmed 
beard.  Would the boy look more like him, or like my brother?

	"They did it.  We did it.  Twins.  A boy and a girl."

	His knees buckled and I grabbed him.  Adda helped hold him 
up.  He shook his head to clear it, then smiled.  "Confirmed?" he 
asked with a cautious look and a deep breath.

	I nodded.  "Confirmed.  Blue eyes."

	He sighed.  I saw him look up; I could tell his mind was racing.

	"Do we risk it here?" he asked; do we risk having them down here?

	I held his head in my hands.  "This is our home."

END of Part 5
Life Cycle of the Kaelen

by artie@netgate.net
http://www.asstr-mirror.org/files/Authors/artie/www
http://artie.web1000.com/

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