“Good goddess.” Janice took in a deep breath as she ran her free hand through her long curly black hair. Her brown eyes closed for a moment so that she could steady herself before she looked at the poor male currently laying in her hand. While all men were fragile due to their tiny size he was positively delicate. That wasn’t her primary concern though as she turned to the girl’s who’d summoned her. “You couldn’t find his wings?”

Ariel slowly shook her head no as she looked at the healer. “Frea and Samantha stayed behind in order to look for them but they couldn’t find anything. I brought him home right away so that mother could inspect him.”

To this Janice gave a nod. “Then she had your friends fetch me. You made the right choice. What psychotic bitch would remove a man’s wings?” As she spoke Janice retrieved a small cloth from her medical bag and laid it flat on the table then placed the male in the center of it. She then began retrieving reagents some of which she sprinkled around the male. As she placed the powders on the cloth several of them began to glow softly. She was quite relieved whenever she noted a soft green glow. “His life isn’t in any danger. That’s strange.” As she spoke Janice added more mureye.

While not a full healer Ariel had received several lessons in the basics and alchemy as part of her education. She knew that mureye wasn’t suppose to glow violet. The reagent responded to residual mystic energies in a living being and the color it glowed was determined by those energies. “Was he experimented on?”

At first Janice said nothing but tried to think back to her reading. “I believe I read something about this but I can’t be certain. For now let me see to the healing of his body.” This time Janice sprinkled some water on the male watching as he flinched for a moment. She then began to move her right hand around his body while uttering a slow chant and carefully stirring the reagents she’d sprinkled around him together. A slight hum could be heard seconds later and a soft white light could be seen radiating all around him.

Ellayn placed her hands on her daughter’s shoulders as she easily looked over her head at Janice and the male whose name they hadn’t learned yet. She felt her husband gently flutter his black wings as he set atop her head. She knew that the sight of another male with his wings removed would upset him. It upset her to. “We will take care of him my daughter and we’ll find the one responsible for this and deal with her.”

Why could he hear voices and what was he laying on. Vincent didn’t know anything other than it was soft. Uncertain of anything he slowly opened his eyes and began to look around. The first thing he took note of was a girl with almond shaped emerald green eyes looking at him. Her wavy brown hair was just long enough to be feminine but short enough to say she didn’t like fussing with it too much. Her complexion made him think of someone that loved swimming but didn’t care for actual tanning and her athletic build matched this image. With a nice oval face and breasts roughly half the size of her head she was quite a sight especially as she was nearly naked wearing some strange cloth that appeared to be made of leaves but hardly counted as swimwear.

Yet as impressive as Ariel was she didn’t compare to the woman behind her. Long, straight raven black hair framed a fair skinned oval face with positively radiant blue eyes. Her lips were a soft pink with a small nose and elegant features. If the other girl enjoyed swimming then the one behind her had to be a professional while each of her breast surpassed the head of the smaller woman. With both of these women in the room he couldn’t help but think the third looked rather plane in comparison though he was certain if they hadn’t been there she’d been quite striking.

For all the women’s beauty though he couldn’t help but feel something was off. They didn’t look quite right. Their features seemed to blur a bit as if they were very far away. Had he been drugged and they found him? The way they were looking at him it seemed clear they were concerned. Yet as he looked at the women Vincent could feel himself slowly becoming more alarmed as awareness seemed to be sinking in. He shouldn’t have to set up like this to look at them if they were standing over him. Realization finally banished the fog from his mind as he looked towards his feet and noticed there was over a hundred meters between him and Janice. An alarmed gurgle escaped him before he froze in place.

The three women had noticed Vincent stirring and waited patiently to see how he’d respond. As Ariel saw fear and alarm spreading over his face she felt a pain in her chest and couldn’t hold her tongue. “Please don’t be afraid Cutie you’re safe here. I’m Ariel, this is my mother Ellayn and that is healer Janice.”

As the brunette spoke her tone was soft and comforting but the power of her words was overwhelming. He could literally feel them ripple through his body. She’d gestured towards the three other women but made no further moves. The curly black haired one shifted slightly drawing his attention but that seemed to be enough to keep her still.

The fear on Vincent’s face was clear. His body was positively frozen by the sight of them. “He’s clearly been traumatized by the removal of his wings and whatever else was done to him. I have some spells that should help calm him down but I’d like to try doing this naturally before resorting to magic. Lex do you believe you could speak with him?”

Nodding his head Lex stood up and quickly leaped off Ellayn’s head. He caught an immediate upgraft as his wife blew on him and began to fly towards Vincent. As he neared him though he noticed the look of alarm on his face seemed to be growing even more intense. He’d never seen another man behave like this but he could recognize when an animal was about to run and promptly landed on the edge of the table rather than approach him. “Easy my brother. We mean you no harm.”

Black wings. Black fucking wings flashed through Vincent’s mind as he looked at the tall sculpted fellow. He hadn’t even noticed him setting in Ellayn’s hair until he’d began flying. If it hadn’t been for the three women the guy would have been downright imposing. As things were Vincent was having trouble taking his eyes off the women especially Ellayn. Janice was the closer of the three but he had no doubt of which one was the most dangerous as he compared their heights and builds. As he got a handle on his fear though it was clear they were trying to talk to him. “Sorry I can’t understand you.” He felt his hold on his fear loosen when the four looked at one another.

Taking in a deep breath Janice tried to speak soothingly as she looked at the frightened male. “If you can understand me please raise your arms.”

When nothing happened Ariel looked to her mother. “Mom do you know what language he’s speaking.”

“I can’t recognize it and I haven’t heard anything like it.”

With the three titans and the winged man speaking to one another Vincent took a moment to risk looking around the room. He was laying on a large white exceptional soft surface. It seemed that he was on some kind of table though compared to the women around it the table seemed rather tiny. He hoped it wasn’t a dinner table though they didn’t seem to be planning on eating him. Not that he’d even be a swallow for one of the women. A chill ran up his spine as he quickly pushed that thought from his mind and tried to compose himself. He felt like his heart had jumped into his throat as Ellayn stepped forward and began to take out several stangly colored bottles.

Janice couldn’t help but glance to Ellayn as she began to go through her reagents. “Pardon me Ma’am but what are you doing?”

“You will be compensated for your powders as well. Lex would you be a dear and cast true tongue on our frightened fellow? I’m afraid I do not recall the incantation well enough to do so safely.”

“I will be happy to however you may have to restrain him I’m afraid he may flee.”

Vincent didn’t know what was going on. The tallest of the three women had began to pore from several of the bottles and mix the contents with a finger. He didn’t know what she was doing but he knew it was far closer than he cared for. As he looked at these mountainous women though running didn’t seem like such a good idea. He couldn’t be certain but it appeared he wasn’t even as tall as one of their fingernails. He doubt he’d have covered more than three meters before they captured him if they had a mind to. He still struggled to control his breathing as he stood up upon seeing Lex approach him.

Ariel bit down on her lower lip as she listened to her father chanting. What she couldn’t understand was why Vincent was so frightened of her father. She had no doubt that some monster of a woman had abused the poor man. She’d even taken his wings.But why fear her father? Fortunately she wouldn’t have to wonder for long as she saw the powders beginning to glow. Her father liked to study magic in his leisure and had become an accomplished spell crafter.

This was weird and he should run kept going through Vincent’s head. As he felt his fear building to critical levels he realized it was too late whenever he saw a bright flash and all the powder seemed to vaporize. A cloud rushed towards him moments later and he covered his face to shield it from the impact. A sharp burst of cold brought a yelp from him and he was made to leap into the air as his skin was left tingling and then there was nothing. The three women and winged man continued to smile at him.

Lex gave the magic a moment to settle before speaking again. “Greetings brother I’m sorry if I alarmed you but I hope you can understand me now.”

Vincent could feel himself growing light headed as he realized that he could understand the winged man. His heart was positively pounding in his chest and his fingers were tingling. The back of his throat was burning and his mouth had gone dry. How could this be happening? Where was he and what did these people want with him? “Please could someone explain what’s going on? Where am I? Who are you? How am I so small?”

As the healer Janice didn’t need to look to know the other women were looking at her. Such mental trauma was the type of thing she was meant to handle but she hadn’t dealt with this type of situation before. As she set silently though she could see Vincent growing more concerned. “Please try to relax. You’re in Manevin in the house of alpha Ellayn wife of Lex. I’m Janice a healer. The black winged fellow before you is Lex while this is lady Ellayn and her daughter Ariel. May we know your name?”

What did she mean by alpha and where was Manevin? Even as Janice’s answers only added to his questions Vincent could feel some relief. Each time one of these women spoke he felt the power of their words vibrate even his bones but they carried gentle tones and were using friendly words it seems. “I’m Vincent.”

“It’s good to meet you Vincent. We were hoping you could help us figure out what happened to you. Ariel and her friends found you while they were out exploring the wilderness but first I want you to know that you’re safe. I’m not sure what you mean by small. Your height looks to be average for a male.”

This was average? Vincent’s eyes went to Lex as he considered what he’d been told. How could this be average? “How tall are each of you?”

Lex couldn’t help the pride in his voice as he looked towards his wife. “My lovely Ellayn is seven hundred sixty seven meters tall and our daughter is six hundred twenty seven meters tall. Healer Janice is five hundred eighty seven meters tall.”

Janice felt like she’d been given a slight smack on the nose as she listened to Lex. Naturally she wasn’t as tall as the other women as she was neither an alpha or the daughter of an alpha. It was however the tendency of married men to boast of their wives stature. She was rather surprised whenever she noticed Vincent sinking back to his knees while looking up in disbelief. After a moment more of observation she went for her powders. “Vincent breath. Breath Vincent.”

This was too much. He’d woken to find that he’d been shrunken except he hadn’t been shrunken the women were simply titanic. He’d seen a man fly with black wings and watched him cast some kind of spell. He had cast the spell on him. Vincent couldn’t forget that part. All of this coming down so quickly was making it hard for him to think. It was simply too much to process at once. Yet he tried to think. He tried to think what these people were going to do to him. He tried to remember Janice saying something about him being safe but he couldn’t be certain of that. He wasn’t certain if she had actually said it or if she was lying. He could feel darkness coming in around him now as he began to gasp for air and then there was a bright flash of light and he inhaled deeply.

Ariel had watched enough. As Vincent began to breath normally she stepped forward to join her mother but rather than remain standing she dropped herself to her knees and reached out with her right hand gently rubbing him with her index finger. For a moment she expected him to pull away but was surprised whenever she felt him lean into her finger and even press one of his hands against it. “You’re safe Vincent. Just relax. There that’s good. You don’t need to worry no one is going to hurt you here. We want to help you.”

Picking up Vincent in his current condition would have been a huge mistake but it was clear he needed someone to hold him. As he calmed down Ariel shifted her fingers and began to gently worked his body between her thumb and index finger. While she worked him between her fingers a tiny portion of her nail covering was made to become fluid and flowed down her nail taking on the form of outstretched hands as it gathered. These hands began to gently push into Vincent’s body helping her to massage and comfort him.

“There you are Cutie. Just relax and breath. You’re safe and we’re going to figure out what happened to you. So just relax.”

Lex smiled at his daughter before looking to his wife. He wasn’t surprised to see a proud smile on her face as well. He knew she was proud of their daughter as well. After a moment of consideration he quickly beat his wings and lifted himself into the air flying back towards his favorite spot within his wife’s hair. As he neared he watched her remove a few strands to over him a more secure resting place atop her head.

Vincent didn’t know when he’d began to cry but it was clear he had been as he straightened up. He still didn’t know what was going on and was beginning to wonder if he’d gone insane but he was feeling better. “Lord I think I may have been drugged.”

Why would he think that? Ariel couldn’t help but wonder as she listened to Vincent. Now she wished her father hadn’t cast true tongue on him. They couldn’t speculate about what had happened to him without alarming him. There was also the strange changes to the mureye to consider. “Janice was he?”

“There was no indication that he’d been drugged and after the purification and healing spell his body is.” Janice went silent as she looked at Vincent and once again noted the lack of his wings. “Except for his wings he’s completely fine physically. I still need to find out why the mureye responded like that.”

Ariel wanted to tell Janice to be more gentle when talking about his missing wings. She knew most men took great pride in them and the loss of mobility would surely upset him. “See Vincent? You’re healthy and we’ll have your wings restored as soon as we can. I’ll even prepare a restorative milk bath for you myself but first we need you to help us find out what happened. Can you tell us what you remember?”

Having Ariel’s fingers touching and messaging him was doing wonders to help Vincent keep calm. Before he would have imagined having her massive hand looming over him and touching him would have frightened him even more but the gentle contact was soothing and she hadn’t actually picked him up. Perhaps she knew that would cause him to panic. “I never had wings.” As the words left him he felt Ariel’s fingers freeze for just a moment before they resumed their gentle attention.

All men had wings naturally. There was no exception to this that Ariel could remember. At times cruel women had removed their wings with either magic or physically taken them off but such crimes were almost unheard of especially in Manevin. Telling Vincent that he had been mutilated didn’t seem like a good idea though given how stressed he was. She would just help him regrow his wings and not argue with him. What was more important was the damage that had apparently been done to his mind. “I see. What else can you tell us Vincent?”

For a moment Vincent was made to laugh as he looked at the three women and the concern on their face. If three such gorgeous women had been making such a fuss over him an hour ago he might have cried out of joy. Now he was utterly terrified as he tried to process what was going on. How much should he tell them? “The last thing I can remember is leaving the restaurant I work at to go home.”

Work? Ariel felt her head growing foggy for a moment at how wrong everything Vincent had just said was. Men didn’t work at restaurants. They came in with their wives often enough. Few women knew how to cook a meal that their husband could easily digest except for their breast milk. Many women also enjoyed playing with their husband and food but the men didn’t work there. “Were you there helping your wife?”

“I’m not married.” Vincent gave a slight yelp as Ariel and Janice were made to recoil though Ellayn was able to retain her calm.

As surprising as the information was Ellayn could easily process it. She handled stress well thanks to attributes from past lesser wives. She could still understand her daughter’s and Janice’s shock. Yet when she saw the powders there was nothing to indicate his mind had been mystically influenced except the mureye that was still uncertain. “Vincent if you don’t mind telling us. What is your position in the restaurant you work at?

“I’m a chef.” What’s going on here? What’s with the strange looks? Vincent knew that he’d said something wrong but he wasn’t certain what until he thought about it for a moment. He didn’t know where he was but from the way the women were behaving all women were roughly as large as them. If all men were like Lex how could they work in a restaurant? They would be more likely to end up in the food then be able to serve it.

“Thank you for that. Janice I believe that you need to go investigate your findings. Ariel and I will see to Vincent’s well being.”

“Huh? Hold on a.” Janice took in a deep breath and went silent as she noticed the look Ellayn was giving her. She’d been so caught up in the moment that she’d forgotten herself. “I apologize Ma’am but he needs to be brought before the civic health committee.”

“Indeed he does but not before he has fully recovered and a better understanding has been formed. As guard captain this is my decision to make.”

“Yes Ma,am.”

Vincent didn’t know what to think as Janice began to put the various bottles she’d taken back into her bag. The speed and grace with which she moved the bottles was positively astounding. She was so engrossed in this act that she gave a slight yelp of surprise whenever Ellayn held her hand out towards her.

Janice  was made to smile despite her scare as she noticed the tokens of will. Rather than take them from Ellayn’s hand and risk further offense she held her hand under it and let her drop the payment into her hand. “Thank you Ma’am.”

As Ellayn and Janice spoke Vincent turned his attention to Ariel whose eyes had remained focused on him. As were her fingers. “What’s going on?”

“Mother is just paying Janice for her reagents and work. Don’t worry Vincent we’re going to take good care of you and help find out what happened.” As she spoke Ariel took a moment to look Vincent over. She’d been too concerned to think about it before but now that things were a little calmer she couldn’t help but notice how cute he was.

As Janice looked to the last of her things she took in a deep breath. “Pardon but I’ll need my cloth back before I can leave.”

Ariel noted the problem immediately and smiled at Vincent before withdrawing her hand from him. “Vincent if you don’t mind we’re going to need you to get off the cloth.”

It felt like Vincent’s heart had leaped a bit and the weight that had been pressing down on him heavier and heavier was made to lighten. He had expected to be told they were going to pick him up or not even ask. Instead he was being asked to walk off. It made him feel a lot better and helped him find his legs as he began to walk towards the edge of the cloth. As he walked there was one thing that troubled him. He hadn’t been able to see Ariel’s fingernails while she’d been massaging him or even looked behind himself. As she withdrew her hand though he caught a glimpse of them and saw something moving on her fingernails.

Janice couldn’t help but look at Vincent and Ariel as she gathered up the cloth. A man was standing before her without a betrothed, scared and clearly suffering from some ailment. It should be a perfect opportunity for her to get close to him. Such opportunities to become an alpha wife only happened in stories and she couldn’t take advantage of it because he’d been found by the daughter of an alpha. It was made even worse by Ellayn’s standing. Not only could she choose to keep Vincent but she had the authority to do so based on his health. “I’ll let you know as soon as I find something.”

“Please do.” As Janice had gathered her things Ellayn had been watching her. She knew the healer was upset and while she considered her a good woman she knew this could cause problems. Yet she felt herself smiling as she looked at her daughter still setting in front of the table and smiling at Vincent. After a moment of consideration she placed her hand on her daughter’s shoulder. “The two of you seem to be getting along well. Ariel I’m going to trust Vincent’s care to you while Janice researches. I will also be conducting some research of my own.”

While she didn’t want to scare Vincent and she felt for him Ariel couldn’t keep her smile from growing. “Thank you mother I won’t let you down but what about my work tomorrow?”

“You will take him with you naturally and I will handle your training at home. Now don’t give me that look.”

Vincent was actually a bit worried whenever Ariel was suddenly made to become somewhat pale. Part of him said it was best not to get involved but he couldn’t stand to see her suffer because of him. “I don’t want to be any trouble.” Vincent surprised himself when he gave a slight jump upon noticing Ellayn’s eyes focus on him.

“It is no trouble. My daughter is simply worried about embarrassing herself in front of an unwed male especially as she has yet to become a wife herself.”

What Ellayn said was partly true but that wasn’t all of it. Ariel had opted out of combat training with her mother whenever she’d been given the chance. That had required her father coming to her defense. It wasn’t that her mother was a bad mentor. She was very good. Her being too good was one of the problems. She got the best out of you even if it nearly killed you. While she didn’t want to play her parents against one another she quickly turned her eyes to her father.

Lex knew this was coming and stood up to fly down to his wife’s nose. He’d want to look her in the eyes when speaking to her. He didn’t get the chance as her index finger pushed him back into place. “Ellayn.”

“You promised me that I could evaluate her after a year and see if she’d made acceptable progress. It has been fourteen months.”

A sigh escaped Lex as he nodded his head and looked towards his daughter. “That is true. Ariel I hope you’ve made good use of this opportunity.”

Before she could respond Ariel felt her mother gently pat her on the shoulder. “I promise to go easy. You have a male to take care of so I can’t injure you that badly.”

As her mother turned to leave Ariel gave a sigh. I’m going to get my tail kicked tomorrow. She’s going to beat me until it hurts to walk after she realizes only a few of the alpha instructors could teach me anything. I probably deserve it. As Ariel looked at Vincent she was made to feel rather guilty despite her concern. She knew her mother was doing what was best for her but it was hard to remember that when in pain. For now she had more important things to worry about. She didn’t dare leave Vincent alone even in her own home but he didn’t seem ready to be picked up. In time she would have no choice but she would try to hold off. “Let’s make you something to set on.”

Vincent wasn’t certain what to say so he remained silent as Ariel stood up and walked over to what looked to be a potted tree. The winds created by her standing causing him to stumble. He didn’t recognize the type of tree but that was hardly a surprise. As she snapped a branch off the tree he took a moment to look around the room. He couldn’t see any other furniture then the table he was standing upon and several shelves. On more careful inspection he soon noted the shelves seemed to be made of stone and holding a wide variety of potted trees. On some of the lower shelves he also noted pots that seemed to be holding shrubs and grass. “Miss Ariel where are we?”

“Please just call me Ariel and we’re in my family’s herb nursery.” Holding the branch she’d snapped off the tree up Ariel channeled a small amount of energy into it until the branch began to glow and then grow. As the branch was growing she carefully bent and twisted it quickly working it into a simple recliner. Upon looking back to Vincent she was reminded of how wrong the situation was as she noticed the look of surprise on his face. Such simple plant shaping should be nothing special. As she placed the seat next to him she made certain to smile. “Vincent I’m not certain what happened to you but before we go into that I believe we need to determine how things are.”

Despite his earlier massage Vincent waited until Ariel had lifted her hand away from the seat to walk over to it and set down. Even then he did so slowly. As he leaned back in the seat though he was quite surprised by how comfortable it felt. The branch had a natural give to it and the pattern she’d weaved the chair into allowed it to adjust to his body. One thing he did notice was a large portion of the back was missing. He imagined that was for the wing’s of the male that he didn’t have. “I would appreciate that. So all males have wings?”

“Yes.” A fog seemed to come over Ariel as she struggled to think of what to say next or even where to begin. As she leaned forward in an attempt to think she didn’t consider how her breast rested atop the table or the vibrations created by her fingers lightly tapping it.

While Ariel didn’t think about it Vincent sure did. Each one of her breasts was taller than many buildings he’d seen and much larger. Even with the vibrations her casual tapping sent through the table reminding him of how foolish it was he could hardly keep his eyes off them. The tiniest shift in her body or arms was a seismic event to him. “How about we begin with what’s going to happen to me?”

“I.” A sigh escaped Ariel as she nodded her head. “That’s fair. First I want you to know that you’re safe here. What is likely to happen is you’re going to be living with us until you can be fully healed. Vincent I don’t want to say there is anything wrong with you but what you’ve told us makes no sense. Like when you thought you’d shrunk or when you said that you never had wings. I believe that your memories have been tampered with but I don’t know why they’d change them in such a strange way and Janice couldn’t find any indicator of mind altering magic.”

For a moment Vincent said nothing but bit down on his lower lip. “Okay but what happens if my memories haven’t been altered or they can’t be restored?” Vincent didn’t like to think that his mind had been altered but he really didn’t want to argue with Ariel either.

“If your memories are true.” A sigh escaped Ariel as she rubbed her head and set up in an attempt to get herself to think. Unfortunately scratching her head didn’t help that much. “If your memories are true we’ll try to find out where you’re from and if we can get you back there. Perhaps you can tell me more about where you’re from after we’re done but from what you’ve already told me I can’t even begin to guess where that might be. If we can’t find a way to get you home or if your memories have been altered and can’t be restored then you’ll be granted a caretaker to help you learn what you need to know.”

“Do you know who that might be?”

For a moment Ariel glanced over her shoulder as she felt herself blushing a bit. “It will probably be me. My mother seems to like how we’re getting along.”

He’d only just met her and perhaps they were even nicer girl’s out there However, upon hearing Ariel would probably be his caretaker Vincent felt a wave of relief. “That makes me feel better. What happens after that though?”

“Once you are considered capable of making decisions for yourself you’d be taken to the Civil Health committee housing and put up for courting so that you could find an alpha wife.” As she’d finished speaking Ariel had noticed a look of shock on Vincent’s face. Clearly something was off.

“An alpha wife? As in I would have to be married?” Vincent was trying to remain calm but he could feel himself getting worked up again. It wasn’t that the women weren’t appealing but they were the size of mountains and he didn’t much like the idea of being forced to mary.

Vincent kept confusing Ariel though it wasn’t as bad as before. The fog was nowhere near as heavy. “You mean you don’t even remember the rights of marriage? Every man has to be married to an alpha wife. You’d be given time for the women to court you and then you’d have to choose.”

Okay the panic is coming back. Flashed through Vincent’s mind though he remembered to breath this time. “I see but why? Is it because men can’t survive on their own?”

This was not the type of conversation that Ariel expected to have with an adult male though she imagined some mothers with sons had it. As she thought of a child it helped to calm Ariel down. “It’s so that we can survive and the husband can carry blessings of marriage to the alpha wife. The male birth rate is so small that if each man doesn’t do his part to maintain our species we would die out. Yet the life of a man is so delicate that he must be protected. So every man is married to a wife and and undergoes the ritual of marriage which lets him carry the blessings to her. Often these marriages are planned well in advance and cost the wife or her family a great deal. However, as we may not be able to find your mother the decision would be entirely yours.

The first wife is the alpha wife and the two are bound by the ritual of marriage. After that lesser wives are chosen. It is their responsibility to serve the husband and alpha wife for the betterment of the household while the husband is responsible for giving each of them a child. In return the husband carries a trait from each lesser wife to his alpha wife bettering her with each child conceived until she reaches her prime. After that the alpha wife is expected to conceive children.” As she looked at Vincent it was clear to Ariel this was a bit much for him to process.

“So what you’re saying is men are toys whose only purpose is to impregnate women and carry this blessing to his first wife?” As Vincent looked at Ariel they were so many questions running through his mind. How did they even have sex? Considering the women’s size it seemed the men would drown. Was all he amounted to in this world a sex toy? Would he be forced to take a wife if he refused? Perhaps they’d choose one for him.

This was not what Ariel had expected and she immediately reached out towards Vincent and cupped her right hand around him. “Men aren’t toys. You’re not a toy. Vincent it’s so much more than that.” For a moment Ariel went silent as she took in a deep breath and tried to organize her thoughts. “As a husband yes your greatest responsibility is to help your wives conceive children while your wives responsibility is to provide for, protect and nurture those children and you. Providing for, protecting and nurturing you is especially true for your alpha wife who isn’t expected to have children until she’s reached her peak.”

“Peak?”

“When she’s become the best she can be or near it like my mother. She has all the traits she can handle. It’s done so the children of the alphas are the best they can be. But even with that you’re not a toy. Provide for, nurture and protect. That doesn’t just mean your body. Would we be so worried about restoring your memories if all we cared about was your body?” Ariel felt her heart grow a little lighter as she heard Vincent take in a deep breath.

“No. I don’t believe you would.”

“Your alpha wife also has a very good reason to see to your mental health. The copying of a trait from a lesser wife to an alpha is not a simple matter. Magic requires a sound body, a sound mind and a sound soul especially the blessing of marriage. If you lack the proper bonds of attachment it won’t work and can’t be forced. Not only that but I’m here to protect you and so is my mother.”

“I remember she called herself guard captain. If that is the case then. What will happen if my memories had been altered and my wings taken?” By no means did Vincent believe that either of these things had happened. He could remember his life far too clearly for him to believe that. He could remember his parents, his friends, his work and even the name of his car.

For a moment Ariel didn’t speak. She didn’t want to risk frightening Vincent so she needed to be careful with her wording. She could tell him the penalty for clipping but not how it was done. “The penalty for clipping a males wings intentionally is death and for using magic or drugs to alter a man's mind against his will it depends on the severity and the man’s will. In your case you wouldn’t be allowed to speak on the punishment as your judgment wouldn’t be trusted. Likely she would be resocialized and put to service.”

“Resocialized?” Vincent was fairly certain Ariel didn’t want to talk about this one as she took in a deep breath.

“Her mind would be destroyed and a new personality devoted to service to the community would be put in its place.” Ariel was made to regret her choice of words as she noticed Vincent looking rather alarmed. “It’s our most severe punishment for the worst crimes. With your missing wings and altered memories it would be seen as the only fitting punishment.”

Vincent would have normally been comforted by the idea that he had some rights here. At the very least mutilation of a male seemed to be a serious matter. What kept him from doing this was Ariel didn’t seem to believe him when he told her he never had wings. She didn’t even trust his memory. It didn’t help that he remembered Ellayn saying she was going to do some research of her own. Without thinking about it Vincent lept to his feet. “Your mother is trying to figure out who might have done this.”

To this Ariel gave a nod. “She’ll do her best for you and if she can find out who altered your memories and took your wings it could go along way to restoring your memories.”

He had no idea how the legal system worked here but Vincent still feared a witch hunt. He didn’t know any of these people but he couldn’t help but worry and he needed to think. “But my memories haven’t been altered and I never had wings! Just look.” As he spoke Vincent turned around and lifted the back of his shirt up. “See if I had wings there would be a scar back there. I don’t have any scars.” His entire body was made to tingle as he felt a breeze wash over him and he realized it was Ariel exhaling.

“Magic can remove scars. I know you believe what you’re saying Vincent but please.”

“Didn’t you say you had a means of helping me grow my wings back?”

Ariel gave Vincent a large smile as he turned around. “Of course we do. It will take some time to insure they grow back properly but we can absolutely restore your wings. I bet you had absolutely beautiful wings before. Wouldn’t it be funny if they matched my hair like my father’s does my mother’s? He just wraps his wings around himself and he’s nearly impossible to see.”

What Ariel said was true he sure hadn’t noticed Lex until he’d began flying. That wasn’t Vincent’s concern for a moment. “Then if you try to grow my wings back and it doesn’t work that’ll prove that my memories haven’t been altered right? That I never had wings.”

It could also mean you have a particularly horrible curse upon you flashed through Ariel’s mind but she quickly banished the thought. She didn’t know of any such curses. They were curses that could make healing more difficult but no one had managed to make a curse that would prevent it entirely. “You make a good point. Then if your wings do grow back that’ll prove that I’m right wouldn’t you agree?”

“No!” Vincent bit down on his lip as Ariel leaned in closer and he felt his mouth going dry. His legs twitched and he thought to run until he could process the expression on her face. It was pleading. She just wanted him to be reasonable about this and he took in a deep breath. “Yes but promise me you’re actually healing me. This isn’t some type of magic that’s going to make me form wings whether I had them before or not right?”

“You must have some wonderful memories to hold onto them so tightly. I assure you that this is purely a healing spell. An alteration spell would eventually wear off regardless.” It felt strange for Ariel to have to tell an adult that. Alteration spells like what Vincent said had to be maintained or they would return to their original condition. The greater the alteration the shorter the duration.

Taking in a deep breath Vincent gave a nod. “That’s part of it but I also don’t want to risk an innocent woman being punished for a crime that never happened. I don’t know.” Vincent was made to jump out of his seat fearing that he’d said something wrong upon hearing Ariel squeal. When he looked up at her face he found she had covered her mouth likely to muffle the outburst but he could tell she was smiling and it was a huge smile.

“Sorry I didn’t mean to frighten you. That was just so beautiful! You’re just darling!” It was hard for Ariel to resist picking Vincent up and kissing him right there. It was rare for a man to show such concern for a woman that wasn’t part of his family or a former wife. To hear Vincent say such things after everything that had happened to him even though he couldn’t remember what had happened was truly beautiful. It left her certain that he had a wonderful soul.

While Vincent liked to think he was doing the right thing despite his fear he didn’t believe it deserved this kind of response. He could actually see Ariel shaking as she smiled down at him. He actually found himself feeling rather awkward as if someone had called him a hero for calling down a lady that was about to leave without her purse. “It’s not a big deal I’m just trying to do the decent thing.” Looking up he wasn’t certain that was the right thing to say as Ariel was still grinning. Rather than continue the subject he took a moment to set back into his seat. “So when can we begin this healing process?”

Ariel didn’t want to make Vincent uncomfortable but she couldn’t keep the energy out of her voice. “We can try right away if you’d like. The only thing is you’re going to have to get into my hand or trust me to pick you up. I promise you I’m well educated in handling men and I have plenty of experience thanks to my father. Besides I was the one that carried you back here.” It was clear to Ariel that she was making Vincent nervous. She’d touched him several times but refrained from picking him up. While she had carried him this would be the first time he was awake for it.

Vincent was pretty proud of himself when he didn’t scream no right away and take hold of his chair. Instead he took several deep calming breaths and began to stand up. The fact that his legs didn’t seem to want to cooperate so it took him several seconds longer than it should have and even then he couldn’t stand all the way up actually made him chuckle. “I can’t promise you that I won’t scream or try to get lose.”

A flash of anger hit Ariel as she heard the tone of Vincent’s voice and noted his stance. She was able to keep it from showing on her face but she clinched her left hand tightly after lowering it beneath the table. How could someone have such consideration for women when one had clearly hurt him so badly? If she wasn’t taking care of Vincent she would have been helping her mother look through the records to find the one responsible right now. She would crush the bitches evil mind herself. Ariel felt her heart shudder in her chest as she lowered her right hand and laid it flat before him palm up. “How about you try climbing into my hand first?”

It had surprised Vincent how slowly Ariel’s hand had moved before him. At first he’d seen her hand moving and then heard a small boom a short distance above him. A burst of air had struck him that seemed prepared to rip an umbrella from someone’s hands moments later. Then it had slowed so much. As her hand came to rest before him he realized why. If she’d moved her hand at the same speed the entire time she could have easily sent him flying. The boom he had heard could have very well been a sonic boom. These thoughts didn’t help him as he began to approach her fingertips each one of which was taller than him.

Rather than step onto it right away he took a moment as he looked at her fifteen centimeter thick fingernail. I’m standing on a girl’s fingernail. The thought froze Vincent in place for a moment as he tried to process it. Fortunately Ariel didn’t rush him and once again seemed to be trying to avoid frightening him. Now that he was closer to her finger he wasn’t so certain he’d actually be able to climb it. At first he’d hoped the natural curve of her finger would be enough but he wasn’t certain. Common sense told him to ask for help but the idea of asking Ariel for help even climbing onto her finger was simply mortifying. Rather than ask he took a running start and jumped. That’s when he felt the hands on his side sending him flying upwards.

It had happened more quickly than Ariel could respond. She’d been so focused on Vincent that she hadn’t noticed the fluid golem taking form. By the time she did it had already taken hold of him and tossed him into the air. She heard a slight scream from him but it was brief as he landed atop the tip of her finger moments later. “Audacity!”

Vincent gave his head a rapid shake and quickly turned around to see what had taken hold of him. Much to his surprise he found himself looking at a red semi transparent creature whose form reminded him very much of Ariel. “What the hell!”

Audacity gave a delighted laugh as she looked up at Ariel. “What? Do you really think he could have made that jump without his wings?”

While she wanted to be upset with Audacity Ariel felt herself blushing. She hadn’t even considered that when she asked Vincent to try climbing onto her finger. He didn’t even have magic to help him from what she’d seen. “You couldn’t have spoken up? You had to throw him?”

“Hey now! I didn’t throw him I gave him a boost.”

As Vincent listened to Ariel and the creature she’d called Audacity he couldn’t hold it in.”What is going on?” He rather regretted his decision as Audacity gave him a large grin. Her lower half seemed to become fluid and she flowed up the tip of Ariel’s finger before he could even begin to set up.

“What? Don’t you remember me from earlier. You kept leaning back into my hands. Well this isn’t really surprising given that you didn’t even know what marriage was.”

“Audacity be nice!”

This time Vincent noticed Audacity shrink slightly looking somewhat nervous. Apparently she realized she was pushing things a bit much. “But what are you?”

“I am a fluid nature. An alchemical symbiont that assist Ariel with her tasks that require precision. I’m also the one that grabbed your but earlier.”

Vincent felt a steady strong wind rush over him as he heard Ariel exhale and looked up at her. It was the first time she looked embarrassed.

“Vincent I am so sorry. Like she said. She’s an alchemical symbiont that assist me. We share a soul but not a mind or a body. I never expected her to behave this poorly though. Audacity Vincent is in recovery this isn’t the time to behave like this.”

“Come on.” Turning to Vincent Audacity took hold of his hand. “You’ve been holding in those screams sense you woke up. Let them out already. They’re just going to hurt you if you keep them in. Now pop.”

For a moment Vincent felt his mouth opening though it wasn’t screams that were about to come out. His right hand raised and then he shut it taking in a deep breath to calm himself. He’d been quite alarmed whenever he’d woken up and uncomfortable with climbing into Ariel’s hand. Even now the thought that he was setting on the tip of a girl’s finger was rather alarming. Yet she’d been very kind and patient with him the entire time. He wasn’t going to insult her by shouting like she was some kind of monster. “I believe I’m good actually thanks for the boost.”

It was finally Ariel’s turn to be shocked in a pleasant way. She didn’t have to see Audacity’s face to know that she was surprised and soon she began to giggle. When she spoke she couldn’t hide the amusement in her voice. “See Audacity? He doesn’t need your help as much as you think.”

“Well fine. Just call on me again if you need a precision touch now that you have something interesting for us to feel.”

Vincent couldn’t help but sputter slightly and he felt his head growing a little fuzzy. Magic is real. The thought carried more of a punch then he expected it to and after a moment all he could do was shake his head. Once again he repeated it to himself before turning around and looking up at Ariel.”It’s alright I wouldn’t have made that jump anyway and would have just ended up looking silly. I’m going to your palm now right?”

“Adorable is a better word I’d be the silly one. Please forgive me. I didn’t realize how much missing your wings hindered you.”

Vincent flinched a bit at the word adorable though he held his tongue. He was glad that he’d kept quiet upon hearing Ariel’s apology and looking up at her smiling face. After a moment he even realized she was blushing though if that was due to her mistake or Audacity he didn’t know. For a moment he just pressed his hand into her finger and was rather surprised by how soft, warm and inviting her skin felt. If he didn’t worry about being caught rubbing on her finger he would have gladly set there awhile. Standing up he continued to look up at Ariel’s face as he walked across her hand. “So can anyone do magic?”

As she spoke Ariel remembered to think of Vincent as a child. She did worry that he’d feel very silly for asking such questions when his memory was restored.“Of course! Women and men can cast the same type of spells. Men even have the same rate of recovery as females. It’s just that women store a lot more energy inside their bodies and we’re not as vulnerable to loss of control. So we can cast much bigger spells and more safely.”

With each step Vincent took his shoes would sink slightly into Ariel’s soft skin. It helped him understand how she was able to massage him despite her size but it also made the trip a lot more exhausting. He was rather surprised whenever Ariel made no move to rush him along but he did wonder how long that was going to last. They thought he was injured and traumatized. He knew he’d been a lot nicer to an injured customer than a healthy one before. How would they treat him when they saw him as healthy? “What do you mean by more safely?”

“Well. Let’s say you wanted to cast a spell that’s going to take all the energy you have. If you made a mistake while casting the spell and lost control of some of that energy it would likely kill you. When you’re first learning spellcraft you’re never to use more than three percent of your energy. If I were to cast a spell using the same amount of energy and I completely lost control of the magic.”

“You wouldn’t even feel it.” It surprised Vincent when he interrupted Ariel and for a moment he feared he’d made a mistake as a look of surprise appeared on her face. His worries vanished as she was made to giggle a moment later.

“I would know that I’d failed to cast the spell but yes. There would be no harm to my body. I could also cast the same spell repeatedly while you’re exhausted after just one casting.”

To this Vincent gave a nod as he finally made it to Ariel’s palm and began to walk towards the center. As he walked he couldn’t help but notice a flowery scent coming from her hand. It was subtle but pleasant. He must have reached a good spot as he felt the skin beneath him shift slightly and noticed a shadow falling over him. When he looked back he found that Ariel had began to close her hand around him. The sight of her massive fingers stretching into the sky made his heart rate speed up and for a moment he feared she would crush him. The more rational part of his mind told him she was protecting him but a lot of him didn’t want to listen.

With Vincent in her hand Ariel closed her fingers around him to add an extra layer of protection and comfort. She felt a tingle run up her spine as her aura once again wrapped around him protecting him from the acceleration of her standing up or sudden movements. When she’d first carried him she’d done the same but he had been unconscious at the time and his own aura had been quiet. Now that he was awake it was far more active giving her a far better feel for him. She was rather surprised by how much she liked what she felt as she her nipples grew pert and her petals moistened.

When Vincent had touched the tip of Ariel’s finger he’d noticed the warmth and softness of her skin. Now that feeling seemed to sink into his entire being.The feeling reminded him of submerging himself into a tub of hot water after a hard day. He could feel aches that he hadn’t even know he was carrying moments before. Soon he found himself stretching releasing some of the tension from his body. It took him several moments to realize that Ariel had began walking. There was no resounding boom of her foot steps or other such things like he imagined instead all he could hear was her lightly humming. A moment’s thought told him why as he tried to look between her fingers. She was walking so fast the sound of her foot steps couldn’t keep up.

Having her father in her hand, on her shoulder or head was nothing strange. As Ariel walked through her home though she felt a little off. She couldn’t help but feel this wasn’t the way she should be carrying an unwed man while unwed herself. For her he should have been tucked into her cleavage so that he could feel her breasts around him so that he’d know how well they could protect and provide for him. If he was her betrothed or they were actively courting he would have even been against her nipple or inside of her panties so that he could taste her and better know how fit she was. She’d feel his wings flutter against her skin. For a moment Ariel slowed and took in a deep breath. That was why this wasn’t strange. With his physical and mental injuries she had to be very careful.

Vincent had no idea how far they’d traveled but he did know that it’d taken Ariel roughly fifteen seconds to walk there. It seemed ridiculous but given her size he was certain that it was further than he could walk in a day. If he had wings would he even be able to fly that distance? He had other questions on his mind as Arial opened her hand and he found himself in a far more heavily decorated room than the last one. Where the last room had been shelves built into the rock this one had great vines larger around than most trees curving around decorating the walls, forming shelves and low tables. One thing that caught his attention was a massive depression in the ground filled with water. “Ariel where are we?”

Now Vincent seemed to be pushing it. Ariel didn’t want to call him out encase she was wrong and more importantly she didn’t want to risk upsetting him but for him to not recognize a bathroom was something else. What kind of world did he remember exactly? “We’re in a bathroom. Vincent please don’t be offended but you seem to be missing a lot of knowledge or it’s been changed. How about you tell me some things about the world you remember? Then maybe I can tell you some of the things you’re missing.”

Rather than be upset Vincent was made to chuckle. It was strange the way the bathe was sunken into the floor like that but given Ariel’s massive size he imagined that was easier. He was curious why it was already filled with water. He was also curious where the toilet was. Perhaps out of sight? Did these women use the toilet? That seemed like a good question to wait until later to ask. “No need to worry about offending. I am officially too stupid to be offended if I can’t recognize a bathroom. Is this the medicine counter?”

Ariel felt herself blush a little as she suddenly felt very embarrassed by her previous thoughts. While she didn’t know why he’d been given such elaborate fake memories it was clear whoever had removed his wings had been very cruel. It wasn’t his fault. She was glad she hadn’t used a harsher tone with Vincent when he was clearly having a hard enough time as is. He wasn’t just a child learning new things but he had to unlearn the lies.

“It is and you’re not stupid. You can’t help what was done to you and I shouldn’t have used that tone.” As she spoke Ariel settled down at the healing counter though she didn’t set upon any chair. Rather she placed herself on a thick mat on the floor. Reinforcing the structure of the home so that it could endure was hard enough without adding to the burden with furniture like the males got to use. Arial did regret at times she couldn’t make a lasting chair for herself. “May I pick you up?”

It had been Vincent’s hope that Ariel would permit him to walk from her hand as she settled down. Given how long it’d taken him to walk to her palm though he imagined she didn’t want to wait again. She’d already held him between her fingers and carried him in his palm so what was the big deal with carrying him between her fingers? Even as Vincent asked himself this he could feel his body screaming no. He was getting a lot of practice ignoring what his body wanted. “Sure.” Vincent felt like his heart had melted whenever he saw Ariel’s lips part in a gentle smile.

The temptation to lift Vincent to her lips and give him a kiss or slip him down against her nipple was strong as Ariel lifted him from her hand. The feeling of his aura intermingling with her own made it hard to let go and she wondered if he felt it as well. Still she lowered him to the table as the fluid natures of her left hand grasped him and helped to set him down gently. She was made to giggle as she noticed Whimsy giving him an excited wave after releasing her hold on him. It was made all the more amusing when Vincent waved back.

It surprised Vincent when a chill ran over him the moment he was sat down. It left him feeling off for a moment as if he’d forgotten something important in another room but not recognized it. He felt like he needed to turn around and go back to where he had been and for a moment he considered asking to be picked up again before looking to see Ariel retrieving a small dish of some sort roughly double the width of one of her fingers and a few powders. “Okay the world I remember but. One thing. Before that. Ariel I didn’t even notice it when you picked me up. Shouldn’t I have been injured by the sudden acceleration?”

Once again Ariel paused as she considered Vincent’s question though this one she didn’t find so strange. It was a question any young girl that may handle a male would be expected to know the answer to. “It’s because I was holding you. I’m sure you noticed it. The feeling of my aura intertwining with yours.”

“I noticed something when you held me. It felt really good.” As he spoke Vincent actually felt himself blush a little. This was more due to the grin Ariel was giving him than his attempt to describe his feelings though. It left him thinking he was missing some important social cues. “It felt strong, safe, warm and very welcoming is the best I can describe it.”

“Thank you!” Ariel couldn’t help the huge smile on her face as Vincent complemented her aura. They were a few words missing that she would have liked to hear but perhaps he was simply being polite or didn’t recognize the feeling yet. “It’s wonderful of you to say such kind things about my aura. It’s what protected you while I was carrying you. Now don’t start thinking it’s magic. Aura is a innate blessing.”

“Okay but is a blessing something that magic can’t do? From what you told me earlier about transformation magic you could use it to copy a trait but it would fade. With the blessing of marriage it doesn’t.”

“That is a big part of it yes. They are spells that can have a similar effect but they are extremely draining and in truth not as effective. Aura is a blessing from the divine mother while the blessings of marriage are a gift from the divine father. That’s why only women have an aura powerful enough to affect others and while men are the only ones that can carry traits to his alpha wife.”

The mention of gods caught Vincent offguard for a moment though he kept quiet. He was looking at a girl who was over six hundred meters tall, in a strange world and seen various abilities that he felt qualified as magic. At this moment he was feeling very accepting of new possibilities, that he’d gone insane or been drugged. The last two possibilities brought a chuckle from him. “Okay where to begin. In the world I remember women don’t grow to six hundred meters tall. They’re more likely to be one hundred sixty to one hundred ninety centimeters tall.”

“Huh!” It had been Ariel’s intention to remain quiet and listen but she hadn’t been prepared for that one. “How do they feed their men then?”

“More often than not we feed ourselves. Though I know some men that need help. I did say I remember being a chef. Please don’t look at me like I’m crazy.”

“Sorry! Please continue.” As Ariel spoke she tried to resolve herself to just enjoy the story and prepare Vincent’s healing bath.

“There also isn’t a shortage of men. We’re roughly half the population and well we don’t have things like spell crafting either.” A groan came from Vincent as he shook his head. “This is what you already know is different. Okay a typical. What are you doing?” Vincent didn’t know what to think as he watched Ariel pull aside the bit of material on her left breast revealing a perky light brown nipple with a tight areola. She’d lifted the small dish to her nipple which she was now gentle working between her fingers.

“I’m just adding the final bit to your healing bath.” Thanks to her earlier stimulation especially from contact with Vincent’s aura and his kind words it didn’t take Ariel long to get her milk flowing. She bit down on her lower lip for a moment as she looked at Vincent imaging that he was cuddling up against her nipple to help the milk flow. A slight yelp escaped her as she felt some warmth on her fingers a moment later realizing she’d overfilled the tiny dish. “Whoops.”

Vincent could feel himself growing nervous again as he tried to imagine what the dish was for. At first he had imagined Ariel feeling it with water whenever she said healing bath. Except she hadn’t said healing bath earlier. She had said milk bath earlier. With this memory came a new understanding as he realized she meant her milk bath. Looking up he watched as Ariel casually fixed her top back and licked the excess milk off of her fingers.

“Okay Vincent you need to take off your clothes now. Actually you know while you’re bath I believe I’ll take a soak myself. I didn’t get to bath when i got home sense me and my friends found you.”

He was being told to take a bath in a woman’s breast milk. Vincent felt his brain grind to a halt as he tried to process that. He felt his mouth go dry and his head was full of cotton as he looked up at Ariel and tried to think of the right thing to say. “Are you serious?”

“Absolutely. There is little better for a man than a nice healing milk bath.” As Ariel looked at Vincent she couldn’t help but feel like he was falling back into his childlike behavior. She’d try to reason with him but hoped she wouldn’t force her to bath him like a child. “Vincent you’re the one that wanted to try the healing bath to prove you never had wings and this really is one of the best things for you especially given how malnourished you are. Please don’t be stubborn.”

Vincent sure didn’t consider himself malnourished though compared to Lex he could see that. The idea of bathing in a woman’s breast milk was rather hard to take. As was the notion of stripping down in front of a woman he’d just met. Ariel’s young age didn’t really help matters. “Hold on. I didn’t know that it would be your milk I was bathing in!”

“Oh? Should I go get my mother?”

“No! I mean. I can’t just bath in your breast milk.” Vincent was made to shiver as he felt the wind rush by him as Ariel placed a hand behind him.

“Vincent your bath is getting cold. I don’t want to force you to do anything but I am responsible for your well being and this is for the best. Please take off  your clothes.” As she spoke Ariel made certain to keep her tone firm.

That was a face and tone Vincent hadn’t heard or seen Ariel use before. He didn’t get the feeling that Ariel would harm him but he wasn’t so certain she wouldn’t strip him. He could suddenly see several similarities between her and her mother.

“Let me do it!”

As the voice hit him Vincent knew it belonged to Audacity and he quickly busied himself removing his shirt. May I keep my underwear on?” It surprised Vincent when he looked up and noticed a surprised expression on Ariel’s face.

“Why? It won’t get in the way of your healing but why don’t you want to show me your body? Is there some injury you’re trying to keep hidden?” As she looked at Vincent Ariel couldn’t help the worry on her face. At least he had stripped down to his underwear as he stood before her.

“No. It’s just that.” Vincent had to take in a deep breath as he tried to think of a reason that would be acceptable to Ariel. “They are certain things about my body that I’m not comfortable showing others. Even this is rather embarrassing. I mean why do you wear clothing?” As he looked at Ariel it was clear that his answer hadn’t helped with her confusion.

“Why would you be embarrassed by showing off your body? You’re all so adorable! Now as for women. Well clothes are useful for carrying a man around if you have one and if you can make it look like you do then you can draw some extra attention. Even if you don’t have one you can make other women jealous if they believe you do.They also help to accent your features and tease the eye a little. The right clothing can even turn a flaw into an asset. Then there are practical reasons at times my friend Melody needs a little help keeping her breasts out of her way.  Plus there is consideration for other women who aren’t so fortunate.”

With the last reason Vincent got a very strong impression that Ariel didn’t care much for it. As he considered her clothes he felt certain they were more for showing off her best features. In truth he wasn’t even certain what she wore deserved to be called clothes. It was also clear to him that Ariel didn’t understand why a man wouldn’t want to be seen naked by a woman. “If I say that some men like to tease to can I keep my underwear?” For a moment Vincent feared the answer would be no but then he heard a giggle from Ariel and saw her smile.

“Sure. Those must be some interesting memories to make an unmarried man so uncomfortable showing off his body." Rather than tell him to climb into the milk bath now Ariel nudged it a little closer to Vincent. As he began to walk towards it she could feel Audacity taking a more solid form and immediately tried to exert her will over the fluid nature. The moment she did she felt herself blocked and knew she lacked the resolve to stop her from forming in that moment. Her cheeks were made to flush even before Audacity could speak.

"Maybe he wants to tease us. He has such a cute delicate body I just want to swallow him up." To emphasize her point Audacity made certain to make a show of licking her lips. Normally Ariel could have kept her quiet but with her own desires fanned Ariel didn't have what it took.

Vincent was made to freeze in place. The speed with which Audacity had taken form far exceeded what he believed was possible from previous experience. Apparently the slow fluid formation was more of a show than a necessity. That or perhaps it related to Ariel in someway. Audacity was referred to as one of her natures and Ariel said they shared a soul. It was enough to make him think there was more to her affectionate tone. After a moment of thought Vincent took in a deep breath and continued over to the bath. "Thanks for the help earlier but I can handle this."

Pulling himself up onto the rim Vincent took in a deep breath and noticed a hint of honey. If this was the natural scent of Ariel's milk or not he didn't know but it wasn't the smell he normally associated with milk. It was sweeter and he could feel it drawing him in. His body was still made to tense up as he remembered he was about to submerge himself into a pool of a girl's breast milk. For a moment he considered asking how long he needed to stay in but pushed that thought from his mind. The shift in Ariel's body language and her tone from the last time told him he had no choice in this matter. Having no desire to give Audacity a chance to pull him in he finally dropped himself into the warm creamy fluid.

The first thing that Vincent noted was how warm the milk was. It was a warmth that reached deep into his skin so that he could feel it opening up and his muscles loosening. A gasp of pleasure escaped him as he felt his entire body relaxing and he was made to stretch his right arm. As he did so he felt the tendons relaxing and stretching. His legs soon followed forced him to lean back against the rim and for the moment all thoughts of where the milk had come from were banished from his mind as his body was relieved of ache after ache he didn't even know he had. At the same time he felt as if something was flowing out of his body.

Ariel's lips parted into a wide smile as she watched Vincent stretch and listened to his moans while he submerged himself into her milk. It was clear he had needed that. Now she needed to wait for his wings to begin the healing process and they could begin work on restoring his memories. It was her hope that by revealing the truth to him it would loosen whatever magic had influenced his mind. Audacity had also retreated back onto her fingernail. Standing up Ariel reached behind herself and began to remove her top. "Now I want you to have a long relaxing soak while I have one to."

Under the soothing influence of the healing bath it took Vincent longer than it should have to process what Ariel had just said. Instinctively he looked up as she exposed her breasts without a hint of restraint. Given how she'd filled his bath he knew he should have expected that but years of social courtesy told him he shouldn’t stair and survival instinct told him he shouldn't risk making her angry so that he chose to look down into his bath. As he did a strange question popped into his mind. Was looking away more offensive to someone like Ariel than staring?

It felt like she'd been slapped. She had not only spent years conditioning her body, both with physical training and magic, but she was also the daughter of an alpha at her peak. Her genetic foundation was one of the strongest there was. Despite all that Vincent had looked away. As she looked upon Vincent's Ariel felt a spark of anger wink into existence only to have it squashed by her compassion and wisdom. She knew his memories had been altered and that was influencing his behavior, there was no doubt he'd been emotionally scarred by his wings removal, she had been forced to be strict with him moments earlier and it was clear from his reaction to her aura he found her appealing. She had no grounds to be angry with him.

Rather than talk with him while looming over him with his wings missing she quietly set down and leaned over a bit. "I don't know about those mini women you remember Vincent but big girls like me really prefer when you look. When you look away it makes me think you don't like what you see and I was so certain you were enjoying the view when you looked at my chest. Is there something making you uncomfortable?"

Vincent was rather surprised whenever he looked up at Ariel’s face and felt himself grinning.. Even setting down and bent over she still loomed over him but it was clear she was trying to make herself appear less imposing. It made him feel better on so many levels to think she was showing him such consideration. "I've known a few that got upset if you looked too much and didn't want to risk offending. I didn't want to invade your privacy."

A slight giggle escaped Ariel as she stood up to her full height, thrust her chest outward while placing the fingers of her right hand over her chest and giving Vincent a full smile. "Don't be silly! I'd much rather have your attention than my privacy! I want you to feel safe and enjoy yourself and one of the best ways I know is to let you see the body that's protecting you. Besides after all the years I put into my body and being the daughter of a peak alpha I’m quite happy to show off my body. If such things troubled me I’d dress more like Janice.”

He looked at Arial before but she’d been at a distance then and he’d been rather panicked. As he looked up at her massive form her sculpted powerful body could have easily been considered a work of art yet she still had such wonderful breasts and full hips.”You are a wonderful vision.”

“Thank you. And keep in mind I'm unwed. Can you imagine what I will look like with a few blessings?”

Imagine her head on her body, if only she had her breast, that nose doesn't belong on that face. Vincent had heard these words before and even spoken them a few times while observing the customers with the rest of the staff. Ariel wasn't the type of woman they tended to have such conversations about. Had a more compact version of her walked into the restaurant he would have been happy to admire the view. Yet the idea that this was only the beginning for her was far more enticing than he expected. She was magnificent now what would she be by the time it was over? Would she surpass her mother? Such thoughts left Vincent's mind as Ariel turned around and slipped her bottom down. She did indeed have a very nice toned rump.

Walking over to the bath that was more of an indoor lake from Vincent's point of view Ariel dipped her fingers into the water and slowly ran her fingers through it. As she lightly stirred the solution she charged it with a tiny bit of magic producing a soft green glow and a subtle floral scent. Once the intensity of the light came to match that of a bright moon Ariel slipped herself into the water giving a slight sigh as she felt the gentle caress cleansing and nurturing her skin. The relief she felt as the tension left her body was a surprise and made her giggle. "I was so scared whenever I found you laying there. At first I thought perhaps you and your family had come under attack and you'd flown for help then I noticed your wings missing. I didn't know what to think about that."

Can she hear me? Was the first thing Vincent was made to wonder before remembering her talking to him while he was on the table. These women clearly had superb hearing. If she wouldn't be able to hear him he doubted she'd set him this far away. "I'm not sure how I got there but I am certain I never had wings. Will this bath be enough to prove I didn't have wings before?"

She had made some mistakes while speaking with Vincent. She didn't want to risk upsetting him so she'd tried to entertain the notion that he never had wings. Now that didn't seem necessary as she could feel the argument in his voice. Coupled with the feeling of relief she was experiencing this brought a giggle from her. "One bath will be enough to begin the restoration of your wings. The most obvious sign is that the corrupted healing which was used to hide your scar will be undone and the nerves in your back that go to your wings will be restored. Your back is going to become very ticklish."

Normally it would have upset him if someone other than a doctor thought to know more about his body than him. That he was being told he didn't know something so fundamental about his own past even more so. This time he was made to chuckle though and actually felt himself growing more relaxed. "Ariel are you a healer?"

"No but I have training in a variety of disciplines including healing. My mom has been training me to be a guard for a while now and she's one of the best so you know you're safe with me."

Vincent actually felt his mouth twitch as he grinned. "Except she hasn't trained with you in over a year. Where you receiving training from the regular instructors?"

For a moment Ariel thought to remind Vincent they were talking about him not about her but his relaxed tone convinced her otherwise and her pride. If knowing more about her made him feel more comfortable that was good. It would help in the healing. Plus she was quite happy to share her accomplishments. What she didn't like is him remembering that she hadn't trained with her mother in quite some time. "I spent some time practicing with the instructors yes. A lot of the time I helped with the trainees because most of the instructors didn't really have anything to teach me and the ones that could were often busy. How about you? What do you remember about becoming a chef?"

"Let's see. I remember quite a bit but one story I like to tell is whenever one of my instructors took us to sample a variety of foods we hadn't tasted before. One of the things we had to try was a raw oyster. At first I didn't think it was a big deal but the more I looked at it and thought about it the worse it got. I actually ended up wishing I was closer to the front so I could just eat it and get it over with before things got worse." It surprised Vincent whenever he heard Ariel snickering. "Hold on I haven't gotten to the funny part yet."

"You were going to just eat a twenty kilogram molluscs?" As she looked at Vincent Ariel wasn't surprised to see surprise on his face. She had apparently just found a fault memory.

"Twenty kilogram? More like fifteen grams. I guess that's another difference between the world I remember and this one. I mean come from." He had known her for less than an evening and he was already arguing with and eyeing the mountain sized girl. Not only was he arguing with her but he was enjoying it. She had given him no reason to fear her other than her massive size and several to trust her but given how easily and the variety of ways she could end him he had to wonder about his sanity behaving so casually towards her so soon. He had no doubt his old fear would return soon enough especially if she wanted it to but with how she'd been treating him and now smiling at him he couldn't bring himself to be that scared.

Ariel’s mood had been steadily lightening as Vincent spoke with her casually but she had also began to feel something was off. It was good to hear him feeling better but she knew it was wrong. With his missing wings and altered memories she’d been certain he had been horribly abused but that wasn’t the type of damage you recovered from so quickly. Even with the altered memories there would be damage to his subconscious. She had been too caught up in the moment to think of it before and even now saw no benefit to mentioning it to him. It did leave her wondering how this had come to be and if perhaps there was more to his story than she thought. “Oysters aren’t. Oh! I know what’s going on.”

Now that they were out running it Vincent could hear the sound of Ariel’s movements. When she turned the sound of the rushing water reminded him of waves slamming into a cliff. Though in this case it was the cliff slamming into the waves and easily winning. “What’s that?”

“The spell my father cast on you is True Tongue but it doesn’t actually change the words but rather changes the words those interacting with you and you hear. It’s not a perfect system. For example when I say oyster you’re clearly hearing something different from what I’m actually saying. What the magic did is take the list of criteria for an oyster from your mind and then find the closest match within my mind. That’s what I heard. It’s one of the dangers of True Tongue and it has brought on some considerable breakdowns in communication over the centuries. My mom was just hoping that by the time the magic began to expire we could restore your memory.”

After a moment of silence Vincent gave his head a nod. It was clear to him Ariel knew more about magic than he did so he wasn’t about to argue with her. He was wondering what the world was like outside this building though. Were all the creatures of this world giant? “Ariel does that mean they’re animals bigger than you?” It surprised Vincent whenever Ariel was made to sputter and began to giggle a moment later while covering her mouth. He wasn’t certain if that was a yes or not but whatever it was the answer would be drastic. He wasn’t certain what to think when she stuck her tongue out at him for a moment.

“Did you see my tongue?”

“Yes.”

“I’m not sure of the exact number but I’d say around four fifths of all animals are much smaller that my tongue and I’m including fish in that list.”

Vincent was made to jerk back as he listened to Ariel snickering. He had known the answer would be yes or no but he didn’t expect the human women to be that much larger than anything else on the planet. It at least gave him some information about the world outside of this building. He would have asked how the women feed themselves but he’d seen Ariel using magic several times already. Perhaps they used magic to alter the plants or did they need to eat? He didn’t have time to ask her as Ariel beat him to it.

“So if the women you remember aren’t large enough to carry you and you don’t have wings how do you get around in the world you remember?” As she spoke Ariel felt herself almost say the world he was from. The way Vincent’s mood had improved compared to how he should have behaved if he underwent such horrific events had shaken her certainty. There was also the strange reaction of the mureye. What would it mean if he was right and had come from another world? He had mentioned that the men from his world made up of roughly half the population. As she considered this Ariel’s right hand began to rub the inside of her thighs.

“We have. Okay what you explained to me about True Tongue has me wondering what this will sound like to you. We have these self propelling four and two wheeled enclosed vehicles that we use to get around on paved surfaces. The vehicles are called cars.” Vincent could only imagine what was going through Ariel’s head as he heard her snickering and this time she couldn’t quiet it down. “Is there anyway you could tell me what you’re thinking of right now?”

Ariel couldn’t answer right away as she knew if she tried to open her mouth she’s going from snickering to openly laughing. Rather she covered her mouth and tried to keep herself from shaking too much as she did her best to slip further into the water. It was several minutes of struggling to control her laughter before she could respond. “I can’t tell you the exact word without removing the magic and that would be bad. I’m not sure if you’ll even hear this but to me you said a plaything. We have these little playthings that are shaped like animals but can run around.”

Vincent was made to roll his eyes. He wasn’t certain how much of that he’d gotten but it made him grin as well. “So what’s going to happen to me once you realize my memory is genuine?” He had been considering it for a while now but hadn’t asked it. Now he needed to ask. After the milk bath was over he’d have even more evidence after all.

“Please don’t be afraid. We’ll and I’ll still protect you.” Before continuing Ariel took in a deep breath and tried to truly consider the question. Men were highly valued so she knew that letting one go wouldn’t be well received. It would be easy to expend resources on a male that was staying with them but one that wished to depart would be much harder. Even she found the idea of letting him go distasteful.

“It will take time but if you are from another world you’ll likely be housed here while we look into a way to return you home. If what you say is true this has likely happened before and we’ll need to find out what was done then anyway. If a method was found in the past will research it to confirm it’s true and determine any risk then if it’s acceptable and affordable we’ll return you home.”

As Vincent listened to Ariel it was easy to hear the doubt and concern in her voice. It troubled him but he preferred an honest answer over a pretty lie. They could also easily hide the truth. “What happens if it’s not affordable? Is there anything I could do?”


“There is. You would have to take a wife and as part of the deal she’d help you secure resources to send you home. Your responsibilities and her dedication to returning you home would have to be negotiated. If that is what you wanted to do.”

“I see. That sounds difficult.” Vincent wasn’t sure what to think when he saw Ariel shake her head no and bite down on the tip of her thumb for a moment.

“It wouldn’t be as hard as you may think. You said half your population is men. How many people are on your world?” As she spoke Ariel turned to look directly into Vincent’s eyes though in truth she wanted to look away. She didn’t want to frighten him but she wanted him to know he could trust her so she would be honest even about the ugly things.

Confusion set in for a moment as Vincent considered Ariel’s question. His lips parted but before his tongue could move realization came. “They would want to see if they can return me home in hopes of finding a way to follow.” Vincent had gotten that not every woman was massive as Ariel or Ellayn and perhaps not even Janice but he was certain all these women were titans. What would it mean if even the smallest of their number reached his world? He could feel his heart rate speeding up as he thought about Ellayn. She had been described as guard captain. If this was some utopian society of all benevolent beings you wouldn’t need guards. They had also been quite willing to accept the notion that he had been mutilated and his mind altered.

“I’m sorry to upset you by talking about such ugly things but I want you to trust me.” It was clear to Ariel that Vincent was distressed and it was getting worse. Fortunately she had left him far enough onto the table that she knew she could reach him if he tried to jump to his death. Walking over to him didn’t seem like a good idea right now.

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He didn’t know how long he’d been in the milk bath. His conversation with Ariel had slowed and they had remained silent for quite some time as he considered what he’d learned. They’d continued to observe one another but he’d only been snapped out of his haze whenever he heard the water rushing over her body and heard the sound of her first foot step upon the ground. He’d never even heard thunder quite so powerful. It hadn’t taken her long at all to dress herself given her clothing and in a moment she was next to the table. He was surprised whenever she placed some red pants and a shirt next to the bath. “Where did those come from?”

“I used my herbalist magic to restructure a leave into something comfortable for you. Now are you ready to show me where your wings are growing in?” Ariel kept her voice optimistic but in truth she wasn’t certain anymore. The mureye, Vincent’s emotional recovery rate and the complexity of his memories were three huge strikes against him having had his memories altered. It was enough to be very worried despite how impossible it seemed. If he didn’t have any hint of wings Ariel didn’t know if she could argue the point anymore.

“I’m not really certain.” As Vincent set there he wanted to go home to the world he remembered. He’d rather enjoyed it there. However, it wouldn’t be the world he remembered if it allowed a bunch of mountain sized women to follow him back. Even if they didn’t stay Ariel had told him they wouldn’t be leaving empty handed and he believed her. There would also be the damaged caused by even a short visit.

“Well I’m sure glad you’ve enjoyed soaking in my milk so much! But I can’t just let you stay there.” Ariel tried to keep her voice cheary and she made no move to pick Vincent up as she waited for him to respond. She felt some relief when he laughed and even more when he stood up. “Here you go.”

Vincent watched as Ariel placed a strange looking cloth next to the bowl though he didn’t need to think to realize what it was for. She’d been dried by just walking over to him. The water hadn’t been able to adhere to her body. He on the other hand needed a towel. When he picked it up he was happy to find that it was even warm as he began wiping himself down he was also surprised by how effective it was at cleaning off the milk.

She didn’t ask Vincent to show her his back. Instead Ariel just waited and let him dry himself off. She was so engrossed that she didn’t even think of his milk soaked underwear. He took far longer than was needed but as he turned his back to her a slight yelp escaped Ariel. There was no sign of scarring or anything that would indicate the return of wings. Her first instinct was to pick him up and rub his back or blow on it to try and tickle him. At this moment it should be extremely sensitive to touch. She held herself back though and turned her head so that she wasn’t looking at him. “Be sure to take off your wet clothes.”

When Ariel didn’t mention his missing wings Vincent took in a deep breath and quickly removed his underwear before slipping on the pants. “Thanks for the pants but did you forget the undergarments.”

Turning her attention to Vincent Ariel tried to not let her surprise show. The evidence was simply overwhelming at this point. She at least needed to speak to her mother about this discovery. “I forgot them but I’ll make you some later. I guess I’m too used to only having one article of clothing covering any one part of my body. What’s so funny?” Ariel’s surprise was added to when Vincent was made to chuckle.

As Vincent looked at Ariel’s bottom he wouldn’t have exactly called her covered. It would have been acceptable on some beaches but even there it would have been considered risky in many environments. Yet it was apparently the type of clothing Ariel liked to wear around. “You’re not going to change clothes?”

“Not right now but I’m feeling like a red later.” Ariel gave Vincent a moment of silence and a smile before she continued. “Vincent we’re going to have to go speak with my mother now. I don’t see any evidence of wings on your back, your memories seem so complex and certain, you’re not showing any of the emotional trauma clipping would cause and well they’re other things. It’s all just too much. I don’t believe we need to look for the woman who hurt you anymore and may have some other things to consider.”

He wanted to talk but Vincent found that he couldn’t. He felt his entire body freeze up. He’d been thinking about his situation the entire time but it was still hard to talk about. Could he somehow be used to allow these women to reach his world? What  might have he unleashed upon his planet? “What’s going to happen?” It was strange but Vincent felt better as Ariel smiled at him a true friendly smile.

“We’re going to protect you and we’re going to talk.” Reaching down Ariel placed her hand before Vincent though she knew he couldn’t climb onto her hand on his own. “May I pick you up?”

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Ellayn had been reviewing records of all the men known in Manevin including their images and so far she hadn't found any that fit Vincent's description. She also hadn't found any that had gone missing or shown any strange movements. In truth she hadn't been expecting to find anything. Nothing was more carefully guarded than a male and as the guard captain she would have heard about it long ago if one had gone missing or was suspected of being abused. It had seemed far more likely that Vincent had been abducted from another city or traveling with his alpha wife when something had happened.

She'd began to suspect his altered memories was to convince him to go along with a new wife. If he believed he was someone else it would be much easier. Why had he been given such strange memories? Lex had offered an interesting idea. Perhaps they didn't want Vincent wondering about his missing wings or about his mother. Making him believe his mother was dead would have worked just as well but the missing wings was an issue. The only reason she could think of for removing a man's wings was to make it harder for him to escape abuse if not impossible.

Getting more information from Vincent would have been nice but she didn't want to stress him. They were both certain that it was best to leave him with Ariel so that she could help him heal physically and emotionally. Her daughter had a soft touch that Ellayn felt like she'd lost at some point or perhaps never had though Lex often disagreed with her. Despite having confidence in their daughter both mother and father had been shocked when Ariel had shown up and explained that Vincent had some things he wanted to tell them and even more surprised whenever they'd heard what it was.

Lex was currently sitting atop Ellayn's right breasts leaning against her chest his right foot lightly tapping her flesh as he considered what he'd been told. While he wouldn't say Vincent looked comfortable he sure looked better than he did just a little while ago so he was in agreement with his daughter. Vincent had been frightened rather than traumatized. It was a strange thought to him. He could hardly imagine not feeling safe around Ellayn and Ariel though he had to remind himself that not everyone shared that view. Ellayn was loved as the guard captain but she was loved at a distance.

Ariel smiled as she felt Sagacity go into motion and move to set beside Vincent in her palm. She knew that her mother was considering the information they'd provided her with and wouldn't want to talk until she was finished. During this time Ariel liked to keep quiet herself and let her mother thinking. Fortunately her fluid nature was there to help with this.

Vincent had been a bit startled thinking that it was Audacity come to speak again but this nature was different. She'd taken hold of but held his right hand gently and given him a smile.

As she spoke Sagacity kept her voice low and directed. Ellayn could still hear them but the low volume was considered polite and wouldn't disturb her thoughts. "Please be patient. The guard captain is considering the situation. As a member of the Civic Health Committee her words carry much weight and she's been given a lot of information."

"So she's not upset?"

Ellayn couldn't help but giggle as she looked towards Vincent. "With you absolutely not. I can see three possibilities. You're a member of a native group of males who lack wings and have their minds prepared so that if you're lost they'll be altered to prevent discovery. I honestly find this the least likely of the possibilities. The second is that you're a natural male who was cursed so that your wings couldn't be regrown. As someone studied in such curses this idea is laughable. Which leaves the notion that you are indeed from another world as the most possible of the three. I." Ellayn took in a deep breath and looked towards her husband which brought a comforting pat from him. "Thank you."

Part of Vincent was grateful Ellayn had such an open mind but part of him was worried as well. Ariel seemed to be certain that her mother would protect him but he didn't know either of these women all that well. He'd tried telling himself that this was out of his hands given that he was literally in Ariel's hand but that wasn't helping. "Is it possible that the healing bath your daughter prepared wasn't strong enough?" Vincent actually felt himself blush whenever he heard a sharp snort from Ariel and Ellayn was made to giggle.

Normally it would not have pleased Ellayn to hear her daughter insulted like that. However, she had no doubt that Vincent didn't mean any insult and from the way Ariel responded it was clear she agreed. Had another woman said such a thing to Ariel she'd either been her daughter's equal in combat or she'd had a broken jaw. Yet the only consequence of Vincent's insult was a blush. "You really are very new to our culture. Vincent you just dealt my daughter a great insult. You're quite fortunate she finds you so adorable." The look of alarm on Vincent's face only increased Ellayn's amusement as she watched him.

When Vincent turned to face Ariel he was quite surprised to find that her face had become flush. He also received confirmation that his fear of her could indeed return very quickly. "Ariel I didn't mean to insult you! I."

It was clear to Ariel that Vincent was beginning to panic and she couldn't just remain silent. Rather she felt silence would make the situation worse. "You're so cute whenever you frightened! You’re even better when you’re comfortable and open and especially when you’re being playful.”

Had Ellayn tried to comfort Vincent she would have told him that he’s safe and spent time petting on him. Ariel’s method was clearly superior to this as he began to laugh almost immediately and seemed to readily warm up to her. She didn’t even need to pet him but simply hold him in her hand. It made Ellayn a little envious and very proud of her daughter. When she looked down at Lex she could see that he felt the same way.

The fear that he was about to be squished between Ariel’s fingers or swallowed alive vanished so rapidly Vincent wasn’t certain they were ever there. As he looked up at her smiling face he could remember making her blush though and didn’t doubt he’d offended her. “Well please forgive me for my insult and I’ll do my best not to make that mistake again. So are there any other insults I should be aware of?”

“They’re a few but they shouldn’t come up during this conversation. I’ll try to fill you in on the details later.”

After a moment more of levity Ellayn chose to bring the conversation back to its true focus. “My daughter is trained as a healer and the healing bath itself is a very robust formula. What you effectively accused her of is having subpar breasts and while they’re not an equal to mine.” Ellayn was made to snicker as Ariel shot her a mean look. “They are quite nice.”

“Laugh it up mom. You just wait until I have a husband of my own. As for the other two possibilities. Well the thought that a group of men without wings could go hidden from the women of this world is just.” As she spoke Ariel could feel her grin growing until it actually began to hurt. “Just no. We would have found them long ago.”

“Why is that?”

“Well for one thing we have spells meant to locate men. Often they’re used after a war to make sure that none of them are left behind in the rubble, hidden somewhere or simply lost. Even before the fighting begins such spells are often used to avoid killing any of them or to do our best. Plus you might have noticed we’re pretty observant whenever it comes to men.”

“I thought that extended to everything actually.” Vincent felt himself blush whenever he noticed both of the women giggling. It was Ellayn who spoke up though.

“That would be very troubling if we noticed every little creature that ended up under foot. Having to hear them each time they ended up underfoot would be very distracting especially while working.. As for the curse if someone had made such an advancement in the use of such magic we would all know about it by now. Such power would be used for far more than to influence a single man.”

“We’d be able to alter our bodies and lock the traits in place without the use of the blessing.”

“Indeed and more. So as hard as it is to do. We believe you Vincent.”

Using her free hand Ariel gently stroked Vincent’s back for a moment. “So what do you believe we should do mom? I already talked to Vincent about the dangers of trying to return him home.”

“Are you certain of that?”

“Yeah.” Ariel felt herself growing uncomfortable as her mom looked at her. “I mean I thought I did.”

“What if I were to tell you that the key to sending Vincent home is to swallow him alive and digest his body so there is nothing tying him to this world?”

Ariel was made to recoil slightly and didn’t even try to hide the doubt in her voice. “Mom that’s just insane! That would kill him!”

“How would you know? There would be no remains. On a similar note if Janice comes back to us with a spell to send him home how do you know it worked and simply didn’t leave any remains?”

“I.” Ariel glanced down at Vincent for a moment suddenly feeling very foolish. “I can’t believe I didn’t think of that one.”

While Vincent didn’t like the talk about being eaten alive Ellayn had made a rather good point. Even if they did supposedly find a way to return him home there was nothing saying that he would survive the trip. It might even end up sending him to another world. Another world that could be far less pleasant than this one. “So there is no way to know the spell is going to work?”

“Darling?”

Lex had been content to listen for a while but stood up. HIs wife and daughter were both very well versed in practical magic but their theoretical magic was a bit weaker. Such magic was often the hobby of men often aided by their wives. “It depends on the situation. If we’re talking about a complete separation with you and your world of origin then the return spell would not only need to be able to open a portal between worlds, which I’ve never heard of succeeding, but it would have to be able to guide you back to your world of origin. Now if you have a connection between your world and this it may be possible that just opening a doorway would let it pull you back to your world of origins at unknown speeds with unknown force. Thus to insure your safe return we’d need to be able to anchor you to this world and either push you faster or slow you down.”

As Lex spoke Vincent got the strong impression he had studied such magic and soon saw the danger of both methods. If either of them were possible then someone could follow him through to his world except in the second case if we went through without any safety measures. “Those are some risks we hadn’t considered. You’ve studied such things Lex?”

“I’ve studied teleportation which relates to your situation. At this point we struggle to move nonliving things instantaneously from one location to the next without destroying it and reliably. Ellayn once helped me move a ball from my desk to another five meters away. It appeared at the second table three weeks later. Proposing to send someone to another world is even more complex than that.”

“Hold. Hold on a moment! Three weeks? Why was that?”

“I have some theories but that is something we’re trying to figure out even now. I do believe I understand your concern though. I don’t know how to put this gently. We have no way of knowing how long it took for you to arrive here. The longest delayed teleportation known was just shy of a year. You could have taken far longer to arrive here.”

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If he tried to return home or perhaps even by being here he could bring an apocalypse upon his world depending on if this women could follow him back and how they chose to behave. Even if that wasn’t a problem he might return to find this wasn’t the world he remembered, he could end up on the wrong world and he may not survive the trip. It could be that he didn’t even begin the trip but was destroyed in the attempt. As Vincent lay on Ariel’s right thigh he covered his head and took in a deep breath.

When she’d spoke with Vincent about him going home Ariel had thought she’d went over the worst of it. Her father had brought up several concerns that made it far worse though and now she was the one expected to comfort him. At first she’d been delighted to have her parents believe her but now she was annoyed that they’d not been gentler with the truth. It didn’t help that she was even less certain of what she should do as she looked at Vincent. He had made some cultural mistakes but now she realized she didn’t know anything about his culture either. What if her attempts to help him only hurt him more?

What all had he left behind? Ariel had thought to tell him that at least he hadn’t had a wife he left behind but quickly silenced herself realizing how foolish that was. He was from a world where apparently men worked regular jobs and traveled around without a wife. He could have very well had many friends and she had no doubt he had a family. She knew that he had already realized that he may never see his mother again. Perhaps he was even thinking about never seeing his father again. Were they more of a constant in their children’s life than they were in her cultures?

Ariel felt two of her fingers tingling as two of her fluid natures tried to take form at the same time and she repressed them. She wanted to handle this herself as she felt her heart going out to Vincent. “I can’t begin to imagine the pain you’re going through and I know that we’ve just met but I want you to know I’m here for you. If there is anything you want to say or talk about I’ll listen.” As she spoke Ariel could feel something wet on her leg and knew that Vincent had began to cry. With his sobs reaching her ears she began to gently rub his back allowing her fluid natures to help. She was grateful that Audacity was behaving herself.

“Thanks.” It was all Vincent could get out in that moment. At least he wasn’t alone in the wilderness though in that case he could hope for rescue. He knew they were being honest but much of his hope of returning home had been crushed when he spoke with Ellayn and Lex. As his thoughts began to darken Vincent felt his eyes growing heavier even more quickly than that. Once again he smelt the scent of flowers and without considering what he was doing pressed his face into Ariel’s skin. Was it the bath? He remembered she’d made the water glow and it had smelt nice. It smelt very nice and his eyes were heavy. Her skin was soft and warm to. Soon sensation overwhelmed memory and Vincent just lay there.

If she could have simply sedated Vincent she would have. Typically Ariel was happy with her healing skills but at the moment she regretted her only choice was to put Vincent to sleep. In his current condition it had been quite easy. He was so unfocused and broken up at the moment he hadn’t even noticed what she was doing and she was grateful for that. As she picked him up she had her natures gently roll him over so that he was laying face up. It surprised her to see that he was smiling but it made her heart lighter to. “You have a nice dream Vincent and let those bad feelings go.”

As she made her way to her room Ariel retrieved a small bottle of scented oil and took a moment to rub it along the edge of her belly button before slipping Vincent inside and retrieving a vine. The oil was meant to help a male recover from exhaustion and she hoped would soothe Vincent while the vine she quickly worked into a thin band that she secured around her waist to prevent Vincent from trying to climb out. She was certain that he wouldn’t recover from the sleeping spell before she woke up but with him being from another world she had to be careful. What if he was more resistant to magic than men naturally were? Nothing made her think he was but it was best to be careful.

Despite everything though Ariel couldn’t help but feel giddy as she lay down upon her sleeping mat. She had an unwed male sleeping in her bellybutton. The thought sent a shiver of excitement through her body. Not only was he an unwed male but he had an even greater need for her protection than normal. He had no wings and knew so little about their world. Soon Ariel began to gently brush her hand over the ribbon as her heart went out to the little man sleeping in her bellybutton. She both wanted him and she wanted to protect him. He was so vulnerable but he had been such fun to talk to whenever he began to relax. She couldn’t help but wonder what he’d be like if he was truly relaxed.

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May 4 3027 DA Next day

Vincent gave a sigh as he felt the ground shifting beneath him and took in a deep breath. The floral scent that greeted him seemed to tell his body to relax but he knew that he needed to get up. His hunger helped a great deal as he took hold of the pillow he was resting his head on and opened his eyes. He could see light coming in through a green ceiling above him. A residue on his cheeks drew his attention for a moment and he wiped it away before setting up. Light flooded into his confines a moment later as the ceiling lifted away allowing light in and the tip of Ariel’s finger came to rest just below her belly button.

Instead of picking Vincent up Ariel chose to let him step onto her finger though she figured he would need some encouragement. She’d felt him stirring moments earlier and had given him a little time to wake up. “Good morning Vincent. I hope that you slept well.”

There was no shock for Vincent as he heard Ariel’s voice or expectation that the previous day had been a dream. That he had woken up expecting to be somewhere in this new world troubled him on some level. In the movies people who ended up on a new planet suddenly tended to wake him believing it was all a dream. Soon this thought became amusing as he stood up and he believed he would have laughed but lacked the levity to do so at the moment. He wasn’t going to be rude to the girl that was taking care of him though. “Morning Ariel. What time is it?”

“It’s a little past eight. Mother and father have already gone so it’s just you and me. Are you ready for breakfast?” It was clear to Ariel that Vincent was feeling down still but at least he was moving. Hopefully he’d feel better after he had some food in him and got outside for a while. She’d considered keeping him inside but she didn’t see that doing him any good. He needed to see what is was like in her world. She hoped that he would see the good things.

Vincent hadn’t eaten before he left work the previous day and he sure hadn’t eaten since he arrived her. He hadn’t thought about it but his healing bath had left him a bit on the hungry side before he’d had his emotional collapse. He felt a little better as he was able to step out of Ariel’s belly button and onto her finger. The belly button he’d spent the night sleeping in. Vincent felt a slight increase in his energy as he was lifted higher into the air so that Ariel was holding him roughly at eye level. “Did I spend the entire night sleeping in there?”

Ariel gave Vincent a smile before speaking. Now that she knew he was from another world she was better able to accept his questions though she wasn’t entirely certain how to answer them. “Of course. I hope you don’t mind but as we’re neither courting nor wed my belly button was the best place for me to keep you. It is where mothers are expected to keep their sons during the night and women who are not part of the union are expected to keep married men. I know you’re not injured but it’s also where a healer tends to keep her recovering patients.”

Hearing that they believed him made Vincent smile. As upset as he had been about his prospects of going home it was nice that they didn’t think he was crazy though he still wondered if he was. “Thanks. I’m sorry about last night by the way. That’s really not how I like people to see me.”

“You had good cause and I believe you conducted yourself very well. I don’t believe being hungry helped either. Are you ready for breakfast?” Ariel was a bit surprised whenever she felt Audacity spring to life though she didn’t see any reason to stop her. Upon seeing Vincent jump slightly upon realizing which of her natures it was she wondered if she’d made a mistake.

“Your first Manevin meal and such a high quality one! Now don’t you worry I’m here to help you with it!” Audacity gave Ariel a huge grin as she patted a rather nervous looking Vincent on the shoulder and smiled up at her.

It took Ariel a moment to realize what Audacity was going on about. She had let her concern for Vincent make her forget his response to his milk bath. He had also mentioned that the women of his world didn’t feed their men. As her lips parted to try to soften the blow Vincent spoke up.

“I appreciate it but what are we having?”

Audacity was made to giggle as she moved away from Vincent. “Oh Ariel has already eaten so that means she has plenty for you to eat. I don’t eat food like the two of you though.”

That made no sense. Flashed through Vincent’s mind as he looked at Audacity. How could Ariel already eating mean she had plenty of food for him? Rather than ask Audacity though he turned to Ariel and was a bit surprised to see her exposing her right nipple to him as she adjusted her top so that it was no longer covered. Her free hand then began to work her nipple much as she had whenever she filled his bath and realization began to set in. “Do you mean?”

As she massaged her breast to get her milk flowing Ariel observed Vincent’s reaction. His attention seemed quite focused on her nipple. “The food of our world is actually quite difficult for men to digest and much of it is even toxic. Fortunately every woman has a ready supply of the most nourishing food for a man there is and as long as we’re healthy we can always produce more. For this reason most men spend the first several years of their life feeding on only breast milk. Even after that it makes up the majority of a man’s diet. Some men like my father have built up their constitution so they can eat a greater variety of foods and with the right magic they can eat more but well. Your body is a lot more delicate than my father’s and you don’t know magic.”

So far he’d been carried in Ariel’s hand, slept in her belly button, bathed in her breast milk and now she intended to feed him her breast milk. From the way she was working her breast he also imagined she planned to feed him straight from the source. It wasn’t that Vincent didn’t find Ariel’s breast appealing but the simple notion of being fed like a baby was more than he could simply go along with. “Hold on a minute! Are you seriously going to breast feed me?”

“Vincent please don’t make me be firm with you. I assure you that it’s for the best.”

From the previous day Vincent knew be firm meant don’t make me force you. Yet he couldn’t keep quiet. “Please Ariel can’t I at least try something different? I know I’m not as buff as your father but that doesn’t mean I can’t keep my food down.” When Ariel spoke he was rather surprised by the pleading tone of her voice.

“But Vincent even if you can eat other food it won’t be anywhere near as nourishing as fresh milk.”

To the women of this world the men were smaller than their fingernails. They apparently slept within the woman’s belly button for protection or elsewhere on their body. To heal the men bathed in the women’s milk, to travel they were carried by the women and they relied on the women’s aura to simply survive in their presence. Now he had been told the food was either difficult to digest requiring the man to build up a resistance, magic or both.  On top of all that he was viewed as even more in need of their protection with neither wings and if Lex was a representative of the males a much more fragile build but Vincent couldn’t bare the thought of being that helpless.

It was Vincents first instinct to openly refuse Ariel’s offer but he was aware enough to realize this was a bad idea. That he was quite aware of his standing in her hand and Audacity’s presence near by helped keep his tongue in check. “Ariel please. I know I’m not as built as your dad but I’m from another world. I regularly ate fruits, vegetables and meats there. I may not have the muscles but my digestive system may be even more robust than your father’s. Please let me try something else.” Vincent could feel his heart rate speeding up as Ariel bit down on her lower lip but he was made to chuckle as she covered her chest up.

What Vincent said was true but Ariel didn’t believe it. She had seen Janice’s examination of Vincent and based on how the powders responded she knew he had a weaker constitution than her father. The only hope he had was that his body produced some digestive chemicals that her father and other men didn’t produce. “It’s also possible that you could be even less capable of digesting our foods. Okay. I’ll make you a deal. I’ll let you have some of the safer food for men from my father’s pantry but only a little and then we’re going to see how your body responds. If you’re okay with it we can go from there but if you can’t digest it properly or get sick you’ll go on an all milk diet.”

“Strait from the source.” Audacity gave Vincent a huge grin as she moved to stand in front of him and pushed up on her chest. While she couldn’t actually breastfeed her point was clear.

He wanted to argue. Vincent could feel the words forming on his tongue but the truth was quite simple. He was already hungry and if he truly couldn’t eat what Ariel was offering he’d eventually starve to death. Though he doubted that Ariel would let it reach that point. For a moment he wanted to ask what would happen if he couldn’t drink her breast milk either but he remembered what had happened when he mentioned the healing bath. Before they’d forgave him for the insult but this time she may feel he should know better. “You have a deal.” Vincent was rather surprised whenever Ariel gave him a worried look.

“I don’t believe this will make you too sick but remember I warned you.” Upon standing up Ariel made her way over to a counter with several man sized shelves. Before lowering her finger to them though she looked towards the grinning Audacity. “Back on your finger Sagacity is going to be the one preparing is food.”

“Ah! Why!” As she called out Audacity made it a point to push extra disappointment into her voice. “Could it be that you want him to fail and you know that I’ll make sure he does by giving him some of your father’s hardest foods? You’d like that wouldn’t you Vincent? You could prove just how robust your body is. How much more of a man you are than the men from this world and tackle something that took years of conditioning.”

The men from this world regularly drank breast milk as a major part of their diet. Of course they can’t handle the hard stuff. I’ve had years of stuffing myself with meat and even digesting raw protein. As Vincent considered this he was preparing himself to take Audacity’s challenge but Ariel spoke up before he could.

“No. We’re doing this the safe way. If you can digest some bread and cheese then you can try the harder stuff.” Rather than risk Audacity responding Ariel quickly forced the fluid nature to return to her finger and used her free hand to open the cupboards so that Sagacity could retrieve a plate for Vincent as well as a few slices of bread and cheese. She wasn’t going to mention it to Vincent but one reason she’d chose these foods was they both had a breast milk component ensuring a higher purity level.

As Vincent looked across at Sagacity he hoped she was at least getting him some thick slices. He didn’t want to complain but he could indeed feel his hunger growing stronger despite his embarrassment at what nearly happened. “Ariel thank you.” Vincent was a bit surprised whenever he noticed Ariel blush and she averted her eyes for just a second before looking back to him and grinning.

“You’re not going to complain when you end up throwing up are you?”

“I’ll remember that I asked for this and you are understanding enough to give me the chance.”

For a moment Ariel said nothing but looked around the dining room. “I’m so glad that my mother isn’t here right now. She would not be okay with this.” As she spoke Ariel was certain Vincent was going to end up regretting her choice later. She had thought about forcing him to drink her breast milk like she had forced him to take his bath but that was different. Him eating was important but it was less urgent than trying to heal him had been. She could afford to let him try to eat, get sick and then let her feed him.

“She wouldn’t approve?”

“She’d probably say I’d given in too easily and that I need to explain to you why men have trouble digesting other foods. Which I admit this is a lot easier than forcing you to drink my milk. I just don’t believe explaining to you why this isn’t a good idea would change anything. Plus I’m worried True Tongue could get some words crossed. For example I wonder if we’re hearing the same thing whenever I say bread or cheese.” As she spoke Ariel brought her hand holding Sagacity over to the one with Vincent and let the fluid nature present the food to him.

He had been concerned for a moment but as Vincent looked at the plate his concern vanished. The cheese and bread looked like normal freshly baked bread to him. Naturally this brought some questions as he took the plate from Sagacity and took a moment to sniff the cheese. “Did your father cook this bread?”

“No. One of my mother’s fluid natures handles that and she likes to be involved to.” A slight giggle escaped Ariel as she rubbed the back of her neck. “We don’t really get to enjoy cooked food like you men do. Our food preparation doesn’t typically go beyond cleaning or seasoning our food. When we try to cook enough for a proper meal we’re more likely to burn our meal to ash rather than enjoy a tasty treat.

For a moment Vincent just looked at the plate. He didn’t want to say anything but he felt rather silly. I’m going to eat a plate of food that might be toxic to me. Once again Vincent sniffed the cheese. Well it smells right. Picking up the bread slice he took a careful bite of it expecting it to be hard or gritty. Instead he found the bread soft and fluffy. As the taste met his tongue a wave of relief washed over him. “Ariel this bread taste wonderful! It just melts in your mouth.” Feeling emboldened by the bread Vincent didn’t hesitate to take a bite of the cheese before breaking off a piece of it and wrapping it in bread.

“I take it you like the taste?”

“It really is wonderful.”

Ariel smiled as she watched Vincent eating. It was nice seeing him feel so certain of himself. She even hoped that he would be alright though the thought made her a little sad. She really wanted to breastfeed him. He was only responding to the taste at the moment though that didn’t mean he was going to be able to keep it down. As she watched him eating she resolved that she’d get a flower ready just encase.

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He had told Ariel that he would remember it was his choice. He had said he wouldn’t complain if he got sick. Now Vincent was struggling to remember that as he found himself leaning over a massive flower. He wasn’t certain why Ariel had set him upon a flower and moved one in front of him whenever he told her something was feeling wrong but he wasn’t thinking about such things at the moment. They were serving quite well as toilets as he worked on purging his entire system.

She didn’t want to feel it and hadn’t thought she would but Ariel was a bit amused as she looked at Vincent. There was sadness as she neither wanted him to be in physical pain or to hurt his self image but there was happiness to at being right and the thought that she’d get to breastfeed him now. While she’d worked with simple golems to practice her technique and handling a male she’d never gotten to feed a living male before. The result was she didn’t know if she should frown or smile at the moment though she knew Audacity was smiling like a beast.

While he knew he wasn’t finished yet after a while Vincent felt like he could talk again. When he could he could only think of one thing to ask. “Has it always been like this? The food I mean.”

Now Ariel felt comfortable smiling though she didn’t look directly at Vincent. He’d asked her not to while he was emptying himself. It seemed like a strange request as it made determining his well being more difficult but he’d had a similar request while he was bathing in her milk. “Our food has always been hard to digest. In ancient times before the blessings many men and women actually died from not being able to find enough to eat. Men would use their wings to search the land for a safe place to stay and food. Due to their low birth rate and ability to fly men were valued far more than women even then so they got the best of the food. Yet it pained them to see the women die in such numbers. The divine father seeing this pain gave up his ability to carry blessings to his wife and blessed the men so they could gift the best traits from each woman to his alpha wife strengthening her and in time all women.

In time we grew so large and so strong that nothing was beyond our ability to eat. Well that’s a gross oversimplification but I can tell you the details later.”

“Gave up?”

To this Ariel gave a nod. While she couldn’t see Vincent he could see her. Turning her back to him was one thing leaving him alone in a room was quite another and not something she was not willing to do. “Yes. The divine mother is after all a being of supreme beauty and power already so she would not miss the sacrifice. Like how she gave all women her aura. The divine father has no need of such protection and thus can fly wherever his wings take him even where the mother can’t go. One thing I’m not so sure about is if they permanently gave up these aspects of themselves or not. Some use that the divine mother hasn’t visited us since then as a sign that it was permanent and thus she can’t visit as we couldn’t survive in her presence. Others believe she can and does visit us but does so quietly while she watches over her children and then some hold that she hasn’t seen cause to intervene as we’re dealing well for the most part.”

“What do you believe?”

“I believe the divine father and divine mother are like most peak alphas and their husbands. They watch over their children, enjoy one another and only intervene whenever it’s really needed.” It surprised Ariel a bit when she let out a long sigh. “My mother is just working really hard to impart certain blessings onto me. Well the stories don’t say if the original blessing of aura protection was a pleasant transition or not either. Most of us like to believe it was but with my mom I wonder if it was a rather painful learning process.”

While he was listening what Ariel was talking about wasn’t what Vincent was primarily thinking about at the moment. His mind was more occupied with thoughts about how he was throwing up while listening to her. It didn’t seem like the proper time to be having such a conversation. Not that he could really talk with her as he leaned over the flower. “Ariel this subject seems like a bit much to be talking to a sick man about. How about you tell me about these flowers?” It was impossible for Vincent to keep himself from chuckling as Ariel gave a slight shrug.

“That is a carnivorous plant whose name I’ll tell you eventually. When we begin teaching you our language. Normally it’s nowhere near large enough to threaten a male and it’s still not a danger to you. We modify them with our herbalist magic making them larger and less dangerous. They’ll break down any organic material you put inside of them and well do what plants do with such material. You just might have to switch flowers if this happens too often.”

“So if I stuck my hand down inside of there?”

“No! Your vomit isn’t vanishing right away is it?”

“That’s a good point. Dang. It’s kind of hard to think.” Vincent felt himself blush as he heard Ariel laughing. “So how long does the flower normally take?”

“To digest organic waste entirely I’d say around a day.”

As he considered what to talk about next Vincent heard a pounding in the distance followed by a voice.

“Ariel what is taking you so long?”

“Melody come on in and bring Brigit if she’s with you! I’m in the bathroom helping Vincent.”

“He’s awake!”

Vincent didn’t know who Melody or Brigit was but he could hear them coming closer. Their foot steps shook the entire house and he felt the soundwaves resound through his bones. He was quite surprised whenever the two young women darted into the room. For a moment he’d expected them to be even larger than Ariel and in some ways they were but neither was taller than her. It took him a moment to realize that the sound of their foot steps while being carried and them coming towards you differed greatly.

While Ariel had a beautiful chest Melody made her friend look small in comparison with breasts roughly twice the size of hers. Yet as she entered the room Vincent noted that she had an even more prominent top than Ariel making him wonder if it was to restrain those breasts. Her hips were also far more prominent than Ariel’s but lacked the muscle tone as he saw them jiggle slightly. Brigit was near the exact opposite. Her breasts were still hundreds of times his size but only around a fifth the size of her head both women made her look tiny in that area. Yet with six abdominal muscles on clear display and upper arms roughly four fifths the size of her head he would have imagined her stronger than Ariel if Ariel hadn’t been clearly taller than her. If they were the same size he was certain she’d be stronger than Ariel.

Upon seeing her friend and Vincent Brigit’s first instinct was to walk over to him and ask what was wrong. It was only Ariel having her back turned towards Vincent that stopped her. “Is something wrong?”

For a moment Ariel was going to explain what Vincent had ate but she remembered his request. “Whoops! Turn around please he doesn’t like being seen when he’s sick.”

Neither girl did as requested immediately but Melody and Brigit took a moment to look towards one another before doing as asked. Melody couldn’t resist looking over her shoulder at Vincent as she listened to him trying to compose himself. “What happened?”

“Wow. Where to begin. First. None of you told anyone about him right?”

Brigit was made to chuckle at the question as she looked at her friend. “Is there a line of women trying to speak to your mom right now?”

“Good point. I’m going to have to ask both of you to promise to keep this a secret.” As she spoke Ariel’s smile vanished and she stood up strait as she addressed both of her friends. First she looked towards Brigit looking into her eyes and then she did the same to Melody. For a moment both girls were made to shiver. Brigit was the one that found her courage first.

“I swear you have the same look as your mother whenever you get serious. This is pretty big isn’t it?” As Brigit spoke she didn’t look away from Ariel but she was made to think about Vincent. When she looked at him she’d noticed his wings were still missing. She was certain Ariel would have tried healing his body by now which meant something big was indeed happening.

“We’re trying to keep it small.”

A low whistle came from Melody before she nodded her head. “I promise that the secrets revealed in this room will never be shared or mentioned outside of this room without consent of the guard or order from Civic Health Committee on penalty of treason.”

He didn’t like these women talking around him or about him while he was emptying his stomach. Yet Vincent was surprised by the oath Melody took and then the one Brigit repeated. He had heard of promises between friends but this had far more of a legal weight to it. For a moment he even forgot about his stomach as he looked towards the women. Unfortunately his stomach reasserted itself a few moments later.

With her friend’s promises Ariel took in a deep breath. “I’m going to want your help keeping this secret. As you know Janice came here to examine Vincent. What you don’t know is some of the reagents responded strangely to him. So strangely that she couldn’t be certain why. That’s being investigated now. At first we believed that he had suffered trauma and had his memories altered but that is no longer the case. Initially upon his recovery Vincent insisted that he never had wings and after he took a healing bath we’re in agreement.”

Melody immediately looked towards Vincent and felt her heart skip a beat as a wave of sadness hit her. At first she stepped forward to go pick him up but she felt Ariel’s hand upon her shoulder stop her and turned back to her friend. “Sorry. But a man with no wings! That isn’t right. I mean. How is it even possible? The sky belongs to the men and we are not to take that from them.”

Once again Vincent found himself very interested in the women’s conversation. Melody’s last line had seemed almost of a religious nature to him in the tone she used and the way Brigit and Ariel agreed with them. It was spoken as certain as if it was a law of the universe. Part of him wanted to be upset with Ariel for talking about him so freely and giving out his secrets but it didn’t take much to quiet that part of him. He had no idea who he could trust and it was likely they would need help keeping his secret. How many women would look at him and wonder why he didn’t have wings? He had also gathered they’d kept quiet about finding him.

Brigit had remained quiet and let Ariel finish explaining the evidence to her. As she finished she had one question she had to ask immediately. “Do you promise that is the truth as far as you know it? The full truth.”

“You have my oath as a guard in training that I have given you the full truth to the best of my knowledge and ability.”

“That is just amazing!” As Bright spoke she couldn’t help but bounce lightly. “You read about these sort of things in some stories but. Well it’s like those stories about happening upon men in the ocean that can’t be found by our magic because they developed to live under water except this is even better. I mean. Another world!”

To this Ariel gave a nod. “I know but.”

Brigit could actually feel her excitement fading as she remembered the darker part of the story. “Oh you poor guy.” Turning around Brigit placed her hands in front of her in a sign of submission and apology. “I apologize I shouldn’t be so excited over your misfortune. This must be so hard on you.”

Now you worry about my feelings? Do none of these women know what it's like to be sick? He'd only known Ariel for a day and these women he'd just met. In part he trusted her because he had so little choice in the matter. That she was so kind and honest despite the power she held over him helped a great deal even if though he felt it was dangerous to give trust so quickly. Did he really trust her though? His comfort had vanished quite rapidly when he was made to fear offending her the previous day and that fear still spoke to him at the back of his mind. "It's alright. I'd be excited to if someone from another world had come to mine."

"Except if it was one of us." Despite Vincent's request for privacy Ariel gave him a smile before turning away again. "If someone as big as one of us showed up there I bet it would cause quite a stir." As she spoke Ariel made it a point to observe her friends waiting to see if they would realize the reason for her concern. The looks they gave her told her they understood.

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As Vincent had his hands pressed into Ariel's nipple it was still hard for him to believe he was doing this. Having not eaten since work the previous day though and throwing up he was rather hungry. Yet the notion of drinking breast milk of being so dependant on a girl he'd just met was still strange, extremely embarrassing and more than a little off putting to him. He didn't know if it helped or hurt that Audacity was currently preventing him from backing away as she used his hand to work Ariel's nipple. He knew it helped that Ariel wasn't moaning or making a show of it. At least she wasn't making a show vocally her skin on the other hand had become flush.

It was impossible for Ariel to keep from grinning as she looked at her friends. The envy was clear on their face. While Melody had fed men with her milk before she hadn't done so directly. Having a man drink her milk straight from the source while their auras mixed together was a much higher level of pleasure than watching them drink from a cup. Fortunately she knew to keep this in as she'd seen Vincent's reaction to bathing her milk and knew he wasn't quite comfortable with such things.

For a little bit Vincent had wondered if he was being played but soon enough he felt the texture of Ariel's nipple shift and then he'd seen tiny pools of milk forming on her nipple. Rather than holding him like a baby she was currently leaned back in an impressive display of abdominal strength. He didn't get long to think about how to drink from the pools as he felt Audacity push his head towards the milk he pressed his lips into it and took his first swallow. Three things hit him immediately. The warm creamy texture of the milk, the sweet flavor and a slight moan from Ariel that stirred more in him than he liked.

She hadn't intended to say anything but as Melody watched Ariel feeding Vincent she couldn't help herself. "Sense you're feeding him breakfast may I feed him lunch?" Such a request would have normally been rather forward of a woman that wasn't a wife but Vincent wasn't married to Ariel or being courted at the moment. It was still a relief whenever Ariel didn't look angry over the request though she did appear worried.

"That's up to him." The idea of giving up Vincent did not set well with Ariel especially as she felt his lips against her nipple as he drank in her milk. Yet Melody had good grounds for making such a request. Her diet was carefully maintained to produce high quality milk as part of her job. In truth Ariel was certain Melody's breast milk was superior to her own and would be better for Vincent. Melody’s breast were also significantly larger than her breasts and she’d seen Vincent’s eyes on her chest to know he liked them.  If they were courting it would also have been expected to help prove she was better at nurturing him.

He would have responded but Vincent couldn't raise up to do so. Audacity only seemed intent on giving him long enough to breath before pushing him back down. As she did so he could also feel the fluid nature rubbing her breasts against him. Given the situation he found it impossible to keep his body from responding and had caught himself reflexively rubbing against Ariel's nipple several time. It was actually a surprise whenever Audacity released her grip on him and he couldn't get himself to pull away.

Leaning down Audacity whispered in Vincent's ear. "Now that you know you don't need my help to enjoy it."

Had that been her game all along? Vincent looked out the corner of his eyes as Audacity observed and seemed to be helping stimulate Ariel's nipple. Had she been giving him an excuse to enjoy drinking from Ariel's nipple so that he wouldn't blame himself for enjoying it? Before he could think too much on this subject he felt Ariel's nipple pulse rapidly and a surge of milk rushed up to meet him with such force that it forced him to set up while he felt a good bit of it rush up his nose and his entire body was saturated.

"Vincent I didn't mean to do that!" Even as she lifted Vincent from her nipple Ariel could hear Brigit snickering and Melody was outright laughing. She didn't blame them for that given she'd made such a rookie mistake. Upon removing Vincent from her nipple and looking at his milk soaked form she didn't even try to hide her embarrassment yet there was relieve there as well as he noticed him smiling at her. "Please forgive me."

He would have liked to tell Ariel that he forgave her but when Vincent opened his mouth all he could do was laugh. The situation was just so hard to believe he couldn't think of what else to do. He'd just been being breast fed and then he'd been absolutely soaked in Ariel's milk. At least he wasn't hungry amore and indeed he was feeling rather full at the moment. Any desire to complain was also removed by the sound of the other girls laughing at their friend and the blush on Ariel's face.

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"Hey hold on!" Vincent couldn't help but cry out as currently both of his arms and a bit of his shoulder had been pulled inside one of Ariel's fluid natures. He had finished eating and been told not to worry about cleaning himself as she'd take care of it by Ariel. A few moments later one of her fluid natures had joined him on her hand and began to pull him inside. Currently he was trying to pull his arms free. From the ease with which she'd pulled him in thus far and his lack of progress when it came to his escape he was rather certain his struggles weren't what had stopped her but more likely his words.

Vincent's response had caught Ariel off guard and once again she felt more than a little embarrassed and even ashamed. "Vincent I didn't mean to alarm you. I should have introduced you first. This is Serenity she's the most protective of my fluid natures and we'll be keeping you safe today."

"Safe! What is she doing to me?" Normally shouting at Ariel would have seemed like a very bad idea. Unfortunately the smile Serenity was giving him was doing nothing to ease his fears. He didn't even notice Brigit and Melody giving him a strange look. He did notice whenever Ariel gave a slight giggle and her face once again blushed. He felt a lot better whenever Serenity released him so that he could see his arms are still there.

"Whoops! My mistake I should have explained it to you first. Serenity is going to engulf you in herself so that she can protect you. Don't worry she's very good at serving as clothing for males and in your case she can even serve as wings. She can also protect you from harm should something arise and carry you to safety."

On some level Vincent knew that he should be worried about the dangers that might arise Ariel was speaking about. Yet that wasn’t the thought that filled his mind at the moment. Rather it was the notion of being engulfed. “She’s going to eat me!”

Ariel felt a mixture of humor and guilt as she tried to keep herself from giggling upon hearing Vincent’s response. “No! She’s just going to cover up your body and take on the form of your clothing and wings. None of you will be digested I promise.”

As Arial spoke Vincent could feel his fear diminish but not fade entirely as one concern was replaced with another. He was hardly the type of man to go for a one night stand and yet now he was being told that this woman would literally be touching him all over. “Hold on! That’s going way too far. Ariel I’m not even comfortable being naked in front of a woman I just met.” As Vincent looked at Ariel he couldn’t help but get the feeling she wasn’t catching on and that worried him even more.

“She’s not a woman. She’s a fluid nature. It’s also the only way that I’m going to be able to take you outside. You need something to make it appear as if you have wings and the protection.”

Vincent was about to speak up but Serenity beat him to it. "I assure you I'll do my best to keep from disturbing you and I don't mind just listening. Unfortunately my protection is a necessity. While they are no animals that may threaten you while you're being carried by Ariel and her aura will protect you from dangers posed by the environment we must be prepared for a confrontation with another woman."

"Serenity has the strongest defensive abilities of any of my fluids natures. That's why I gave her the name and well she's very quiet. She's spent so much time just soaking up my aura and building up her energy that she could protect you from several hits from another woman if I ended up in a fight. Unlike natures like Audacity who are constantly expending their energy."

Audacity couldn't resist rising to the challenge and quickly formed her upper body. "Yes and she did such a fine job of catching your father's desk when you dropped it. Oh wait! That wasn't her. Now which one of us was it?"

Ariel actually felt herself blush as she looked at Audacity. "I wish you wouldn't mention things like that."

While Audacity and Ariel talked about which fluid nature was more useful Serenity stay focused on Vincent. "If you'd like I can restrict myself to your wings and upper body but that would require you to be able to support my weight and your own which I fear would be too much. I understand that the odds of a violent confrontation are low and you may believe I could rush to you in time but it truly is much safer if I'm already covering you. While you're wearing me I will be building up a strong mystic webbing to negate the force of an incoming attack."

Serenity's voice reminded Vincent of Ariel's but the tone lived up to her name. It was so relaxed that the words seemed to sink into his skin and make him want to set down. "So this isn't at all awkward to you? I mean being worn on a man's body."

"I am one of Ariel's natures so being parted from her is always uncomfortable. My place is upon her body after all. However, losing you would be even more uncomfortable and so long as you're upon her person I'm not truly parted from her. If you would like to go flying however I would prefer if you allowed Whimsy or Audacity to take you. If you're worried about me causing you discomfort I assure you that tactilely you won't be able to tell any difference between your clothing and myself unless there is some other change you'd like me to make."

"I'm sorry. You seem nice but I'm not used to a woman I just met feeling me up like that."

"I am not a woman. I'm a fluid nature. Our appearance seems to have confused you. We do not have an actual gender. We take on the shape that our owner finds the most comfortable or the most useful. Ariel understands me as a representation of her calm and protective desire thus I appear similar to her but they are differences. For example my overall build while shaped like a human is thicker than Ariel's to follow the idea of one that is focused on defense. As Audacity hinted at this also influences our functions allowing her to move far more rapidly than myself."

It felt strange to Vincent to be told these women didn’t actually have a gender especially given how Audacity was rubbing her breasts against him earlier. Rather than wonder about such things he chose to ask. “Then what about how Audacity was behaving earlier?”

“She enjoyed the interaction but her pleasure was based entirely on your and Ariel’s response to her behavior rather than a tactile sense like you enjoy. For us physical contact is the only tactile concern. I am as content as nail polish, as a tattoo, as lipstick and location makes no difference to me either.”

Vincent was made to frown as he thought of Audacity and the implications of what Serenity said. He could remember her nipples poking into him whenever she rubbed her breasts against him. Now he knew that was purely to get a response from him. “I see. But I’m still not comfortable having another person as my clothing.”

“Would it trouble you if your clothing was made from Ariel’s hair instead?”

At first Vincent wanted to say yes but instead a sigh came out of him. “Not as much but hair doesn’t think for itself.”

“Neither do we if all contact with our owner is cut off. I do not mean purely physical naturally or I couldn’t get you to safety. We have a mystic connection that borders on a blessing so you need not fear it being cut. While it can be cut it isn’t something that can be done in the field.”

While Vincent was still concerned about having to let Serenity cover him as his clothing he couldn’t resist the urge to change the conversations direction. “What would it take?”

“Some extremely specialized equipment, a stable work environment, on average a weeks worth the energy and roughly nine hours of work depending on skill. The actual connection can require a week of regular visits to finish.”

“So that’s why she hasn’t replaced Audacity yet!” It felt like Vincent’s heart had stopped as the words left him and the entire room froze. He alternated between wanting to fall over laughing and beg forgiveness for several seconds before he heard Ariel, Brigit, Melody and several other voices laughing though Serenity remained silent. After several more seconds he realized he could even hear Audacity laughing along.

While she didn't laugh Serenity continued to smile and waited for everyone to calm down before extending her hand towards Vincent. "Now that you know more about us would you be willing to let me protect you? It is our best choice if you're going to go outside these walls."

"Best choice? What's the other choice?" Vincent wasn't certain he should have asked that as he looked up and noticed Ariel both blushing and grinning as were the other girls. That even Serenity was grinning was even more worrisome.

"You must be kept somewhere safe should an altercation with a female or a group of females occur so you must let me cover you or be inside of one of their bodies. Unfortunately this would leave you rather isolated and thus negate the goal of making you more familiar with our world." As she spoke Serenity indicated the three titanesses that were looking down on him.

For a moment Vincent wasn't certain what Serenity meant until he noticed Melody's hand brush the outside of her crotch.  Realization hit home with enough force that he was nearly knocked over. "Are you serious!"

Rather than let Serenity respond Ariel spoke up. "She is but that's not actually an option. Keeping a man inside ourselves when we're not even courting him is completely out of the question." As Ariel spoke she could feel her blush growing more intense along with her embarrassment. It didn't help whenever she heard her friend's beginning to chuckle. "Well this is embarrassing. Please forgive me Vincent I didn't mean for that to happen. Due to Serenity's composed demeanor I forget at times she lacks certain behaviors like modesty and shame."

Unlike Audacity before Serenity showed no offense or concern for Ariel's comments. A fact that Vincent soon noticed. Indeed she showed absolutely no desire to argue the issue. Serenity wasn't his primary concern though. When he'd first met Lex he'd been setting in Ellayn's hair then he'd been quick to return to it. Vincent himself had spent the night sleeping in Ariel's belly button and other than when he relieved himself or taken his bath she hadn't set him down. How much of their lives did men spend on or in the bodies of these women? "But it's not unusual for a man and woman that are courting or husband and wife?"

Ariel's smile didn't diminish in the least and her voice became even more cheerful. "Not in the least! Dad was looking pretty rough this morning so he decided to spend the day inside mom and rest up."

While Vincent had been prepared to hear that his suspicions were true that last part caught him off guard. "He decided? What do you mean?" Vincent actually felt a little embarrassed whenever Ariel and the other girls gave him an uncertain glance with Ariel's smile returning first.

She was getting better at remembering Vincent was from another world so she shouldn't be surprised by his questions and needed to take them seriously. It did strike her as rather unusual though despite remembering that. "I mean it was his choice. After mom was done feeding dad this morning he said he wanted to spend some time in her relaxing. She pulls her waistband open and he flew in. I believe she sent Evoke in to keep him company and let her know if he needs something. I know she sent one of her natures in because one of her fingernails was exposed."

The notion of constantly being on or inside one of the giantess’s bodies was more than a little strange to Vincent. How could anyone be content just riding around like a piece of jewelry? The fluid natures didn’t seem to mind but he wasn’t certain they had the same desires as a human. Lex had gone further than that though. At least on the outside of the body he could have looked around or perhaps spoken with his wife and others. He’d forgone that entirely if he didn’t consider the fluid nature Ariel had mentioned. It made his head feel fussy as he thought this is how Ariel intended to do him. He was quite interested to see the outside world but how long could he do so at her pace before he grew bored of it. “So we men just spend the workday adorning your bodies?”

“Oh no! Getting to take a man to work with your is a clear sign of a peak alpha or courting. After you’re married you’re going to be expected to spend this time with your lesser wives for the most part. Of course we realize that it’s important for a man to get out as well. A man must be allowed to enjoy the sky after all. Mom would always take dad out during the evening and either carry him where he wanted to go or if he felt up to it let him fly around though he typically let her carry him. Most weekends dad would take mom out to meet with several other alphas while the men got to enjoy flying around in an more open environment.”

A sigh escaped Melody as she looked at Ariel. “I sure wish I could attend one of the congregations. I’ve been hired to provide food for them but I’ve only been able to watch from a distance.”

Now Ariel gave Melody a grin. “Hey! Don’t look at me like I’m somehow different.”

It didn’t take Vincent but a moment to decide he had to ask. “What’s a congregation?”

Brigit easily beat the other two to answer this one as she leaned forward a bit to bring herself closer to Vincent. “A congregation is a gathering of husbands and wives to insure the men are allowed to enjoy the sky. The location is chosen by the men and as long as the women can keep it secure they all gather there. The men are permitted to fly around freely in a much larger area than a single alpha could secure. There is all sorts of food there and I’m told some rather important discussions on the part of both groups. This is also where the real decision making is done.”

“Oh that is not true!” Ariel couldn’t help but shoot Brigit an annoyed look. “The only reason unmarried women or those without sons aren’t aloud to come is its too risky. If an unmarried woman trying to snatch a male hadn’t become such a danger they’d never been banned.”

“Come on Ariel. You can’t have that man alphas and husbands in the same area without some decisions being made. There is far too much influence there.”

For a moment Ariel opened her mouth to refute the claims but closed it and gave a sigh. “Well it’s not some secretive meeting where new laws are written or old ones modified. That is handled by the committee during their meetings. It is a gathering so that men can safely enjoy their birthright.” While Ariel wanted to argue the congregations weren’t proof of some shadow government she knew some important decisions were made there. What Brigit said was partly true. You didn’t put that many alphas, peak alphas and men together in the same place without some things being decided.

Once again Vincent could feel himself being overwhelmed as he had been the previous day. He knew that they were deeper implications to what the girls were talking about but he was having trouble thinking of them. “What about the man with no wings?”

Serenity had remained silent but now she spoke up. “You will have wings as soon as you allow me upon you. Even during a congregation none of the men fly without a fluid nature to aid in their protection. Attacking so many alphas within the same location is foolish but it has happened before.”

“Couldn’t a large enough group sneak up on them?”

Ariel raised an eye brow for a moment and was instantly glad Vincent was looking at Serenity instead of her. She didn’t want him to see her giving him such a look. “With so many men flying around in the sky it’s pretty much impossible to sneak up on such a group. The locations selected tend to be very defensible as well and the women are keeping a watch as well. The attacks Serenity mentioned were acts of spite. See Vincent there is nothing unusual for you being protected by Serenity.”

For you maybe flashed through Vincent’s mind as he looked the fluid nature over one more time. After several more seconds he gave a nod. “Alright go ahead but please be gentle.” Vincent was rather surprised whenever Serenity’s body was made to ripple and with a speed he hadn’t been prepared for she slammed into him. Rather than the wave he expected it felt like he’d opened the door to a sauna. Moments later he could feel the steam wrapping around his body and the clothes he’d been wearing falling away. When he looked down to see what happened he found his pants had indeed been removed but replaced. What he wore now was similar but if his original pants had been second hand these were professionally made in both the fit and the style. A moment later he felt a tingle on his back and looked to his side to see crimzon wings.

Melody couldn’t help but giggle as she noticed the red wings on Vincent and then looked towards Ariel. “You have always loved red wings.”

“They look regal!” Despite her reason Ariel couldn’t help the huge grin on her face. She hoped Vincent wouldn’t ask but she had indeed chose that color for him. Hopefully he wouldn’t think about or remember her mentioning him having red wings earlier

Vincent wasn’t paying any attention to what any of the women were saying but rather found himself focusing on Serenity. Taking hold of his shirt he pulled it out slightly and worked the material between his fingers. While it seemed to be extremely well made cloth if he didn’t know that it was a fluid nature he wouldn’t have thought of it. What surprised him even more was that the wings truly felt like part of his body. A frightened shout escaped him as he tried to lightly move his wings and instead found himself flying backwards for several meters before landing back on Ariel’s palm. The moment he was back upon the ground he found himself rapidly looking between his wings.

Rather than speak up immediately Ariel allowed Vincent a moment to calm down. “They’re a big improvement on just using your legs aren’t they?”

“Are natural wings this strong!”

It was impossible for Ariel to keep from giggling as she noted the surprise in Vincent’s voice. “That wasn’t strong!”

Vincent actually felt himself blushing as he heard the other girls laughing. Soon he found himself grinning as well as he tucked the wings behind himself. “How is she doing that? The wings feel like a part of me.”

“Of course! Serenity is very good at conducting the will of others due to her passive nature.”

Rather than respond right away Vincent gave a slight nod and hopped forward this time putting more energy into the movement. Once again he kept the trip to a small jump however this time he felt more of the landing in his leg and was immediately made to wonder how he’d done if he didn’t have Ariel’s aura to protect him. He would need to learn more about this wings before he really tried flying. “So what now?”

“Well we’re late is so we really need to get going. All you need to do is pick where you’d like to go but remember anything below the waist is off limits. I’d recommend the breasts. You seem to like them.” As Ariel spoke she was made to regret her words right after as she looked to Melody who didn’t disappoint by remaining silent.

“And sense Ariel doesn’t seem to be going to tell you you’re not limited to her breast either handsome. If you’d like some extra cushioning just fly right here.” As she spoke Melody  parted her breasts creating a cavern for Vincent to fly into. She was made to giggle whenever Ariel gave an annoyed snort.

“Well yes that’s true but he’s wearing my fluid nature. It’d be for the best if he stayed in mine.”

“True but he can always use one of mine instead.” As she spoke Melody grinned and held up her right hand revealing the three fluid natures upon her fingers. While she didn’t have as many as Ariel she had enough to accommodate Vincent. Both women were made to look to Brigit who gave an annoyed sigh.

“You two sure don’t hold off for the sake of us less endowed girls. Don’t let these two fool you Vincent. If you want a smooth ride you want a nice toned girl like me. You could even try all three rides to see which one you like the most. These two will have you bouncing all over the place.”

Ariel couldn’t help the annoyed glance that she gave Brigit. “My nice firm breasts offer both plenty of cushioning and a smooth ride thank you very much.”

As Vincent listened to the women he’d noted their tones becoming more and more aggressive. He wouldn’t have called them less friendly but their was mostly assuredly a call to action in their voice. The complete lack of shame at the idea of a man they just met snuggling into their cleavage was also extremely strange. Altogether it left him feeling very uncertain of what he should do despite having been breastfed a short while ago. On many levels it felt like he was still recovering from that as he looked between the women. “What’s my other choices?”

Reaching up Melody ran her finger through her long curly soft locks in a subconscious effort to draw Vincent’s attention to it. “Snuggling yourself into our nice hair is quite common, many men also like to set behind the ear, in the belly button and at times on the shoulders but that isn’t as common.”

“Is there a reason for the shoulders being lesson common?”

Now Brigit spoke up not wanting to risk herself being forgotten in this contest. “Certain haircuts don’t go well with riding on the shoulders plus there is the movements of the shoulders whenever the arms work. The head has a lot of movement to but with either the ear or on top of the head you’ve got a lot to secure yourself with. Plus well it’s just best to keep you close to our midline as that’s the easiest for us to protect.”

One thing Vincent had noticed several times was these women were heavily motivated by their desires to protect their men. They’d told him that their birth rate was low but it was beginning to make him wonder just how bad low truly was. When he considered how delicate a man was compared to them though it made sense on many levels. It may have even been for the best. How mighten these women treat their men if each one wasn’t so precious? He wanted to believe that it would mean more freedom for the men but he could also think of ways for it to be far worse. “I see. Thank you for that but Ariel would you mind if I road in your hair?”

While she wasn’t happy to have Vincent choose to ride on her head rather than in her cleavage it took all of Ariel’s willpower to resist sticking her tongue out at her friends. “Alright. I hope you don’t mind but I’d like to secure you in a hatchlings nest. It’s a weave that many mothers use on their children whenever they’re still learning the limits of their wings. As you’re still learning your wings I believe it’s proper.” Ariel didn’t want to flat out say it but it was also done for children that thought they could fly as fast as mommy could walk. With their wings men were easily the second fastest being in the world but their speed didn’t even begin to compare to a woman’s.

“Can we try it and I’ll let you know if I don’t like it?”

“Absolutely.” As she spoke Ariel raised the hand holding Vincent to her head and gave him a moment to jump off. With her hand free she began to weave the nest together making use of her her remaining fluid natures to do the work quickly. “Just give me a moment before you settle into the nest.”

Vincent gave a nod and for a moment was content to watch until he ran his hand against Ariel’s hair. It wasn’t right. Ariel’s hair was far thicker than a normal woman’s hair. There was no question about that. He would have easily called it rope. However, it wasn’t nearly as thick as it should have been. Indeed given her scale nothing seemed quite right. Given that Ariel was hundreds of times larger than a normal sized woman it should have been possible to look down and see her skin cells. Yet all he could he could see was beautiful soft smooth skin. “Ariel. Okay it’s probably my turn to use a word you may not know. Do men and women have the same size of cells?”

For a moment Ariel stopped her weaving as she considered what Vincent had said. “You mean the smallest unit of life. Right?” Ariel was actually a bit surprised whenever she heard Vincent chuckling. “What’s so funny?”

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry.” Despite his words Vincent couldn’t help but laugh. “I’m just surprised that you would know that. In my world every story i can think of where magic exist scientific ones don’t tend to.” As he spoke Vincent felt even more silly as he remembered what Ariel had said about refining their traits and passing them onto their children. It made sense they’d know what cells were to. “Yes and how did you find out about cells anyway?”

A slight giggle escaped Ariel as she noted the tone of Vincent’s voice. Even Brigit and Melody were grinning. “Well our cells are more or less the same size but they’re some things that make up the cells of women that don’t appear in men. There is a lot of debate over whether the Y chromosome prevents the development of these additional features or if it requires two X chromosomes to impart all the information needed to make them. As for how we learned to see cells. I forget his name but it’s contributed to a spellcrafter who was working with magic to enhance vision to see threats from a greater distance and took a look at something close up.”

Brigit gave an amused chuckle before speaking up. “I remember that! He had somethings to say about looking at things too closely and preparing yourself to handle the truth. My teacher said that he supposedly didn’t like what he saw the first time he did this. She said he spent the rest of his life on an all milk diet and absolutely refused to look at it with enhanced vision.”

Melody soon joined in though not before laughing. “It reminds me of when I told you both how I make.”

“No!” Ariel continued to work her hair with one hand but used the other to hand to wave a finger in Melody’s face. “You stop right there. You’ve already made it impossible for me to enjoy two foods and you’re not going to do it to another.”

A sigh escaped Melody as she crossed her arms. The look on Brigit’s face told her she agreed with Ariel. “Come on. There isn’t a single ingredient that you haven’t eaten raw and continue to do so.”

“I know there isn’t but I don’t eat it in that amounts and prepared the way you prepare it.”

Vincent couldn’t help but chime in even as he watched the nest being worked on. “I thought you couldn’t prepare your food by cooking.”

“She doesn’t cook it she lets certain ingredients rot.”

A drawn out sigh escaped Melody as she shook her head. “It’s part of the flavor enriching process.”

Vincent couldn’t help but laugh as he felt Ariel’s massive body shiver. The thought of eating raw meat or in this case most likely an entire live animal was rather unpleasant to him to begin with. Yet knowing that they were things that grossed Ariel out still made him feel better. As her hands moved away from her hair He was rather surprised by what she’d done. There was something of a mat waiting for him while she’d worked some of her hair into seven large braids. “So I set on the mat?”

“That’s right.”

As he settled down on the mat Vincent found the floral scent he’d noticed before was much stronger here. LIkely it had soaked into her hair from her bath. He didn’t think of it too much as Ariel began to weave her hair around him. As she did so he wasn’t quite certain how she managed to keep so much of the weight off of him. Rather than feeling trapped he felt a reassuring pressure around his entire body. “Hey Ariel how do you know how to do this?”

“My mom taught me all sorts of things whenever it comes to working with men. Even adults actually enjoy the hatchlings nest from time to time especially when they want to look around but think the might doze off. How is that?” Ariel could feel Vincent moving atop her head as he seemed to be testing the nest both for comfort and security. Her heart rate began to speed up as she waited for his approval or disapproval. She’d practiced this with dolls and her father had helped as well but she always worried that he was being unduly nice.

It was strange. Vincent was certain that he should still be upset. Panicking would have made more sense then setting calmly atop Ariel’s head and he had been frightened several times but it wasn’t what he expected. While Vincent liked to imagine himself as composed he just felt far too relaxed given the situation. Even the thought that Serenity was currently covering him didn’t upset him like he thought it should. Was it due to Ariel’s aura or was it perhaps due to whatever she bathed in? Was he being drugged? He wasn’t certain but he felt relaxed. As he looked around he was made to chuckle. “It feels nice. I can see how someone could doze like this. You know I’m not much of a bow am I? I feel more like a bead.”

Brigit couldn’t help the smile that flashed onto her face. “Oh that can be so pretty! I’ve seen a few Alphas do just that.”

Ariel felt slightly amused as she noticed her friend’s excitement. “My dad hates those hair styles! He likes the way that his wing blends in with my moms hair and even has his clothes colored to help him do so.”

“I know but that makes his reveal all the more impressive. I’m sure you’ve notice how your mom moves her hands when she says this is my husband and then he opens those gorgeous black wings of his to make himself more visible for just a moment. He may only be visible for a few moments but I’m sure you’ve heard people talking about it. Now Vincent with those red wings you gave him really is meant to stand out. Then there is that delicate body of his that just makes me want to cuddle him so bad.”

Now Ariel was made to giggle as she nodded her head though Brigit’s comments made her long to have Vincent in her cleavage even more. “I know! Okay we really need to be going though. Mom wants Vincent to get a better idea of what our world is like and she wants a report on gathering activity on the northern waters.” Rather than wait for Brigit and Melody to agree Ariel began moving.

He could feel it whenever Ariel moved her head but like when she carried him in her hand the force was nowhere near what it should have been. Even the wind seemed to be subdued. The size of their home made it somewhat difficult to determine how quickly they were moving as everything was scaled to Ariel’s size yet he knew that it was strange. The massive distance still caused issues. What was even more noticeable was the sound. He couldn’t actually hear Brigit or Melody walking behind them so he was rather surprised whenever he heard Melody talking.

“Are we going to start over or begin where we left off?”

“I believe we should start over if only to let Vincent see as much as he can.”

It had been a surprise before and Vincent had an idea of how it was happening but he had to ask. “How are you talking whenever you’re walking faster than the speed of sound! Is this another blessing?” Vincent was rather certain he was wrong whenever he heard all three women giggle

“No! It’s quickened voice. I can’t speak for other cities but every girl in Manevin is expected to know how to cast this spell and maintain it. Did you notice earlier how easily you could speak to my father while my mother was holding him?”

Now Vincent felt himself blushing slightly as he suddenly felt very silly. “I can see that being a lot for my vocal cords to carry.”

“Don’t worry you’re new here after all. Wow once true tongue wears off we’re not only going to have to teach you our language including reading but the basics of magic as well.”

Melody couldn’t help the concern in her voice. “Hey now! I understand language and our culture but magic can wait before it’s okay to begin courting him.”

To Melody’s comment Brigit nodded her head. “That’s right.”

“I know. Can you blame me for wanting to keep him close for a little longer though?”

“No.”

Vincent could actually feel his face warming up as he felt both embarrassed and flattered at the same time. To be getting this much attention from women this good looking wasn’t the type of thing he was used to. Had it happened on earth he’d suspected some alternative plan. He tried to push these thoughts aside as they reached the front door and Ariel pushed it open. A powerful wind greeted him ruffling his hair causing him to instinctively retreat deeper into the nest before raising up again as things seemed to warm up. As they stepped outside the first thing he noticed was a massive tower. It’s scale was apparent to him immediately as he noted the clouds forming around it at various levels. “What is that?”

Ariel didn’t have to guess what Vincent was talking about. She knew what the most impressive structure out her front door was. She was annoyed though when Brigit spoke first.

“That’s Manevin’s temple of The Divine Matrimony, where the Civic Health Committee hold meetings under the watch of the divines. On the bottom level is where you’ll find the guard headquarters, above that the meeting hall and then above that as part of the temple the courting hall.”

“They’re held in the same place?”

This time Ariel managed to speak first. “Of course. What could need greater attention from the divines?”

Rather than comment Vincent took a moment to look the city over. Soon he found something else quite strange. “Why are all the other buildings so much smaller? I know that it’s an important building but I don’t see anything else above two stories.”

“It takes a lot of energy to make stone strong enough to endure us walking around on and just the vibrations from our foot steps. It also has to be maintained.”

“I see.” As Vincent looked upon the city he was tempted to ask to go see the temple. However, he knew that Ariel had work to do and he didn’t know if he was ready to be around that many mountain sized women. “So where are we going?” Ariel’s answer came in the form of her turning away from the city so that Vincent found himself looking down a road towards a far less developed region of the city. He hadn’t thought much of it until now but apparently Ariel’s home was some distance from the main civic center. While it was nowhere near as grand it also seemed the second highest structure in the city due to its placement. “We’re going to use the sidegate so we don’t have to go through the city.”

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The sidegate hadn’t been what Vincent imagined. He had expected some grand structure. Instead it had amounted to little more than the front door on Ariel’s home. When he had mentioned that the doors from his world were meant to protect people the women had been surprised. They had explained that even enhanced with magic it wouldn’t take a woman long to bring down a wall. Even the walls of a city could be overcome quickly. Rather than being there to prevent entry they were there to insure entry didn’t go unnoticed. It was a strange thought that he’d continued to ponder until they reached the forest and he’d remembered what Ariel said about the animals of their world.

Vincent’s view was limited by Ariel’s massive size and he even lamented that he didn’t know some of that sight improving magic but he did manage to catch glimpses of the forest below. From his point of view the trees were absolutely massive. Many of them appeared to be eighty meters tall or even taller yet to these women they were small enough to be walked through or even stepped upon. The sound of Ariel’s foot coming down and crushing a seventy meter tall tree had given Vincent pause as she’d taken a moment to stop and stretch her arms. As she titled her head back he found himself looking up at the sky.

“Do you smell all that honey bark? It seems even stronger than yesterday.”

Melody tried not to drool but as she smelt the trees she couldn’t help herself. “Can we please get to the sea before I make a mistake?”

There was temptation there to tease her friend. Melody was very good at her job but her work often required her to adhere to a strict diet. She had gone with them the previous day to help secure more food for herself which meant she probably didn't get to eat a very large meal this morning. "Alright let's get moving but you know this is your fault for not keeping a fuller pantry."

Melody didn't seem willing to argue and once again Vincent found the group moving. Once they were moving again though an odd thought came to him. If he didn't want to be treated like an ornament he shouldn't behave like one. "What do you do Miss Melody?" He was quite surprised whenever he heard a gasp from Melody.

"Please do not call me miss! I am nowhere near that old."

Neither Brigit or Ariel could help from giggling at the annoyance in Melody's voice. It was Brigit that had to say something about it though. "Now Miss Melody there is no reason to take it that way."

"You I will slap."

Once again Brigit was made to giggle though she held up her hands defensively. "Okay."

As Vincent listened to the women he found himself a  bit surprised though not enough to be stunned. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend. I hope this isn't like what I said to Ariel earlier."

Both girls' faces lit up the moment Vincent had spoken and the words came out at the same time. "What did you say to her!"

Ariel came to an immediate stop and spun to face her friends. For any man raised amongst these women it wouldn't have been worth noting but for Vincent it was quite a ride. "No! Vincent don't answer that. That was a bit mean of you Vincent but nothing to really worry about. We don't use miss unless we're talking to someone with a high position or don't know their name. It's too formal for regular patrols though. For example if you wanted to address my mom officially you'd call her Miss Guard Captain Ellayn. Don't do that unless you're reporting a serious concern. It automatically puts her on alert then she gets annoyed if it's a small issue."

A sigh escaped Brigit as she nodded her head. "You're not kidding. I always hated it whenever people would do that during training."

"Are you a guard as well?"

"No. I'm trained in combat as one though and I attend regular training sessions to keep myself up to speed. I'm an auxiliary. If there is some conflict large enough the regular guard can't handle it we get involved. Well that or if Ellayn has some work for you and you're on hand. Escort this woman out of the city or to the temple of the divine union. That sort of thing."

After a moment Vincent gave a nod. "Alright. So Melody what is your job then?"

"I'm a chef."

Upon hearing the word Vincent was made to perk up but reminded himself quickly of the drawbacks of true tongue. That was the closest approximation to the word that the spell could find. "That's neat! On the world I come from I'm a chef as well." Vincent was a bit surprised whenever he heard Brigit squeal.

"I'm sorry! It's just so neat whenever you say things like that. I know you're suppose to be learning about our world but could you tell us what it's like to be a chef on yours, or travel or well anything. What's it like to have so many other men around and such tiny women?"

Vincent was made to chuckle a bit though he didn't respond right away. He didn't mind talking about himself but he did want to learn more about these women. "I'd normally be glad to talk about myself but while I'd be happy to share it later right now we're in your world. I'd really like to know about it." Vincent was still grinning when he heard Brigit sigh.

"I understand."

While she'd been listening to her friends Ariel couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. It wasn't their reactions that bothered her but Vincent's reaction to Melody's career. She couldn't really say anything about it though so she remained quiet while Melody spoke. "Well I make a lot of dishes for both men and women. Both of these require very different skill sets. For example with men you have to know the right ways to use heat to make the food safe and as easy to digest as possible. For women heat isn't really a choice so it's a matter of spices, blends and letting things rot properly."

"But why do you have to watch your diet?"

"Oh! To make sure my milk is suited to certain dishes and to suit certain tastes. For example. My upcoming dishes calls for milk that's very high in calcium. Even more so than usual. So I've been eating a lot of shellfish. I've also had to reduce the sugar in my diet for the time being which I am not happy about."

He shouldn't have been surprised and he knew it but Vincent couldn't help it. "You use your milk in your cooking?"

"Of course. You need the right ingredients and milk is such an important ingredient in so many dishes for men. I also have to feed the animals." Melody found herself giggling a bit at the surprise in Vincent's voice and on his face whenever she sped up a bit so she could get a glance at him. It was a strange thought that he wouldn't know such things especially as he was a chef but it was a reminder that he was from another world and he looked so cute.

Now Ariel perked up a bit as she looked at her friend. "Do you have any horses? I haven't had those in a long time."

"I can't get them fattened up properly to make them like you want! Every time I begin to get a heard properly fed and fattened up someone comes in and buys them. Telling them that it takes time to bring out the proper flavor does nothing."

A slight giggle escaped Brigit as she licked her lips. "Well milk fed horses are really good."

"They're even better if you let them properly fatten up!"

A sigh escaped Ariel as she nodded her head. "I know! That's why I keep waiting for you to get them ready but if you're never going to get them there I might as well just buy some. Couldn't you just hold them for a little while?"

To this Melody gave a slight snort. "That isn't my call to make. I might be able to do something if you want to buy the horses in advance and pay for a proper feeding time but I hate to ask you to do that. My grandma says that as long as they're willing to pay full price for horses that aren't ready yet we're ready to sell them. I thought the inferior quality of the meat would turn customers away eventually but it hasn't."

While she didn't want to give Melody too much leverage in her attempts to lure Vincent with her breasts Ariel did slow down and pat her friend on the shoulder. "That just means your milk is truly superior. Your grandmother must be proud."

Melody gave her friend a smile and a nod before pressing up on the underside of her breasts "She is. Neither she or my mother were able to become alphas but great grandmother's traits are still strong in our blood."

Upon hearing Melody’s response Vincent couldn’t help but wonder. “Brigit do you descend from an alpha as well?”

“I do. Melody and I are both from broken chains. Ariel on the other hand is an unbroken chain. Basically when you have five alphas in your direct family line you’re a chain.”

“Is that bad?”

“No! There is nothing unusual about being part of a broken chain. They’re a lot more common than the unbroken ones. It’s not as good as being part of an unbroken chain but it’s good.”

To this Ariel gave a nod and glanced over her shoulders at her friends giving them each a smile. “Melody and Brigit have both worked hard to maintain what their chains are known for and I’m going to do my best to help them restore the chain.”

“You mean begin again. If we become alphas the chain technically starts all over with us.” Melody was made to giggle when she heard Ariel groan.

“I hate that way of looking at it!

“Then when do you stop being considered part of a broken chain?”

Brigit once again chose to handle this question. “There is no certain moment or generation gap. It happens whenever you no longer stand out. Like I mentioned a moment ago Melody’s breast milk is the best in the city if you don’t consider peak alphas. In terms of physical ability I’ve put some alphas on their tail.”

“But doesn’t that mean alphas would try to acquire those traits from you?”

Now Ariel spoke up. “Oh yeah! Convincing a broken chain to become a lesser wife is a big deal. It’d be like convincing the daughter of an alpha to become a lesser wife. But it’s not something that can be easily done. Brigit your mom rewed didn’t she?” As Brigit spoke Ariel noticed an uncertain tone to her voice.

“Not yet. Sort of but not yet. There is an offer on the table but she might have a second better offer. Mom wants to meet the second potential husband first before she makes up her mind. She’s also negotiating between two children or a lot more money.”

“How much more?”

“She would not tell me but she said a lot. When my mom says a lot she means it.”

“Enough to have a serious chance at purchasing a husband?”

Brigit bit down on her lower lip for a moment as she considered the question. It seemed simple but she wasn’t certain. “I’m not sure if my mom is interested in becoming an alpha anymore. I believe the reason she’s torn is she wants to buy me a husband but I’ve told her I plan on becoming a lesser wive to you several times already.”

“Come on Brigit! If you have a chance to become an alpha go for it.”

A sigh escaped Brigit as she shook her head. “I don’t know. I don’t want my mom to give up on becoming an alpha wife and  you’re one of the few I’d want to be a lesser wife to. I actually believe I’d like sharing my muscles with you. You’ll probably take them even further than me even after I become an alpha wife. The last woman my mom was a lesser wife to couldn’t handle what she got from her literally. Her bones and cartilage weren’t built up enough to handle the sudden shift and when she pushed her right leg snap.”

A sigh escaped Ariel as she nodded her head. As she did she felt her smile grow as she heard Vincent actually laugh apparently enjoying the ride. “The body is a system. You have to be mindful when you change something drastically.”

While Vincent was listening to the women he had indeed began to laugh. It wasn’t just the motion but the movement of Ariel’s hairs tickling him. “So couldn’t she have copied the bones as well? You mentioned duplicating traits but how does that work. Could you duplicate height for example?”

All three women slowed and looked to one another. After a few moments of looking at her friends Ariel gave a sigh. “That’s a really big question you just asked.  I’ll simplify as best I can. Each trait you could say has a certain weight to it and any man can only carry so much weight from a given lesser wife. There is really strong evidence that a man’s spiritual and physical fitness influence how much they can bring back and many men learn magic in hopes of improving what they can carry. So let’s say that I was a lesser wife.” Ariel felt herself grin a bit whenever she heard her friends openly laugh. “Now let’s say that the alpha wife was around five hundred meters tall.”

Melody couldn’t stay quiet as she listened to the silly scenario. “It would kill her if she took your height! Her heart and muscles would be in serious danger of being overworked! Then there would be the sudden change to her nervous system.”

To this Ariel gave a nod. “She would need to have other lesser wives to strengthen various aspects of her body before her husband duplicated my height for her. This is what happened in the case of Brigit’s mom. Which really I’m not entirely clear on either. She should have known that. We learn that in school.”

To this Brigit gave a shrug. “Don’t ask me how it happened. I’m not even sure if I was in my teens when this happened. All I can guess is it was some over eager alpha that wanted to please her husband or keep him safe.”

To this Melody shook her head in the negative. “No. I don’t see that happening. I bet your mother was wed for another trait. However, when the alpha saw how her husband responded to your mother’s muscles she just had to have them. That must have been so humiliating.”

After a moment Ariel couldn’t help but giggle. “Mom always told me I had to study because good traits and genetics didn’t guarantee a good mind. I tried to get her to tell me some stories but she’d always say she wasn’t at liberty to share such things. Its so frustrating  whenever I hear her and dad laughing about something after she gets home from work and they won’t share. Anyway, did that answer your question Vincent?”

“If the amount the men can carry differs how do you know I can carry anything? Now before you say every man can carry some traits you said the same thing about wings.” Why had he said that? As the words left his mouth the stupidity of them struck home. Right now he was considered extremely valuable. How would that change if he couldn’t even duplicate traits?

Ariel didn't have to think long on the question for long to come up with an answer. “I don't know how the wings of the men from your world were taken. It even frightens me that such a thing is possible now that I think about it. All men of a world losing their wings isn't right. However, they're still only physical. The ability to carry traits is a blessing that all men have. Your aura is proof of that as is how the white sand responded to you."

Vincent wasn't certain what Ariel meant by white sand but had to guess it was a translation error. He didn't have such magic sands in his world or he sure didn't know the name for them. He would have to learn the true word for it later. "Men couldn't do that in my world and I never noticed an aura about the women especially something that could protect them or anyone else from physics."

While Melody didn't want to hurt Vincent's feelings she couldn't hold her tongue as he spoke of the women from his world. "The women of your world clearly haven't earned the blessed aura in that case. You have an aura though it's interacting with Ariel's and is what lets hers protect you. If you lacked an aura it couldn't safeguard you. As for the blessing of marriage are you sure you're performing the ritual properly?"

The certainty in Melody's voice had caught Vincent off guard. Rather than think about what she was saying or try to respond he just listened. Even as he listened though he couldn't help but notice what sounded like contempt when she mentioned the women of earth. He did give her two points though. It's true he didn't know he had an aura beforehand and it was unlikely they knew this ritual if it was indeed required. "So the ritual has to be done?"

"Absolutely! No husband has been able to carry a trait to a woman without undergoing the ritual of marriage. Perhaps the people of your world forgot it."

Or they never knew it flashed through Vincent's mind but he didn't give voice to those words. These women seemed to believe that their divines had indeed reached his world. He wasn't going to argue but wondered if his aura was proof they had reached his world or they were never there and aura was just part of this world. As he considered this Vincent began to run his fingers through Ariel's hair and settle into it. "That's good to know. I was worried that I was even less of a man with my wingless back." Vincent didn't know if the same look was on Ariel's face but the sympathetic look that appeared on Melody and Brigit's face nearly knocked him over. He'd only been joking but they didn't seem to believe that.

Ariel didn't resist as both women reached forward and rubbed their fingers against Vincent. This was far more than an act of physical contact. By doing this they would let all three of their auras engulf him for only a few moments. This could have a profound affect on a man especially whenever it came to comforting him. "Not having wings of your own doesn't make you less of a man Vincent. It means you have another challenge to overcome."

Brigit bit down on her bottom lip for a moment but she had to speak up. "Have you considered getting him a fluid nature of his own? I know they're real expensive and I wouldn't even have two of mine if it wasn't for you and your mom."

Opening her eyes Ariel's straitened backup though it meant Brigit and Melody couldn't comfortably reach Vincent. "Well dad does have his own fluid nature. I." Ariel bit down on her lower lip for a moment as she considered what Brigit had said. It was more typical for a woman to lend a man her fluid nature to protect him than for him to have one of us his own. With the difference in their auras a man's fluid nature couldn't built up a strong enough defense to protect him like a female's either. It would go along way to giving Vincent his own wings though. "I'll have to talk to my mother about that. Dad was only able to get his fluid nature after years of practice with spellcraft."

Melody gave Brigit a look before turning to Vincent. "That is a really good idea Brigit! I believe a low grade fluid nature would work.  It'd normally be too expensive to justify but in this case you could easily call it a healing expense. I bet we could even get the temple onboard sense we'd be restoring the sky to him."

While Vincent listened to the women he couldn't really talk. He didn't know what to expect whenever he'd seen Brigit and Melody reaching for him. He hadn't been able to think whenever they touched him. A warmth and comfort so intense had swallowed him up and ran through his body that he could only call it bliss. It had driven all conscious thought from his mind and pain so that he could only set there and enjoy it. Several minutes were required after the event for his mind to really begin working again. When it did he wasn't really certain of what to say. "Wow."

All three women were made to giggle though it was Ariel that spoke up. "I'm glad that you could rejoin us. Are you feeling better now?"

"Yeah. But what was that?"

"Three auras influencing the same man at the same time. Seeing your response I'd say you like all three of us." Even as she said the words Ariel had a mixture of emotions. She was glad that Vincent responded well to her friends. She liked him and she wanted him to like them. However, part of her worried that they might take his attention away from her. It was the thought that he wasn't her betrothed and she'd only known him for a short time that quieted these feelings and let her relax. It also prompted another realization. She said she wanted to help her friends but she was trying to keep a potential husband from them. That wasn't right and wouldn't be allowed while courting. "Vincent what would you think of letting Melody or Brigit carry you for a bit?"

For a moment Melody and Bright slowed and gave one another a smile. At times it took Ariel a little time to come around but give her a little time and she always remembered her friends. They tried to keep their excitement in check whenever Vincent spoke up. "Could we wait until later? I'm sorry but I'm still getting used to just being carried around. I don't really feel ready to begin being handed around."

To this Brigit gave a quick nod. "That's fine. Besides it'll be a lot easier when we can just hold you or you can set down without the nest. Okay give me a moment to get my net ready."

Rather than question what she meant Vincent took a moment to look around. Ariel seemed to realize what he was doing as she adjusted where she was looking at. What he saw was an expanse of clear blue water that went on for far longer than he could see. As he noted the waves crashing below it felt strange to him. He knew they were impressive but he couldn't help but imagine how insignificant they had to be to these women. He doubted even a Tsunami could threaten these women. "So what are you going to be doing?"

"We're going to be doing some fishing. I'm working on catching some fish needed to make some valuable reagents. Melody gets the shellfish for her diet and Ariel is going to be observing the catch to help determine local harvesting behavior. The quantity of certain fish can tell you a lot about what's been going on. It's also used to determine if we need to put some restriction on certain types of fishing."

Once again Vincent found himself go for a little ride as Ariel nodded her head. He was glad he didn't suffer from motion sickness. "Will you be able to handle patrolling the waters instead of fishing them if the balance is off?"

"Huh! Why me? There should be plenty of guards free to handle that. You know I'm not good at quietly disarming a situation and sending them on their way."

He shouldn't ask and Vincent knew it but he had to. "What's wrong?"

"The last time I had to talk to two other women about overfishing certain catches and they got mouthy with me I lost my calm and smacked them around a bit. I tried suggesting some good alternatives or another location at first but they would not shut up." As she spoke Brigit couldn't help the bit of anger that slipped into her voice. This brought a laugh from Ariel.

"Mom wanted Brigit for a guard for a long time but she never developed the patience for it."

"Well please don't flick me."

A sigh escaped Brigit as she stopped fussing with her net and looked at Vincent. "Oh my god! Please tell me you don't believe I'd actually hit you for arguing with me."

"You wouldn't?"

"No!" A slight chuckle escaped Brigit despite the shock in her voice. "I just can't stand it whenever another woman wants to ignore how powerful we are."

Melody didn't try to hide her amusement when she spoke even as she moved to assist Brigit in weaving the magic and vines together to make her net. "Brigit's mom and grandmother really drilled how strong she is and personal responsibility into her."

For a moment Vincent said nothing but took a moment to look at what he could see of Brigit over again. "I actually find that rather comforting. So is this regular for the three of you?"

Ariel gave a slight shrug after a moment of consideration. "Sort of. Once a week the six of us get together and try to prepare for the coming week. They're somethings that are just easier to do as a group. The others pretty much finished before we found you so they're not here today."

Meloy couldn't help herself as she spoke up. "Not because they didn't want to. They're all very interested in meeting you." As she saw Vincent blushing Melody couldn't help but grin herself. "You're so cute! I never thought I'd see a man surprised that several women are after him. Do the women of your world get to enjoy several men trying to court them?"

"Not all but some."

"Wow. That must be strange. It'd be wonderful but so strange."

Vincent was made to chuckle as he thought of a few female friends who received undesired attention. One waitress in particular had complained of an unwelcome hand on her rump or thigh on more than one occasion. Melody's figure would have undoubtedly drawn such attention though he doubted anyone would be willing to chance it even if they could reach. “I don’t know. The type of attention some men give women can be rather unwelcome.” Vincent was made to feel rather awkward when after a few moments the girls began to giggle again.

By now she should be fishing and Brigit knew it but she couldn’t help herself. “How!”

“Well okay. At the restaurant I work at there is a waitress named Rebecca. She has had trouble in the past with men sneaking a feel of her rear. We don’t allow such behavior but there is a never ending supply of idiots it seems. You mentioned it earlier Ariel. Nothing below the waist.”

No immediate response came from the women as Ariel rubbed the back of her neck and Melody scratched her chin. All three women actually felt something of a fog settling in as they tried to reconcile what Vincent had told them with their own experience. After a moment a sigh escaped Brigit. “I can’t see it. I don’t believe I could bring myself to be angry at a man even if he flew up and smacked my bottom. I’d be worried if I didn’t notice him! That could be real dangerous especially if I was setting down.”

“Even if he flew down into your bottom?”

“I. Okay that would be going too far. Yes. That type of behavior I couldn’t put up with unless he is my husband.”

Vincent felt a little strange as the women finished with the net and began to move apart. He was taken aback whenever he realized that the net was almost as tall as the women and much wider than them. "So how do you handle fishing here anyway?"

Melody and Bright looked towards one another for a moment before giggling and sprinting towards the water. As they ran Brigit was careful to hold back to avoid running too fast for her friend to keep up as tempting as the desire to run ahead was. The desire was particularly intense as she knew the slow pace would do more to show off Melody's rump than her own. Neither of the women even considered the sonic boom they'd produced or that Vincent would be distracted by the thunder of their foot steps as they dashed into the water.

Vincent was glad that he was tied down as he saw the women's feet strike the ocean water. Had he not been he was fairly certain he'd been made to jump.  A massive spray of water and steam shot into the air as their feet slammed into the water the massive force not only pushing large volumes out of the way but vaporizing a good portion of it. What reached his ear a few moments later wasn't just the sound of the explosions their foot steps produced but a flurry of excited giggles. The sight before him was an unreal mixture.

He saw two beautiful women running ahead of him giggling excitedly. Both their rumps swaying invitingly as they ran with an extra jiggle to Melody's. Yet wherever their feet landed destruction spread leaving a series of imprints where their feet sunk deeply into the ground and the earth was made to heave upwards. Any plants caught beneath their feet were reduced to a green and brown pulp that was smeared against the bottom of the impressions. It wasn't just what was caught under their feet which was destroyed but rather the destruction radiated out from wherever their feet came down. Once they reached the water he could no longer see the craters but the waves, pools of bubbling water and steam clouds still marked where their feet fell for a few moments.

It wasn't just the sight that was an odd mix of playful beauty and destruction. The sound was a mixture of playful giggles, splashing water, a roaring tide and a rapid carpet bombing. As Vincent felt the reverberation of the women's foot steps shake his entire being he marveled at the force of the impacts and even wondered what kind of bombs they would have been on par with.

As he watched, heard and felt this playful display of power he couldn't help but think this had been going on behind him the entire time the women had been walking. It had been diminished by the women walking instead of jogging along but even then he knew the damage had to be staggering. Ariel's walking and outpacing the sound while Melody and Brigit walked behind her had prevented him from noticing the damage but he was certain it was there. With these thoughts came a powerful sense of awe.

It only took a moment but as the women came to a stop and pulled it from the water Vincent was rather surprised by how tiny the fish caught within it seemed. Even in a state of awe though he knew this was only because they were so far away. As the women walked towards one another it became clearer and clearer that they were anything but small. It also became easier to see the fish moving within the net. "How did they survive that?"

Brigit glanced at Melody for a moment before speaking up. "While we were working on the net Melody was weaving in a spell to protect everything caught within. Normally a few of the fish end up dying even whenever I use a smaller net but Melody is very good at keeping animals alive. Think of it as our best attempt at a divine aura."

Melody felt both grateful for her friend's praise and proud. Both magic and muscle could shine but different tasks favored one or the other. Vincent wouldn’t be able to see her magic despite all the practice she’d put into it and pointing it out herself would have been a bit much. “Thanks.”

As she neared her friends Ariel leaned over and took a look at the net. She didn’t count the fish but she had a pretty good idea of what she should be able to see after such a run given the time of year. “What do you think Brigit?”

“It looks like a good catch to me! Can we get them to the land so i can begin drying and bagging them?”

“So you don’t see anything missing that should be there or in too few numbers?”

Rather than respond right away Brigit took another look. Right now Ariel was asking as a member of the guard which required more than a casual answer. “There are a few more shellfish than I’d normally expect but Melody is going to take care of that. The shellfish are also a bit larger than expected. That seems like a good thing but it could mean someone was tossing something in the water. Melody should be able to answer that. Everything else seems to be the same but we should take care of the shellfish to avoid throwing things out of balance.”

“Okay then would you mind putting some of the other fish back? If we’re going to help maintain the balance we need to give them a hand.”

As Vincent listened he noted the repeated mention of shellfish but quickly decided that was due to true tongue not being able to find a better word for it. With Ariel standing so near the net and leaning over he was able to see into the net and he was shocked. Several of the fish were well over two meters long. They weren’t giants on par with the women but they were big. What was an even bigger concern to him was what looked to be fifty kilogram crabs in the net. their shells were odd shapes in some cases. Some of them were more oval while a few looked like a cross between a lobster and a snake. These seemed to be making their way over the net quite rapidly.

While she was trying to be patient Melody couldn’t help herself. “Please Ariel I’m really hungry. This morning I didn’t have enough to even eat a half breakfast.”

A sigh escaped Ariel as she shook her head. “Melody one meal isn’t going to spoil your diet and ruin your milk. Okay. Eat all the shellfish and let some of the others go. Brigit I’ll let you decide what you want to release and keep.”

Once again Vincent was kept from jumping as Melody gave a delighted squeal and the girls made their way over to dry land. As they settled down he watched as Melody reached into the net and grab two of the crab snake things and one of the thicker shelled ones and lifted it to her mouth. He could see the creatures struggling between her fingers before she tossed them into her mouth and didn’t even begin to chew. Instead he watched her cheeks swell slightly and he imagined she was swaying her tongue from side to side before she tilted her head back. He didn’t even see her neck muscles working but he knew she’d swallowed.

“They’re good! They’re very lively and I didn’t taste anything off with them.” As she spoke Melody reached back into the net. This time she held her hand partly closed and her three fluid natures came to life extending their arms outward, forming new arms and helping her gather the shellfish in her hand. While it lacked her fluid natures to help the left hand soon joined in. “We’re going to catch more than this right?”

“Careful not to eat my fish too!” Brigit was made to chuckle as she watched her friend and laid out a thin cloth that she unfolded into a large square. Much like Melody her fluid natures joined in though unlike Melody she wasn’t eating them. At times her hand would extend into the water releasing the fish that she was holding back into it. Those fish that were soon to give birth or still well within good breeding age were released back into the water. Injured, dying and old fish would be dried on the cloth which rapidly sucked the moisture from their bodies and later processed to make alchemy reagents and a few other items.

“I said I’m hungry!” Melody was made to pout slightly as she took a moment to push up on her massive breasts. “Really how much do you believe I have to eat to keep these full?”

Brigit gave a slight snicker. “Because fueling my muscles is so easy.”

“It’s easier than making as much milk as I have to.”

“Well that’s true.”

Vincent actually found himself a bit surprised at Brigit’s admission. “Is milk production that intensive?”

Rather than let her friend respond Ariel spoke up. “It is especially when you make as much as Melody. You weren’t there for breakfast but well. Just watch how much Melody eats before she feels satisfied and cut that to one fifth for Brigit or me.”

As he looked Melody over Vincent had trouble imagining her as the most voracious of the three especially by that margin. When he looked at the way she was eaten it appeared as if she was only nibbling if he imagined the net as a table of food. It was only whenever he remembered that these fish were larger than him in many cases and she wasn't even chewing that he realized how much she truly was eating. "How does that work though? I would think muscles like what you and Brigit have would take a lot of fuel to. Some of the biggest eaters I've ever met were the most fit."

While it was nice having Vincent on her head Ariel did regret that she couldn't see him and would have preferred to have him in her cleavage. For a moment she considered taking him out of his hatchlings nest but he seemed content and with the way Melody was going through the net they wouldn't be there long. "They do! I was surprised  by how little milk it took to fill you up this morning for example. You are full right?"

The answer came to Vincent immediately as he realized there was a very good chance of him being given another feeding immediately if he said no. "Yes! I am completely stuffed."

Melody slowed down her eating for a moment as all three girl's were made to giggle. As she let some more of the shellfish slide down her throat she spoke up. "We can digest everything about what we eat not just the physical aspects of it so we get a lot out of what we eat. However, when you also have to produce as many megaliters of milk a day as I have to the need for raw material tends to go up. We would be in trouble if we digested our food like men!"

As she spoke Ariel reached up and gently brushed her finger against Vincent. While it was nice having him up there she wanted a bit more interaction. She felt her heart flutter a bit whenever he actually leaned against her finger and had to force down the desire to take him out of her hair and kiss him before she could speak."I remember evaluating that in one of my classes. I can't remember the exact numbers but there is enough flora and fauna for us it would just change some things."

If he guessed each one of those fish weighed one hundred kilograms then it only took five of them to get a kiloton. He wasn't certain of their exact weight and they were rather far away but Vincent could get an idea of their size by comparing them to Melody's fingers. Given their shells it seemed fair for a rough guess. That meant in her first little nibble Melody hadn't eaten a kiloton of fish and she was picking up more fish with each return visit. Yet she never seemed to come close to filling up her hand. He wasn't certain if she'd truly eaten a handful since the beginning. "Melody I hope you don't mind me asking but how many fist fulls do you normally eat?"

While she didn't stop eating Melody took a moment to gather a few more fish on her fingers before she responded to Vincent. "A fist full is normally plenty but after yesterday and this mornings breakfast I'm thinking a fist and a half."

The implication hit home immediately as Vincent looked down at Ariel. "You only eat a fifth of a fist full for a meal!"

All three women were made to giggle at the surprise in Vincent's voice. Ariel managed to beat the other women to their words. "You make that sound like it's so little! Brigit and I are actually considered pretty heavy eaters and Melody was talking in terms of fish or animals. That amount goes up if we're eating plants and we can most assuredly eat more. We can eat as much as a man proportionally speaking but then our bodies just rely on the physical and waste a lot."

"You've mentioned physical a few times now. What do you mean by that?"

"We digest the innate magical aspects of anything we eat as well."

Magical aspects? Well they have alchemy I saw that for myself and apparently they use animal parts. So I guess it makes sense that magic would be part of the plants and animals as well. Is it the same magic though or do they have different types? Could magic mean different things? "When I say or hear magic what kind of term am I using?"

This time Brigit managed to beat Ariel to respond. "A very broad term. There is magic, magic, magic." Brigit actually blushed a bit as Ariel began to snicker and held up a hand to silence her. Realization set in immediately. "Oh divine mother hide me that must have sounded so stupid."

Vincent was actually grinning and blushing a bit himself. "I take it you were listing the different types of magic. Sorry about that but my education in such things is lacking."

Ariel was made to snicker despite her best efforts not to add to her friends embarrassment. The look on Bright's face was too much to resist. "First we break magic down into nonliving magic that can be found everywhere in the environment including in the water, stone and air. Second we have magic that is found in plants which is more potent than the first, going up from there we have the third type of magic which is found in animals and the fourth type of magic, which is what humans use, is more powerful still finally we have divine magic. Each one of those categories except divine magic is broken down even further to help understand their interactions. In general you only need a little energy to get a big effect in the lower tier which is why you see us working plants so easily while duplicating a higher tier is very hard."

"Is that why making the net so that it kept the animals was so hard? You're using human tier magic to duplicate divine magic?"

Melody actually swallowed this time rather than letting the fish slide down her throat. "I'm sorry and I hope this isn't too big of a misunderstanding but we don't duplicate divine magic. That implies a level of ability we don't have we imitate divine magic. We use it as our guide and try to follow the lines but it's like comparing a child's coloring page to the original work of a master. Does that make sense?"

"I believe I understand. It's like watching a young child trying to cook like their parents with the same recipe. So are you adding too much spice or are you still mistaking dirt for a spice?"

Melody felt her entire body tingle with amusement as she listened to Vincent. "I like that example! As for the spices that's a matter of serious debate. We don't know. That child sure believed it was cooking with the proper spices."

Vincent had seen enough that he had no trouble believing magic existed in this world though he wasn't certain if it was as he imagined. His understanding could change especially if he could indeed learn magic. For the moment he resolved to think of their magic as he saw in fantasy shows or games. The talk about how women digested innate magic aspects hadn't left his mind. “That’s true. Thinking about the animals you eat though. In my world we don’t have magic like you do but at times animals are talked about as having spirits. Do these animals have spirits?”

Looking to Melody Ariel spoke up so that her friend could eat a little more and so she wouldn’t be left out of the conversation. “Of course.”

“Then does that mean when you eat them you eat their spirit as well?”

“Yep! It’s one of the major reasons to eat your food alive and it can be a hard choice to make. The longer an animal or plant has been dead and the more that’s been done to it the more of its innate mystic energies it loses and thus it grants us less energy. They’re some alchemical treatments to prevent this but they can only go so far. It’s also why Melody isn’t chewing either.”

They’re eating their souls. The thought had been screaming in Vincent’s mind the entire time he’d been listening to Ariel speak. He could feel himself beginning to break out into a cold sweat despite the influence of Ariel’s aura and the warmth of her hair as he was made to think of some horror movie monster that did worse than just killed its victims. Instead of some horrific beast though these were beautiful young women smiling and speaking sweetly the entire time. “Then what would happen if a woman swallowed a man alive?” Vincent felt Ariel jerk sharply and both Brigit and Melody turned to face him completely. He heard Ariel take in a deep breath before speaking.

“That is a very serious crime Vincent that would require the destruction of the offending woman’s mind.” As Ariel struggled to think of what to say she took in a deep breath. This was a very uncomfortable question. It was tempting to say that no woman would ever do that but it had happened before. In most cases it was a woman who had attempted and failed at becoming an alpha or lesser wife too many times. Such attempts almost always failed and Ariel hadn’t heard of it happening within her lifetime but it had happened within her mother’s.

“Is a man that was swallowed still protected by the woman’s aura?” Once again Vincent felt Ariel convulse and this time he felt her shiver. He heard something and for a moment he thought she might be about to throw up.

Why did he have to ask such questions? Ariel felt herself breaking out in a cold sweat and she could see Brigit and Melody were responding the same way. This wasn’t the type of things they liked to talk or think about. Along with a sickness swelling in her stomach Ariel could feel an anger growing within her chest that seemed ready to overwhelm the sickness. It wasn’t targeted towards Vincent but the women who had done such things though the ones she knew of were well past dead. “Yes it does but it’s not enough to protect them from being digested. The damage to the man’s spiritual self would be on par with what’s done while shredding a mind. That’s actually how mind shredding was developed. It was discovered while studying how a woman digest her food and how it differs from a man.”

Vincent felt a chill run up his spine and he took in a deep breath. Several horror films from over the years flashed through his mind and he took in a deep breath. “That’s rather frightening.”

All three women gave a nod and Brigit spoke up. “But like Ariel said that hasn’t happened in our lifetimes or anywhere near them. At least not in our city. Such acts are a crime against the divine union as well. Melody are you alright?”

For a moment Melody said nothing but rolled a few of the fish between her fingers. “I lost my appetite.”

Vincent gave a slight sigh and shook his head. “I’m sorry. It’s just a frightening thought that I couldn’t help but ask about.”

To this Melody nodded her head. “I understand. We went over this in great detail ourselves actually. It’s part of our sex education and the dangers of mouth play with your husband. We even learned how to supress our digestive system and force a hard purge.”

In hopes of lightening the mood Ariel gave a long sigh. “Oh by the Divine Father that sucked!”

“What’s a hard purge?”

“A spell we can cast on ourselves to empty our stomachs very quickly and of everything. I say that it’s painful but I wonder if True Tongue is giving you the right word. We had to practice it on ourselves once and I was reduced to laying on the ground in tears. But I’d go through ten times worse before I’d risk digesting a man.” As she spoke Ariel listened carefully in hopes that Vincent would relax. She didn’t like to give men reason to fear women but often justified it as there being dangers they both needed to be aware of. Vincent was of even greater concern due to him being from another world. They had taken him out so that he could better understand their world and why he needed to remain safe with them but she worried this was too much.

“If you can force yourself to empty your stomach what is the spell for suppressing your stomach for?”

Melody gave a slight yelp whenever both Ariel and Brigit looked towards her. It wasn’t expected and it wasn’t welcome but it was true she knew more about such spells then them. She had learned to keep the more delicate creatures of the world alive as part of her job after all. That didn’t mean she knew more about the reason for such spells than them. They just wanted to shift the job of answering to her. “It’s because some men enjoying exploring inside their wives and some wives enjoy the same. Between a woman’s aura, a fluid nature and the right suppressing spells a man can travel the entire distance through a woman’s body. Often additional spells of protection will be used to insure the husbands survival.”

Upon seeing Vincent recoil slightly Melody shot Ariel then Brigit an annoyed glance. She wasn’t going to stop now though. “At times this will even be done shortly after the woman has eaten or even during so that he can watch the animals being digested.”

A slight tingle ran up Vincent’s spine as he realized this meant that the woman’s digestive system wasn’t completely shut down. At this point he didn’t want any additional information and took a moment to clear his throat and steady himself. “Thanks for that information. That’s a bit much to think on.” It was a surprise for Vincent whenever he heard all three give a sigh. It was Ariel who spoke up though.

“I believe I speak for all three of us whenever I say we’d really prefer if you didn’t.”

“I take it that you’re not into such things.”

This time Melody easily beat both girls to speaking up. “No. We aren’t. Swallowing a man and especially my husband like he was some animal is just revolting as far as I’m concerned.”

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It had taken a while but the mood had finally lightened as Brigit had finished drying various catches from her net and Melody had even eaten a few more shellfish. Vincent had resolved to not bring up the subject of eating a man for a while but seeing how repulsed the girls had been by the idea had made him feel better. He wasn’t thinking of that now as he found himself looking towards the ground at a large herd of what Ariel had just identified as horses.

These weren’t the horses that Vincent knew. They had four legs, traveled in herds, had hooves, were tall and indeed had the basic shape but these weren’t horses. These things hissed. Currently Ariel was holding one up for him to see and the first thing he’d notice was the teeth. These weren’t just the flat crushing teeth of an herbivore. This thing had incisors while it’s hooves seemed to have some kind of natural spikes upon them. The tail wasn’t hair but was a long meaty extension that looked like it could be used to knock something off the animal's back. It was hard to make out but it also appeared that there were several small spines growing out of the creature’s back and shoulders. As he looked at the animal hissing furiously at Ariel and him he only had one thing to say.

“That is not a horse!” Once again he heard the women giggling as they looked at him. It was Brigit who spoke up.

“You have got to tell us! What were you expecting?”

“Well the hooves and four legs are right but when I said horse I meant a herbivore as it in only eats plant so lose the incisors. They don’t have spines either. We ride the things! This thing looks like it’d stab you in the ass and then knock your head off with its tail.”

Melody was made to giggle once again as she looked towards the herd. Normally she would have captured a few or eaten them but currently she had the pens  in her shop full and thanks to her diet she couldn’t enjoy eating some wild horses. “They sound positively delicious. How do they survive though?”

“Well in the wild they tend to run away from predators but these things look like predators.”

“They are. They like to swarm their prey whenever they find something to eat. They can also survive off plants.”

A sigh escaped Vincent as he rubbed his head as he once again looked at the animal. He felt a little nervous whenever it looked back at him. “Well I think you should eat that one. I believe it’s memorizing my scent so that they can track me down.” Vincent blushed a little whenever he heard the girls once again giggling. “Is every animal like this? I mean predatory.”

Now Melody was made to giggle such that she couldn’t respond right away. She was grateful that her friends waited for her. “Of course not. They are several plant eaters but they tend to require very sturdy bodies or they have to be very mindful of what they eat due to the possible alchemical reactions within their bodies. Meat eaters don’t have to worry about such things as badly.”

For a moment Vincent went silent but then a slight yelp escaped him. “Does that mean women have to worry about what they eat?”

“No. It’s fairly common for an alchemical reaction to occur within a woman’s body due to the high energy environment, acid and well the variety of things we eat. For a man it would be a concern but the the more alchemical reactive plants are the ones men shouldn’t be eating to begin with. There is actually a strong relationship between how alchemically reactive a plant is and whether or not a man can’t eat it.”

Now Brigit had to speak up. “She means that if it’s even remotely alchemically reactive it’s not safe for a man to eat.”

“That’s a rather blunt way of putting it but yes.”

For a moment Vincent said nothing but looked back towards the horse. He was made to recoil whenever he saw the horses tongue stick out for a moment and he couldn’t help himself. “Would you please eat that thing already. I really believe it’s plotting against me.”

Ariel gave an amused giggle after a moment and held the animal out towards Brigit. “Do you want it?”

“Huh? You love horse!”

“I do but I’d feel bad eating it in front of you.”

After a moment Brigit gave a slight shrug and took the animal from Ariel’s hand and lifted it towards her mouth. As she did she couldn’t help but notice the way Vincent was looking at her and felt herself blush slightly as she remembered their conversation from earlier. Her embarrassment grew all the more intense as she realized what was happening. Ariel was without a doubt thinking about the conversation they had with Vincent about women eating a man. She didn’t want to risk making him uncomfortable by eating this animal in front of him so soon. “Fine. I’ll be the one to protect Vincent from this plotting creature.” Rather than try to hide what she was doing Brigit opened her mouth wide so the animal and Vincent could get a clear look inside. A shrill shriek came from the horse as it realized what was about to happen.

Vincent could have sworn that he heard the animal splash down on Brigit’s tongue. Yet for all its spines, teeth and hissing the animal looked like a tick tack on that massive tongue. It kicked and hissed drawing itself to a standing position with surprising speed. As it did so Vincent could swear he could see Brigit’s saliva being splashed about by the terrified animal. Just as it drew itself to a standing position he saw Brigit’s mouth shut engulfing the animal so that it couldn’t be heard any longer. There was a slight gulp and Brigit passed her hand over her throat but he didn’t know if that was when she’d actually swallowed the animal. Rather it seemed an act of theater given how these women had no need to swallow such animals. “All gone! That’ll teach that plotting horse won’t it Vincent?”

When he’d been told what happens to the animals they ate Vincent had been fearful especially whenever he considered what such words meant for a human. He believed in clean kills whenever it came to butchering livestock or hunting. Yet Vincent couldn’t help but smile having seen what was considered a horse in this world. So he couldn’t help himself as he spoke. “Thank you! I don’t know if I would have been able to sleep knowing that thing was out there tracking me down.”

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“So are things always like this?” Vincent felt a little strange as Ariel began to free him from the hatchling’s nest she’d woven him into. He’d actually expected to return to her home before being freed but instead he found himself joining these women for lunch. He had a pretty good idea about what his lunch would be but what surprised him most was what their lunch was. He’d just seen Brigit bite through a boulder that was larger than he was with no sign of it providing resistance. They’d gathered up some smaller trees and bushes while Melody had gone ahead and rounded up some of the horses and yet the meal looked extremely small.

It was a relief to feel Vincent in her hand again despite having him on her head this entire time. As she brought him to eye level she even gave a sigh. “Well it’s good to see you again mister! What do you mean is it always like this though?”

“I mean your workday. You seemed to enjoy the fishing and all together it seemed rather relaxed.”

“Ah! Well in truth we’re behind schedule like I mentioned earlier. Normally we’d done all of this yesterday and all six of us would have been here. Well seven including you. I guess this is a pretty normal gathering day.”

For a moment Vincent said nothing but looked towards Melody and Brigit. As he noticed them looking to him he grinned. “Okay so who wants to hold me?” Vincent was actually made to chuckle despite his situation as both girls seemed to perk up. He half expected them to raise their hands in the air as if they were in grade school but they managed to repress the move.

Brigit could have beaten her to it but she held her tongue as she watched Melody’s face light up. She’d have her turn eventually. “I would very much like to hold you if you don’t mind. I’d like to see how our auras interact when it’s just yours and mine.”

Ariel bit down on her lower lip for a moment. Of course removing Vincent from the hatchlings nest and handing him around would have been a bit much while they were walking around. Now that they’d settled down to talk and eat though she’d lost her excuse. “Are you alright with that Vincent?”

As he looked at Melody Vincent actually felt himself blush. He was becoming a bit nervous. This was going beyond going for a ride with someone. He was literally volunteering himself to be held in Melody’s hand and likely placed somewhere else on her body. Thoughts of volunteering himself to be held like a kitten came to mind but he realized he wouldn’t even be a kitten in Melody or any of these women’s hands. Yet the look of hope on Melody’s face and the warm smile she was giving him melted his heart and while he could feel his embarrassment growing he nodded his head. “I’m certain.” Vincent was made to jump a bit whenever he heard Melody give an excited squeal and she extended her right hand towards Ariel.

There was nothing she could say about it now. Ariel’s smile didn’t falter as she extended her right hand above Melody’s so that Vincent could step off the tip of her right index finger and onto her friend’s hand. As he began to walk she was made to giggle slightly. A woman’s aura didn’t extend far beyond her hand but it did extend some distance and with the right medium it could be transmitted further. Right now Vincent was feeling the influence of both of their auras. There was an extra spring in his step. “That feels good doesn’t it?”

As he’d began to walk towards Melody’s finger Vincent had felt his smile growing and soon he’d nearly been skipping as he walked. As he neared the edge of Ariel’s finger he was made to stop and considered what she’d said before thinking about how he was walking. “Are you sure you’re not drugging me?”

Despite Vincent leaving her body Ariel was made to giggle as he allowed himself to fall off her finger and onto Melody’s palm. As he left her finger Ariel lifted it away and withdrew her hand while Melody drew her hand in closer to herself. Immediately a feeling of loneliness came over Ariel as Vincent’s aura was no longer interacting with her own. The feeling faded quickly enough though she would have preferred to have the warmth of Vincent’s body on her own return. “Well our auras can have quite a powerful effect on a man. It won’t always be this overwhelming.”

It took a moment but soon Vincent felt a shift as Ariel’s finger left him. There was a feeling of warmth in Melody’s hand that seemed to sink into his skin. There was a warmth there and an excitement. The excitement made him want to stand up and wrap his arms around any part of Melody as he could. At the same time though he felt a hunger. As Melody lifted him to eye level he smiled at her. “Hi!”

“OH you are so darling! Well how does it feel Vincent? Do you like the touch of my aura.”

“Yeah it feels really nice.”

“I’m so glad to hear that. You know.” As she spoke Melody brought Vincent closer to her face and parted her lips in an open smile. “I thought you were cute before but now that I’m holding you I really want to kiss you.”

"You're welcome to." Vincent was rather surprised when his mouth quickly leaped ahead of his brain. As he felt Melody's breath wash over him he reflexively took in a deep breath and was shocked by the scent. He'd watched her eat dozens of shellfish yet he couldn't smell any of that on her breath. The human mouth contained a variety of bacteria but what was going on inside these women's mouths? If their auras didn't protect them what microorganisms could survive on or in these women? Despite these thoughts what was even more surprising than the scent was the lack of fear he felt.

Instead of asking him if he was sure Melody lifted Vincent to her mouth and gently pressed her upper lip against him. She could hear Brigit's response easily and Ariel's response came in even more clearly. She didn't even care to chuckle over this but felt herself tingle as she pressed her lips against him. Vincent's comparatively delicate body sank deeply into the soft skin of her lips causing her entire lips to tingle and Melody's body was made to tense up for a moment as the feeling radiated out from her lips and moved throughout her entire body. As her lips welcomed Vincent she could feel their aura responding more readily to one another.

This wasn't what Vincent had expected. A kiss felt nice but this kiss engulfed his entire being. The silken touch of Melody's lips engulfed the front of his body and their warmth sank into his skin. He could feel a dampness from a bit of moisture that was covering her lips and his entire body was made to relax leaving him feeling as if pulling away was impossible. As he sank into those lips it felt like they were actually embracing and squeezing each part of his body. His heart rate soon began to speed up even as his limbs grew limp.

Ariel bit down on her lower lip as she looked at Melody and Vincent. She hadn't even gotten to kiss Vincent yet though she had breast fed him. When Melody pulled away though Ariel was made to feel a wave of relief. There had been no resistance on Vincent's part but neither had he kissed Melody back. Her aura hadn't been able to fan the desires in him that she had feared they would.

It wasn't just Ariel that had noticed Vincent hadn't kissed her back. Melody was rather aware of it herself though it did nothing to diminish her happiness. That kiss had been wonderful. Had he kissed back that would have been exhilarating but he was new to this world after all and had just met her. "You're fun to kiss."

Vincent strongly suspected that he looked like an idiot even as he tried to get his mouth working again. That kiss had done so much to loosen up his body that he was now having trouble getting it to work. As the feeling faded though he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed upon realizing he'd just laid there. He didn't know if Melody meant it but her words carried a truth to him. She had kissed him he hadn't been kissing her. "Thanks. You're a wonderful kisser Melody."

For a moment Melody felt her heart rate speed up. "Thank you very much. You should try Ariel and Brigit now." As she looked to her friends all three women smiled at one another.

That hadn't been what Vincent had expected and for a moment he had no idea what to say. Even as he began to speak he found himself wondering if it was the right thing to say. "Perhaps later. You're the one that's holding me now right."

"Indeed I am." Before continuing Melody lowered Vincent to present him with a better view of her breasts. "Still. I do need my hands free. Is there anywhere you'd like to set while we enjoy our lunch or would you like to enjoy your lunch first? After breakfast I'm certain I've plenty for you and you can learn a bit about how different women taste."

Despite Ariel's desire to keep Vincent for herself and Brigit's curiosity and interest in him both women began to giggle as they listened to Melody. There was no doubt she was bringing her strongest charms into play. The way she was holding Vincent and shifted her setting position all but told him where to go. Indeed it seemed like Melody was ready to drop him into her cleavage regardless of what Vincent said. All three women were rather surprised whenever he seemed to be trying to backup.

While he didn't want to risk offending Melody and had even been breast fed by Ariel to let himself be casually snuggled into Melody's cleavage purely for the pleasure of being there with only having just met one another was too much. Vincent might have said yes to the kiss but his body was saying no to this before his brain could even respond. "I don't mean to be offend but that's a bit too fast for me. I'm still getting used to Ariel breast feeding me I'm not sure I'm ready for other women to begin as well."

Brigit was made to snicker despite her best efforts but it wasn't at Vincent or Melody. She was snickering because of Ariel who seemed to be fighting with all her might to keep herself from jumping up and dancing. "That's fine Vincent. I'm surprised you went to breastfeeding from Ariel right away actually." Brigit was made to snicker again as Ariel gave her an alarmed look seemingly realizing what was happening. "Most men have to court a woman for a while before he's ready for open breast feeding."

"Where do they normally get their milk from then?"

"Their mother."

Despite the soothing effect of Melody's kiss Vincent found himself on his feet in what he felt certain was less than half a second as the implication hit home. If the men of this world didn't drink from other women until they'd been courting for awhile or married this was indeed the only alternative. How many years did the men of this world spend being breastfed by their mothers? "So they're adults but still being breastfed by their mothers?"

The concern in Vincent's voice was clear and all three women were made to grin. As Brigit and Melody looked at her though Ariel knew that they were leaving this up to her. Rather than feeling upset she was more than a little grateful. Given what had happened earlier they could have turned this against her. "It's best if they're breastfed. The combination of a woman's breast milk and her aura are extremely nourishing."

As Ariel slowed down Melody knew her friend was getting into an area that made her uncomfortable and she couldn’t help but speak up. "Fresh is also best." Using her free hand Melody pressed up against her left breasts and lightly squeezed it between her fingers putting on a show for Vincent letting him see as her flesh swelled and her fingers sunk into it. "While the milk is still fresh it contains traces of our aura that begins to fade moments after expression. It's not the most potent of boons but it is a powerful one."

Ariel’s body was made to positively tingle as Melody continued to add support to her previous behavior. She had been so eager to breast feed Vincent that she hadn’t thought to offer him a glass of her milk. Audacity’s behavior had actually done more to make her forget such things especially whenever she put extra conditions on if he became sick. While she didn’t agree with the fluid nature’s behavior all the time they did have the same goal and apparently she was willing to forget things to reach them. “And like I said earlier Melody’s milk is some of the best.”

Vincent actually felt his body tremble as he looked towards Melody and then down to find her fondling one of her breasts right in front of him. Seeing that massive mountain of flesh being caressed so casually was quite a distraction and on many levels very tempting. As tempting as it was though the thought of suckling on the tit of any woman that offered it wasn’t one that he liked. “Perhaps later. I’m really not comfortable with being breastfed by women I’m just getting to know. If it wasn’t a necessity I wouldn’t have taken up Ariel’s offer.”

“Very well. You did make yourself pretty sick trying to avoid it.”

“Yeah. I’m not too proud of that one either. One thing. Couldn’t you feel me up a glass of milk? Like you did with the bath?” As he spoke Vincent turned to face Ariel. “So long as you’re holding me I could still be under the influence of your aura and isn’t that fresh enough?” Vincent was actually surprised whenever Ariel’s face seemed to darken for a moment though she quickly brought a smile back to it. A few moments later he noted that Brigit had began to giggle.

He had realized the truth. It was only natural that he’d think of it eventually but he’d thought of it far sooner than she expected. If Vincent hadn’t been trying to avoid drinking her breast milk all together and made himself sick he might have thought of it sooner. As she started to speak though Melody beat her to it. “Yes that would be quite effective but it isn’t as good for you as it can be. I’m sure you’ve noticed that your aura interact with our own. Breastfeeding is a very important bonding experience for women and men though in most cases it does tend to do more for the woman. Whenever you drink from ours breasts it stimulates us on a very deep level and our auras response to that. With a good aura interaction the nurturing influence of our milk can be increased up to thirty percent.”

While it was one thing to say that breastfeeding has benefits Vincent was quite surprised when Melody attached an actual number to it. He didn't know the baseline value but from the way she talked it seemed certain. "You measure how nurturing your breast milk is?"

"Of course! It's one of the primary strengths of women such as myself. They're variety of factors that go into determining it. Nutrients, ease of digesting, stability, the degree to which the milk retains aura and a few other factors are used to determine how nurturing a woman's milk is."

While she'd been content to listen Brigit finally chose to step back into the conversation as Vincent seemed to be caught off guard. "So are you going to be drinking from Ariel then? We do need to get you fed before we start moving again and there is quite a bit more fishing to do before we're done."

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Normally when someone enters their home the first things you notice are a temperature and lightning change. While the light did change Vincent was a bit surprised that the temperature didn't seem to whenever Ariel opened the door to her home. He felt the air rush past and the light dimmed as the girl's stepped inside but there was nothing else. Their foot steps still sounded very strange to his ears as even whenever they slowed to speeds below the speed of sound they had a great distance to travel before reaching his ears. The illusion of hearing the footstep the moment it met with the ground hard enough was completely gone. It all made the return to Ariel's home feel very strange.

As the girls had been walking towards Ariel's home it was fairly clear that another woman was inside with Ellayn. The girls could hear them moving around and breathing. Once they were inside Ariel had a very good idea of who it was as she smelt the change in the air and knew additional alchemical reagents were in her house. "Healer Janice is that you?"

It wasn't Janice who responded but Ellayn. "Welcome home Ariel. Melody, Brigit it's good you're both here as well. Please come join us."

"Yes Ma'am." Brigit felt herself blush slightly as training habits took over. She expected to hear her friends laughing a moment later but they didn't. When she looked back at Ariel she noticed a sympathetic smile on her face and grinned back at her.  A few seconds later they'd made their way into her parent's study where Ellayn, Janice and Lex were currently waiting for them. Janice had an expression on her face that made it look as if she was about to burst. The only thing that seemed to be keeping her in check was Ellayn.

Once the girls were all in the room Ellayn focused her attention on each of them. "Hello ladies. I'm certain that Ariel has told you about Vincent already and had you agree to keep the information secret. Is that correct?"

Both Melody and Brigit responded this time. Melody's response was slower but no less respectful. She simply didn't have the same training as Brigit  to reinforce the behavior.  "Yes Ma'am."

"Very good. Janice please share your findings with us again."

Janice could feel herself grinning as she took a step towards the other women. "I imagine that miss Ariel has already explained that yesterday all my reagents responded to Vincent normally except one. I couldn't remember if this had happened before but I believed that it might. Well I did my research and found some very old records of when white sand glowed violet. It's actually happened a few times from what I was able to discover but so rarely many doubt its legitimacy. As you know white sand changes its color based on the residual magic around a person. Violet is believed to indicate interdimensional travel."

Vincent was absolutely certain the reagents used on him weren't truly named white sand. He also wasn't surprised that it had a strange reaction to him. What surprised him was that this had happened before and he couldn't keep himself quiet. "What happened to those men who glowed violet before? Were they able to return home?"

Janice felt her heart skip a beat as she looked towards Vincent. She'd been so excited she hadn't been thinking about him. Suddenly she felt very nervous. When she looked to Ellayn hoping to get a reprieve she could see that wasn't coming. The report would have to be continued. "Well while their situation was examined no attempts to return the men or women home were confirmed. Numerous attempts were made and it seems this is where the foundation of our current studies in teleportation were laid but as for traveling between dimensions success couldn't be confirmed."

After his talk with Lex, Ellayn and Ariel the previous day Vincent was rather well prepared for this. It didn't hit him with nearly the impact that he had expected it to. He was rather surprised though whenever Ariel reached up and  began to carefully undo the hatchlings nest she'd once again woven him into. He was even more surprised whenever he felt his clothing tighten up on him for a moment and realized it was Serenity hugging him. Sagacity, Audacity and several fluid natures he didn't know even took a moment to give him a consoling touch.

Once she had removed Vincent from her hair Ariel carefully took him between her fingers and brought him down so she could see him. "I'm so sorry Vincent. I know that you want to go home." As she spoke Ariel was actually relieved that her words weren't hollow. Her heart ached just a little and she did mourn for Vincent's situation. She wanted to make things better for him. For a while she'd feared that her desire to keep him would overshadow her concern for his situation and that would have shown something was truly wrong with her.

Before he could respond Vincent heard Brigit, Melody and even Ellayn express their condolences and he was made to smile despite the situation.. "Okay so they didn't get to go home but what happened to those men?"

As she watched Janice beginning to squirm and looking towards her Ellayn gave a sigh. "They were murdered. At least we have two cases where it seems certain they were murdered. The women who found these men decided that a world full of men was worth sacrificing their lives to reach and the men were used as reagents in experiments in an attempt to reach their world and I must assume your world. We don't know if you all came from the same world. The description of the males was quite varied but that doesn't change what they did was wrong. Some men made the attempt to return home but according to Lex's research they most likely died rather than succeeded. In the majority of the cases there fate isn't noted."

Once again their talk the previous night came back to Vincent so he was ready. What he wasn't ready for was whenever Ariel took a step back from her mother as did every woman in the room. When he looked towards Ellayn he suddenly understood why. It felt like a dagger of ice had been stabbed into his chest. Her nails appeared to have changed into claws though he couldn't see any changes in shape. Her eyes seemed to have gone dark and even though he wasn't touching it her skin appeared to have gone cold. It was Ariel who spoke up."Are you alright mom?"

"Yes. I apologize. Fortunately the women who committed these crimes didn't go unpunished after their project failed. It isn't to the degree I would have done but they are not of our city and have long since died. Divine Mother bring her wrath upon them.” As she spoke Ellayn busied herself on relaxing her presence. In truth her body hadn’t changed in the least but by directing the right energies into her aura she could make herself appear more fearsome than she was. At this point in her life and studies it had became a reflex especially whenever she was angry. “Janice if you will.”

Despite Ellayn relaxing her presence the image was still fresh in Janice’s mind and she gave a slight yelp when she was addressed. She didn’t even consider arguing. “The most recent case of this happening was nearly two hundred years ago and we’ve made many advancements in the area of spacial magic since then.” Janice diverted her gaze to Lex for just an instant upon hearing him snort but she didn’t dare let it linger for more than an instant. Looking at Lex meant looking at Ellayn and she didn’t want to risk Ellayn mistaking her look for hostile. “Vincent with our increased knowledge I believe that we could find a way to reach your world. We would however need your assistance. I assure you all the experiments I have in mind would be completely humane and be completely healable.”

When Janice took a step towards him Vincent wished that Ariel was holding him closer. Part of him also wanted Ariel to kick the daylights out of Janice but he wasn’t going to ask her to do that. “I’m not certain that I want that. I want to go home don’t misunderstand me but I’m scared of what might happen if anyone of you could follow me. If one of those women who had used the men as reagents or allowed the experiment were able to make it through then I don’t want to think of what might happen.”

Once again Janice started to take a step forward but she was froze in place when Ariel raised up her free hand in a clear indication to stop. That didn’t mean she had to be silent. “I assure you the knowledge would be carefully guarded! Manevin is one of the strongest cities in existence and both the men and women of this city are of exceptional ethical quality. Your world would be safe and we could do so much for one another I’m certain.”

For a moment Vincent opened his mouth to speak. As he looked up at Janice though he couldn’t help but feel unnerved. Ariel hadn’t prevented any of the other girls from getting near him like that and she hadn’t said anything. Rather than speak he took a moment to look towards Brigit. He was a bit worried but not surprised whenever he saw Brigit’s muscles tensed as if she was ready to strike. “Ellayn you’re the guard captain what do you think?”

“A chance at finding a husband can cause even a good woman to do something very evil or stupid. In either case it could end horribly for your world based on what you told us. Furthermore if we were all such paragons of ethics my job would be much simpler. Janice I want you to talk to the high priestess of the divine union and explain her these supposedly humane experiments. If she agrees with you I’ll hear you out more.” Before continuing Ellayn looked right at Vincent. “Then if I agree I will allow her to ask your permission.”

For a moment Vincent had feared that Ellayn would allow the experiment so that when she finished speaking he was made to breath a sigh of relief. “Just ask my permission?”

“That is correct. As a man you have several sacred responsibilities but this is not one of them.”

Now Janice couldn’t keep quiet. “Guard captain Ellayn! In ancient times men were responsible for leading women to food safely and siring children. Surely leading us to this world would be well within their role as guides.”

“Yes it was and they have made this entire world good ground for us. I will not risk the destruction of another blessed garden either especially without the high priestess’s approval. Janice you’re forbidden from sharing your findings with anyone other than those within this household and the high priestess.”

“On what grounds!”

“As I said a chance at a husband can lead good women to do stupid things. I fear that if this was to become common knowledge I would have to deal with attempts to take Vincent away either by force or stealth. If you disagree with my decision you know who to take it up with.”

While Brigit had been quiet she had to speak up. “Guard captain I lack the temperament to become a regular guard but if at anytime you need extra security feel free to call upon me. Just know that I won’t ask why someone was sneaking around your home.”

Despite her regular composer Ellayn couldn’t help but laugh as she looked towards Brigit. Her voice was a mixture of approval and joy. “No. I don’t imagine you would Brigit.”

Biting down on his lower lip Vincent couldn’t help but speak up and there was no way he could hide the concern in his voice. “I don’t want to cause any trouble but I don’t want to put my world in danger either. I mean. I couldn’t ask you to fight your own people.”

“Vincent that is part of a guard’s job. Even good citizens make mistakes and someone must be prepared to correct them.” Before continuing Ellayn turned her focus to Janice. “And make no mistake I won’t hesitate to correct them.”

For a moment Janice went silent and took in a few breaths. “I understand guard captain Ellayn. I will speak with high priestess Aliessa and seek her approval whenever I can.”

After a moment of thought Ellayn nodded her head. “Think carefully of what you propose to her Janice. I won’t ask you what you meant by humane experiments but I fear you may not have been thinking clearly whenever you developed them if they would require healing.”

“I!” Janice bit down on her lower lip for a moment and then felt herself beginning to frown. “They might have been a lot to ask of Vincent that’s true. Should I continue?”

“Yes. If Vincent decides he wishes to return home he may ask your help after all. You should try to convince him that you can return him safely.”

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“Are you comfortable Darling?” Ellayn gave Lex a full smile as he settled down into the pool of her milk. Even after having most of the day to recover it was clear that he was still stiff after the previous night’s activities. He had surprised her with how long he’d managed to flutter his wings and the intensity. It sure had made her heart flutter and helped to bring her several orgasms. It was unfortunate that she couldn’t expect a repeat performance tonight.  

He hadn’t wanted to be out for their conversation with Janice but it was important that he be there. Now he had to be apart from his wife as she worked with their daughter. He didn’t care for either situation but at least now he could enjoy a nice relaxing soak. “It feels wonderful Ellayn.”

It felt like Ariel was walking slowly. It was a strange thought to Vincent considering she was still destroying the sound barrier but whenever Vincent compared how quickly they’d went down the hall to how she was moving now it seemed clear. She’d been slow whenever she’d left the exercise room and she was even slower upon her return. It was enough to leave him wondering what was going on despite their meeting with Janice. “Ariel are you alright?”

When she’d been out with Vincent she hadn’t thought about it. Even upon her return home she hadn’t really remembered what her mother had said just the other day. Today she would be renewing her training with her. These thoughts had brought a powerful sense of dread that surprised Ariel. It was Vincent’s question that brought her back to reality though as she looked down at him in her hand. “I’m just dreading this a lot more than I thought I would. Training with mom has never been easy she’s always been certain to push me but now I’ve gone over a year without any training from her. I’m scared I’ve fallen behind.”

“Is it that bad? You seem terrified.”

“Yeah.” After a moment of silence Ariel gave her head a quick shake suddenly feeling very guilty. “No! It’s not as bad as I’m making it out to be and I know that. You’ll see.” As she spoke Ariel made her way into the training room and walked over to the table Ellayn had placed her father on. She couldn’t help but smile whenever he looked up at her. “You look exhausted dad.”

“I am but it was worth it.” Lex looked to the side for a moment as Ariel began to place things on the table. She’d placed a table and two chairs near his bath. Upon the table there was some bread, cheese, glasses and a pitcher of milk. He wasn’t surprised whenever Vincent was the absolute last thing she placed on the table. “Hey Vincent. Did you enjoy your outing today?”

Lex’s completely relaxed tone was actually reassuring to Vincent. Though he had the look of someone that was about to fall over if he tried to stand on his own. It wouldn’t have been so strange if he wasn’t soaking in a pool of his wife’s breastmilk. “It was very educational.”

“I imagine it was. Tomorrow Ariel is going to have to take you for some fun before True Tongue wears off and you have to start studying the language. I’ve been meaning to ask. Did you pick that wing color or was that Ariel’s doing?”

“Ariel’s.”

Lex gave a slight chuckle before looking towards his daughter and wife who had moved to the center of the room. He was relieved to see that Ellayn was holding up a small sphere.

Ellayn gave her daughter a smile as she looked at the orb. “I had thought to spar with you in hand to hand combat as well as test your control of nightmares. However, your father made a very compelling argument last night for easing you back into your training and really seeing what you’ve learned while studying with the regular guard. To that we’re going to play catch. I will try to inspire fear in you with increasing intensity and you’re going to do the same to me. We’re going to gently toss this ball back and forth between the two of us and see who can make who fumble first. Naturally destroying the ball counts as a fumble.”

Ariel couldn’t help the smile on her face as she felt a huge wave of relief. Her first instinct was to walk over to her father pick him up and cover him in hugs and kisses. That would have meant turning her back on her mother during practice though and she knew better than that. It was clear however why her father was so exhausted. She knew how he’d persuaded Ellayn to relent and take it easy on her. “Alright do you want to begin?”

As the women began to take their positions Vincent stood and watched at first but Lex once again spoke up. “You should probably set down. They’re going to be a while.”

Giving a nod Vincent walked over to the seat furthest from Lex. He still felt a little uncomfortable with the entire milk bath situation and that was his wife’s milk. As he set down he took a moment to look at the food and gave a sigh. “Does Ariel know the same spells as Ellayn?”

“She’s not as far along but yes. She’s actually even further along than Ellayn was at that age. We’re both so proud of her. I just.” Lex was made to recoil slightly as his daughter’s muscles seemed to become even more defined, her height appeared to increase though he couldn’t say how much and her teeth seemed to become that of a carnivores. The image only held in his mind for a moment and as it faded he found himself starting to chuckle. “You felt that one didn’t you Vincent?”

Vincent felt like his heart was pounding against the inside of his chest trying to escape. He could feel his hands trembling even as Ariel seemed to return to normal. “What was that?”

Lex gave an approving nod as he looked Vincent over. He actually felt pleased that his daughter was showing such interest in him though there was a lot to learn about this man from another world. “That was a bit of light bending around the corner and hitting us. The conversation not quite heart and the taste not quite recognized. It was also wasted energy that should have been focused on Ellayn but based on what we saw I’d say Ariel has plenty of power left. You did good though.”

“Me?”

“Sure! You’ve already recovered. You mentioned that you don’t have magic in your world which makes it even more impressive. You’ve already told your body that what it saw wasn’t real and you should stop being scared.”

Vincent took a moment to take in a deep breath and look around the massive room. Except for some lighting along the walls it was empty though the floor seemed to be covered with some kind of plant fibers. Perhaps it was for easy repair. He knew it had to be strengthened with magic for these women not to destroy it in an instant. Despite it’s impressive load carrying abilities though it didn’t hold his interest long. His attention was drawn to Ariel whenever he heard a sonic boom and noted she was already holding the ball. She was also breathing heavily.

“Very good!” Ellayn was actually surprised by the ease with which Ariel snatched the ball out of the air. She had feared her daughter would be paralyzed by fear or hesitate too much. She felt her entire body tingle whenever her right hand was made to hesitate when Ariel returned the ball. That she had to push her arm to move despite her daughter not training with her for a year was very exciting and brought on a strong sense of joy. It also left her feeling confident that she could increase the power of the spell.

Don’t embarrass yourself in front of Vincent. It was such a strange thought given that she’d just come to know him and still had a long way to go. Yet it had been the thought that got Ariel’s hand to move. She could feel it as her mother increased the power of the nightmare and once again she repeated this thought as she forced her body to move. As she returned the ball she’d stolen a glance at Vincent and was delighted to see him watching her. Her resolve grew even stronger as the words of her father and Vincent reached her.It was hard to imagine but based on her age she was beating her mother in many ways.

Watching these women play catch was like watching lightning in many ways. The ball would be tossed and often caught well before he actually heard the sonic boom. There was also an element of fear there though. What would happen if they lost control and the ball was to hit one of them? Vincent had reminded himself that serenity was still protecting him and Ariel had told him she could keep him safe but he still worried. Was that part of the nightmare? “Lex what is going on exactly?”

“Each time they toss and catch the ball they’re increasing the energy they’re putting into their spells trying to make the other fumble or destroy the ball. The goal isn’t to do this by throwing the ball faster than the other but to rely on your ability to instill fear into your opponent. The reason a ball is used is it’s relatively harmless so they’re really relying upon the magic. Ariel’s really doing well.  You can have some bread and cheese if you want by the way.”

For a moment Vincent looked at the plate but quickly looked back towards the women. “I tried some this morning and got pretty sick.”

“Seriously? Wow. That’s just. Well don’t worry Ariel will get you where you need to be. In that case though feel free to drink some of the milk.”

“Is bread and cheese that easy to eat?”

“It is whenever it’s made from a woman’s milk. I’m surprised you couldn’t handle bread or cheese made with Ellayn’s milk.”

Vincent was about to comment whenever he noticed Ellayn gave a sharp and even rather violent flench. Her hand shot out and for a moment the ball seemed ready to slip from her fingers before she managed to regain control. He didn’t think this was due to fear as Ellayn looked in their direction. There was a smile on her face but much to his surprise it was nervous.

“Surely you’re joking. Was it really the bread and cheese made from my milk?” As she spoke Ellayn looked towards her daughter. Her head dropped slightly as she gave a rather embarrassed sigh.

For a moment Ariel said nothing but she felt a bit embarrassed herself. She also felt rather bad for her mother. “Mom I’m certain it’s because Vincent’s body is so delicate!”

Had her milk became hard to digest over the years? Lex had no trouble with it but he had trained his body so that he could eat a variety of things. Despite her daughter’s words Ellayn couldn’t help but feel a slight weight settling on her shoulders as she used her free hand to push up against the underside of her breasts. When choosing her traits Lex and she had never done much with her breasts. At times she lamented this decision. A sharp pounding of her heart and a jolt of fear brought Ellayn out of her memories as she smiled at her daughter. “Very well done. Okay Ariel let’s keep going. I’ll just have my milk evaluated later.”

Vincent felt more than a little strange and embarrassed as he listened to Ellayn. The bread he’d eaten had been made using her milk and apparently so had the cheese. How Lex cold seemingly think nothing of another man eating it was beyond him. It was thinking of the casual way Melody had spoken of using her milk though that really let him get a handle on this situation. For these women sharing their milk with a man was apparently nothing special. Surely though drinking from the source would be something that’s reserved for men they’re courting at least. He resolved not to ask as he continued to watch Ellayn and Ariel play catch.

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“Here you go.” Sagacity smiled at Vincent as she placed a pillow next to his head. It took him a few moments to take hold of it as if realizing what was going on.

“You gave me the pillow the other night?”

“That’s right. Ariel is very fond of you but that can cause her to make simple mistakes. She’s just so happy to have you sleeping in her belly button that it slipped her mind.”

Despite everything this brought a smile to Vincent’s face as he lay his head back on it. He hadn’t been very active physically during the day but he felt exhausted. There had been a lot of information to take in. “Thank you. I didn’t even get to ask. What’s going to happen tomorrow?”

“I am not certain. After two days of learning though I wonder if it may be time for a day of fun. You’ve spent your first days here as an observer after all.”

Fun? The word surprised Vincent and made him set up. “Why fun tomorrow?”

“True Tongue will be wearing off shortly after and thus will begin a long period of learning with limited communication. I believe you should build up some good memories in advance. It’s unfortunate that there is only a day to prepare for that.”

Vincent had been ready to lay down and go to sleep but Sagacity’s comment had him alarmed and setting up. “That’s right but couldn’t they just cast True Tongue on me again?”

“They could and will in an emergency situation but otherwise no. You probably didn’t realize this but True Tongue increases the activity of mystic energies inside of your brain. Prolonged exposure to this increased activity can be quite damaging to an untrained mind. You could easily find yourself unable to speak or hearing words in response to feelings or sites. A single casting such as what you experienced is quite safe however.”

“Even for someone that isn’t of this world?”

“Based on your examination yes. I apologize I seem to have upset you. Tomorrow once she awakens I’ll speak with Ariel about helping you to enjoy yourself for the day and preparing some basic communication methods. We most assuredly want to know whenever you need to relieve yourself.”

Vincent actually felt himself blushing a little at that. “”It’s pretty awkward having to tell everyone whenever I need to use the plant. Is that normal for men of this world?”

“No. I’m afraid most men have a way of quietly letting their wife or date know that they need to take care of such needs. For now though you should sleep. You can speak with Ariel about such things in the morning.”

“What about you?”


Perhaps but I admit I prefer to observe.” As she finished speaking Sagacity pushed the pillow back to Vincent. “Please rest and try to think of something fun for the coming day.”

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May 5 3027 DA

“This feels a little awkward.” As she spoke Ariel couldn’t help but blush. The women a man tended to be with he was either courting or a husband to and the games most society played reflected that. The only exception was games meant for two men which mostly involved their wings and mother and child. As Vincent wasn’t being courted at the moment Ariel knew she had to stick to a mother and child game or sister and brother but it still felt very awkward especially as her feelings towards Vincent weren’t that of a mother or a sister.

“You can’t think of anything to do for fun?”

“It’s not that I can’t think of anything that would be fun. It’s just the games I know are really for courting or husband and wife. There is no way I can play either of those with you right now. Oh! I know a game that you’d likely enjoy. We can play tag.”

Vincent was made to flinch at the mention of a kid’s game though he kept that thought to himself. “What do you mean tag?”

“Well you don’t have wings of your own so I’m not surprised you don’t know. Okay the way this works is I close my eyes while you fly around my body and I try to catch you. The rules are pretty simple. You need to try to trick me into reaching for the wrong spot and especially for grabbing the wrong part of my body. Typically there is a point system for that. Let’s say if I reach for you and don’t catch you then you get a point and if I actually place a hand on some part of my body then you get three points. If you can get twelve points then you win but if I catch you I win.”

For a moment Vincent said nothing but took in what Ariel said. “Is that normal?”

“Well the points differ depending on how experienced the players are. There are also some more adult versions such as well while you’re flying under my nose I could try forcing you into my cleavage by exhaling sharply. That type of game is for courting and marriage though. The one I’m talking about is more for kids to learn to use their wings and keep their speed up. Though from how Sagacity was talking she thought I should take you out and do something fun.”

“I have been wondering about that. What do men do while their alpha wife is working?”

“Typically that time is spent with their lesser wives actually. If you’re wondering about my father mom always brings a few books along for him to read and they talk a lot. He can’t really fly around while she’s walking due to how quickly she moves. Oh! And at times he plays board games with her fluid natures.”

“How!”

A slight giggle escaped Ariel as she looked down at Vincent as he set on her knee. “The pieces are actually made from part of the fluid nature’s body. Still as for things we could do for fun. We could go to the temple of the divine union and look at some of the art, a museum, the theater is.” A slight groan escaped Ariel after a moment. “Okay we could go to the theater but I really dislike what they’re showing right now.”

“I’m guessing most games men play involve their wings.”

“A great many do yes but not all it’s just those games are.” Ariel couldn’t help but grin as she looked down at Vincent. “Well one game I know some couples play is the wife will try to bounce her husband from breasts to breasts without forcing him to use his wings and bouncing him as high as possible.”

Vincent couldn’t help but blush as he looked up at Ariel. She most assuredly had the chest for such games. Part of him desperately wanted to suggest trying it but his more rational mind easily won out. “That sounds quite. Stimulating. Don’t you have work today though? I’m still not entirely clear on what you do.”

“Oh! Well I told you I’m a guard in training but in truth I’m well past the point in terms of ability where I could become a guard. Mom is putting me through some extra training and education so that I can begin as a lieutenant.”

“She can’t just give you that rank?” Vincent knew that he’d asked a Silly question as Ariel was made to giggle. There was a mixture of surprise and humor in her voice when she responded that kept Vincent from feeling too silly and helped him relax.

“No! They are some serious consequences if she did that and I failed. For me to become a lieutenant I’m saying I have the physical abilities and knowledge to make up for five years or more experience and my mom has to agree with that. The reports I give are part of my observational training. I’m no good to anyone if I can’t see trouble when it’s in my face. Anyway mom told me this morning that because I did so well last night she’s changing my work schedule. She wants me to get back to work on my physical training but otherwise I’m to see to you today and then begin teaching you our language tomorrow. Oh! We need to begin with that first. I was thinking how about if you need to relieve yourself you cover your bottom?”

Vincent could have sworn that he heard something break upon hearing Ariel’s proposal. For a moment thought left him entirely but his mouth didn’t remain shut. “Absolutely not!” When he heard Ariel giggling a few seconds later he found himself feeling even sillier. “I take it that was a joke.”

“Of course. You can just do the potty dance.” Ariel couldn’t help but snicker as a look of annoyance flashed over Vincent’s face. She would have been worried if he wasn’t grinning as well. “Let’s keep it simple. We’ll relate it to taps and fingers. One finger held up means you want something or need to wait. You can then indicate what that is by pointing. Two means you’re hungry, three you need to relieve yourself, four you’re uncomfortable and five means you’re truly distressed. In return I’ll hold up one finger for I understand, two for I don’t understand and three for wait.”

“That sounds good.”

“Good. We can practice it some today to make sure you remember. Now until then how about you let Serenity give you some wings and we play around some?”

It felt like he should do something other than playing. However, flight was a given for the men of this world and while he had to rely on a fluid nature it was likely that he would be expected to know how to fly. There wasn’t much else he could do at the moment in any case. “Ariel once I learn your language could I begin learning magic to?”

“Of course! Once you can read it that is. My father has a few books that would be great for a beginner and Sagacity can help teach you.”

When she said the situation was strange she wasn’t just speaking for herself. Vincent actually felt a little amused at how fitting Ariel’s words had been. Normally he would have already been in the kitchen preparing for the breakfast rush. How are the others doing without me? As the thought passed through his mind Vincent felt his chest tighten and his eyes warm up. Before he could let loose though he felt Ariel’s finger gently brushing against his side and couldn’t help but lean into it. “I’m sorry. I was just thinking about how they’re probably noticing I’m not at work by now. My dad might have even gone to check my home.”

Normally Ariel found Audacity's behavior to be a bit much but this time she was grateful as the fluid natured helped her to pick Vincent up so that he was setting upon the tip of her finger. He didn’t even seem to notice what was happening as she lifted him higher so that they could look into one another’s eyes without him looking up. She knew that this would happen eventually. It may not have been as violent but it was similar to a man that had been abducted from another city. It made Ariel wish she had all the training a priestess had but she did have some of it. “I imagine they’re very worried.”

“Yeah. Probably. They may have even called the police and began a search for me. I guess the last place anyone saw me was leaving work and then I vanished.” Vincent wasn’t certain what was going to happen as he was brought towards Ariel’s face. He didn’t think much on it either even as she brought him around to the side of her face and gently pressed him into her cheek. As he sank into her warm skin though he was rather surprised to feel some of the pain leave.

“We can go speak with Janice if you’d like. I know it wouldn’t be soon but we may be able to return you home.”

For a moment Vincent said nothing but just leaned into Ariel’s skin. It was several deep breaths later before he was able to find his voice. “I’m not ready for that just yet. There are just so many risks I’m not sure if I’ll ever be ready. I’m just glad that I didn’t leave them any debts. My home is actually worth more than the loan I took out on it so they should have a little something. God I hope they don’t try to keep it for me. I hope they can collect my life insurance.”

“LIfe insurance?”

“Money people are paid to help bury the dead and handle remaining debts.” A sigh escaped Vincent after a moment and he leaned back against Ariel’s finger.He wasn’t certain what to think whenever she pushed him back against her cheek. This time her finger didn’t remain still but began to slowly move against his back. He knew this wasn’t just Ariel’s doing now as he could feel other hands but with her massive finger behind him and her cheek before him there wasn’t much he could see.

“That’s very strange. We’ve just met Vincent but try to remember I’m here for you and I don’t intend on going anywhere. I just hope you don’t end up marrying someone that lives in another city.”

Despite feeling down Vincent felt himself laugh after a moment. “Well if you don’t want me to go to another city could I date you?”

Ariel felt her heart speed up and her cheeks grow flush with excitement. Vincent still had so much to learn about their culture and language. At this point it wouldn’t even be possible to hold him accountable for any agreements he made. He didn’t have the necessary information to make such decisions. Yet Ariel couldn’t help herself. “I would like to court you yes. If you want to try to woo me I’d welcome it. You’ll need to learn more about our laws before anything official can be done but that doesn’t mean you can’t try to court me. Oh my.” Ariel felt her face growing all the redder as she pulled Vincent back. “I never thought what it’d be like to have a man actively courting me. You wouldn’t be bound either. Just remember I’m not like the women of your world. I can’t guarantee my response will always be acceptable.”

Despite everything Vincent was smiling now as he lay back against Ariel’s finger. “I know.” The comfort Ariel showed while walking around in such a revealing outfit was a constant reminder to Vincent that she wasn’t like the women from his world. This wasn’t what she wore while swimming this was just casual to her. “Can you do the same for me?”

“I’ll try my best but. Some of the things you do just don’t make sense!” Ariel couldn’t help the energy in her voice and she actually felt a bit embarrassed if happy whenever Vincent began to openly laugh. “Like when you turned away from me while I bathed and you hardly looked towards me. Then you didn’t want me to nestle you into my cleavage whenever we went outside.”

“Okay I can see how that wouldn’t make sense to you. I’ll try to explain things to you later once I know your language. For now let’s not waste time with the heavy stuff. I want that flying practice!”

Ariel couldn’t help but giggle as she listened to the joy overtaking the pain in Vincent’s voice. She knew this wasn’t the end of it. It would likely be very bad in the coming weeks as he learned their tongue. She would do her best for him. Even as she giggled Ariel paced the finger Serenity rested upon on the hand holding Vincent and let the fluid nature move towards him. He didn’t resist this time whenever she engulfed him.

Serenity had spent most of the previous day covering him but Vincent still wasn’t used to being covered. She had done such a superb job of acting as his clothing that he hadn’t even began to adapt. This time he was able to keep himself still and his wings didn’t feel nearly as awkward. After a moment of consideration a slight chuckle escaped him. “I might have to date you. I’m already thinking of these as my wings.”

“Well that’s one point for me. Okay let’s go into the training room. My eyes are going to be closed and I want plenty of room to insure I don’t put a whole in the wall.”

At first Vincent was going to ask Ariel if she was joking but before he could she’d already stood up and began walking. The desire to ask her if he’d be safe was there but he pushed it aside. She hadn’t given him any reason not to trust her and asking such things would likely be insulting in this culture. “So how are we going to do this exactly?”

It had only taken Ariel a matter of seconds to reach the training room now that dread wasn’t slowing her down. As she settled down she crossed her legs. “You’re going to take off flying and I’m going to close my eyes. You then have to get close enough to my skin or cause sound to trick me into reaching for a part of my body like we talked about before.”

“Is this game meant for the men to have an easy time winning?” Vincent felt himself grinning as he heard Ariel giggle.

“No! I guess this will serve as a lesson as to how aware we women are of you men as well. You asked me before if men ever went unnoticed. I believe this will be quite a good lesson on why that doesn’t happen. A man by himself won’t be alone long.”

Vincent gave a nod and looked towards the edge of Ariel’s hand. Instead of walking towards it and struggling with his instincts to keep him from jumping over he took off flying. As Ariel’s hand moved further below him though he found he had another problem. The view was beautiful but frightening so close up and he quickly moved closer to Ariel’s body. With her eyes closed he couldn’t help but take this opportunity to look her over. At her size even a tiny blemish should have been very clear but he couldn’t see any. Her skin appeared flawless but what did that make Ellayn”s? He didn’t get to think on this long as he found himself engulfed in darkness.

Ariel couldn’t help but giggle as she lifted her hand up and opened it so she could see Vincent. “Okay Vincent that was terrible.”

For a moment Vincent said nothing but just blinked his eyes. He was grinning again soon. His time in the darkness of Ariel’s hand had been entirely too brief for him to realize what was even happening. “How did you do that?”

Despite her best efforts Ariel couldn’t help but chuckle over the surprise in Vincent’s voice. “I felt your aura. I did mention that your aura interacts with mine and it does expand beyond my body if only a bit. You were flying so slowly that it was easy to find you.”

“Ah! I see. I was just caught up admiring the view.” The words surprised Vincent a bit but not too much. He was still relieved whenever Ariel seemed to approve.

“Well there will be plenty of time for that later. You’ll have plenty of time to watch my body in action whenever I do my exercises. For now you need to practice working your wings. Your connection to Serenity is still a little weak so she can’t give you the full effect without taking control. Maybe I should let Audacity be your wings for a while.” Ariel was made to snicker whenever she noticed a look of alarm appear on Vincent’s face.

“I don’t believe I want undergarments that tight.”

“I don’t believe you have to worry about them being too tight. I’m sure they’d be very fluid.” A slight giggle escaped Ariel though her amusement faded a bit whenever she felt Audacity moving.

“Oh! I wouldn’t do anything that you don’t want to do with your tongue already.”

Vincent gave a slight jump upon feeling Audacity’s hand on his shoulder. She’d moved so quietly and quickly that he hadn’t even noticed her coming for him. As he looked into her eyes though and noted the smile on her face he was curious what Ariel wanted to do with her tongue and a little concerned. “Now wouldn’t that impede me learning to fly?”

A sigh escaped Audacity as she shook her head. “Sadly so. I don’t believe I’d leave you with much energy afterwards either. Such a shame. Still you know I bet it would help your performance if you were offered a reward. How about if you win a round you have Ariel give you a tongue ride?”

For a moment Ariel couldn’t say anything as she bit down on her lower lip. This wasn’t how she should be behaving but Vincent had been such pleasant company and his aura interacted so beautifully with hers. The desire to taste him was quite strong.

“I thought you weren’t into swallowing your guy?” Vincent was a bit surprised when Ariel was made to recoil.

“Vincent a tongue ride isn’t anything like swallowing a man! It’s an act of trust and affection. It also gives the woman a chance to really learn the man’s flavor and can make for quite a bit of fun.”

“Now how do you know that?”

“Sex education naturally. The first class is required and focuses mostly on safety during sex but I’ve had several years of advanced classes. We use special golems as stand ins.”

While this wasn’t enough to make Vincent flinch due in part to what he’d learned about this world already he couldn’t help but speak up. “You have classes that not only teaches you about sex but involves the use of human stand ins? How long did you attend these classes?”

A slight giggle escaped Ariel as she noticed the surprise on Vincent’s face. “Women do yes! I had about nine months of classes spread over two years in which we learned a variety of safe sex techniques, including tongue manipulating, and magic that would be beneficial. A woman can’t just learn how to swallow her husband safely in an evening after all.”

“I thought you weren’t into that.”

“I’m not! That doesn’t mean we didn’t cover it though. I mostly focused on breasts play, mouth play and having the man inside of my vagina.” A slight giggle escaped Ariel as she brought Vincent closer to her face. “I know how to get you so turned around inside of me that you won’t know what direction is out. I could even keep you thinking you were going out for a very long time especially if you don’t have a light source.” As she spoke Ariel lowered her voice while being careful to keep it sweet. She didn’t try to hide her amusement as she noticed Vincent’s reaction though her own reaction caught her off guard. Without thinking about it her free hand had pulled her waistband open and didn’t seem to want to let go.

The beauty of the women of this world had left Vincent stunned more than once. Other concerns had prevented him from fully enjoying it and he was still getting used to this world. As he became more relaxed though the effect they had upon him had become more powerful. The speed with which he’d become erect showed that and even more so was what came out of his mouth. “I believe I’d like to take that challenge.” He was rather surprised whenever he felt himself drop slightly only to see Ariel suddenly bite down on her lower lip.

“Divine mother give me strength.” As she spoke Ariel took in a deep breath. As Ariel withdrew her hand she felt like she’d been physically drained. “Vincent if you could be legally courted that would have gotten you inside of me and I don’t know when I’d let you out.”

Despite the situation Vincent felt himself grinning. “Is my decision making ability really that in question?”

Ariel could feel her cheeks growing flush and her free hand was made to grip one of her thighs to help her retain control. Vincent had known her or this world for even three days now. He seemed comfortable now but she’d seen how quickly that could change. Even as beautifully as his aura interacted with hers he didn’t have the knowledge to make sound judgments. Only minutes before she’d seen him break down in tears due to being parted from his world, friends and family. “I believe you’re still grieving for what you lost and a little scared. I.”

A long sigh escaped Ariel as she lifted Vincent higher so he was once again at eye level. “I want you on and inside me so badly. If it was just me you’d already be there but Vincent there are procedures to be followed. If I didn’t and learned later I’d hurt you somehow I wouldn’t be able to forgive myself. Please understand I do want you but there is a way things must be done.”

This was beyond a relationship with your boss. He hadn’t suffered trauma like they believed but he was still a recovering patient in this world. He didn’t know the culture or have any idea of the laws. It was only natural that such a relationship with Ariel was off limits at the moment. He normally wouldn’t have liked the law getting in the way of his relationship but this time it made him smile. “Am I allowed to tease you?” Vincent felt himself grin so widely that it actually hurt a little whenever Ariel grinned back at him.

“Yes but please be merciful. My will isn’t as strong as you may think.” Bringing Vincent close Ariel flashed him a smile before puckering her lips and pressing him against them. She felt Audacity move and take hold of Vincent so she could lighten the pressure without dropping him and adjust her finger. As she did she once again pressed him into her lips and felt his body sink into her massive lips. While she kissed Vincent Ariel began to lightly hum sending vibrations throughout his entire body. This was a trick she’d learned in her sex education classes. By humming properly a woman could add additional stimulation to the kiss. At the same time she began to flex the muscles of her face.

The lips of these women could not have the same layout as the lips of a human. There was no way that a human’s lips could flex and grip someone like Ariel’s were gripping him. Once again he found himself getting a complete full body massage from a woman’s velvety lips. As he sunk into Ariel’s lips though he was amazed. While Melody was more plush than Ariel in many ways the feeling of Ariel’s lips was even more pleasing. As the vibrations of her humming penetrated his being he felt himself become lightly dampened by her saliva but the warm fluid only seemed to add to the pleasure. Before he had thought about it he had pressed his head into her lips even more firmly then she was already pushing it and pressed his lips into hers. When he pressed his tongue into her lip tasting it he was even more surprised by himself.

When Vincent kissed her lips a surge of excitement when through Ariel’s body and she felt her breasts and vagina positively tingle. Her free hand brushed against her chest to find that her nipples were already hard and fully excited. A wave of satisfaction moved through her entire body as Ariel remembered how Vincent hadn’t actually kissed Melody back. Now not only could she feel his erection pushing into her lips he had kissed her back. Her humming had turned into a moan. You shouldn’t do this to him. Just pull back. Surely no one will mind? As these thoughts ran through Ariel’s mind she couldn’t resist giving Vincent a little reward and continued to work him against her lips long past the point of a proper kiss.

This is not the same as Melody’s! As Ariel’s lips continued to engulf Vincent he couldn’t help but thrust against them. As he felt his erection pushing into Ariel’s lips he didn’t even think that Serenity currently made up his clothes or what she might be doing. Soon he found himself struggling not to think but to keep himself from pressing his crotch into her lips anymore. That soon proved insignificant as they continued to work him until he felt his entire body tense up as he released and a wave of pleasure rolled through his body while his muscles lost all their strength. Only as he managed to relax did Vincent realize how hard he was panting.

That was going too far. Ariel couldn’t help but feel a wave of embarrassment as she moved Vincent away from her lips. That didn’t stop her tongue from sweeping over the pastel pink surface and removing Vincent’s cum from her lips. As she looked down at Vincent though she couldn’t help but blush and even felt a bit guilty.. “Oh no. Vincent I’m so sorry!”

What is she talking about? As he looked up at Ariel Vincent tried to consider what she was meaning. He was actually made to chuckle a bit as he realized what she meant. “That was one hell of a kiss!”

No giggle came from Ariel though she did grin even as she continued to blush. “That wasn’t just a kiss. Divines. That was way further than I should have gone.” It was a relieve that Vincent didn’t seem to care but that didn’t change what she did was too much.

For a moment Vincent said nothing but found the strength to set up and breath. “Was that against the regulations?”

“It.” For a moment Ariel went silent and gritted her teeth as she let the rules run through her mind. “Depends on how lenient you’re being. Vincent I’d really appreciate it if we could just call that a deep kiss.”

It felt strange. Vincent was beginning to suspect that Ariel might get in trouble for her actions though it wasn’t entirely cut and dry. “Alright. You just gave me a little peck this morning with no mouth play.”

“Oh no! That was not mouth play.” A slight giggle escaped Ariel as she noticed the doubt on Vincent’s face. “Honest. Proper mouth play is on an entirely different level. I can do much better when I can actually move your body around. Perhaps some day I’ll get to show you.”

“Then what was that called!” Vincent couldn’t help but laugh. Part of him wondered if he should be upset over Ariel taking such liberties with him but he sure hadn’t been protesting.

“Right on the borderline of what’s allowed.”

“I see. Then Ariel what would have you done if I asked you to stop?”

Ariel didn’t have to think to know the answer to Vincent’s question. “I would have stopped naturally but I don’t believe you wanted me to stop.”

“No! I did not.” As the words left him Vincent couldn’t help but laugh for a moment. It seemed insane. It was okay for her to breastfeed him and even keep him in her cleavage but sex would be moving too fast. He didn’t know how these standards had come to be but the history of these people had to be an interesting one. A moment of consideration longer and Vincent began to stand up. His legs still felt wobbly. “So do men have sex education to?”

“A little bit. I don’t know much about it. I believe it’s mostly safety like a woman’s first sex education class with a few suggestions. Oh! Energy conservation and exercise. If you were a born native of this city you’d received some lessons on how to tend to your wives without exhausting yourself so you can see as many as possible.”

“Seriously?”

“Of course! We’re taught to be considerate of our fellow wives and be careful not to exhaust our husband but you can’t leave everything up to us. We have desire to you know.”

A slight chuckle escaped Vincent as he remembered whenever Ariel had gone from humming to moaning. “So I noticed! Well you know if you end up courting me I don’t know any of that stuff.”

Ariel once again brought Vincent closer to her face so that she could barely see him allowing her breath to better wash over him when she spoke. “I know but that just means teaching you would be even more fun.”

When Ariel spoke her hot humid breath washed over him seemingly trying to drive him back. Vincent had to work to stay standing as he caught brief glimpses into her massive mouth and thought about what she’d said about mouth play. “Really? Then what would you have to say about my kiss?”

“It was very sweet but needs work. Remember just because you’re pinned doesn’t mean we don’t notice a difference in the force with which you’re pushing against our bodies. It’s probably a good thing you didn’t know how much you can do for me just by alternating the force with which you push against my lips using your arms. If you did and had done so I might not have been able to stop close to the line. I might have been over it.

“Anything else?” Despite what he’d just been breath Vincent was surprised. His erection already seemed to be recovered from being drained moments earlier. The rate at which he was regaining his stamina was quite surprising.

“I’ll tell you about that later. Until then how about we get back to our game? It’s also important a husband has a well trained body to tend to his wives.”

While he still felt a little wobbling Vincent gave a nod before leaping into the air with the aid of Serenity. Even with all the distractions he could remember what Arial said about flying faster but he had to wonder. “Ariel how is this going to help me get more fit?”

Rather than making a grab for Vincent Ariel closed her eyes. “Serenity is actually taking strength from all your muscles to aid in flying. If she was just to rely upon your muscles alone of course there is no way you could fly.”

How can they fly even if they can put all their muscles into it? Given the weight of a human body and the size of their wings this shouldn’t be happening. Is it some kind of natural magic or are they just that strong. I haven’t seen Lex try to lift anything after all. Even as he ran through these thoughts Vincent remembered to try to flap harder and raised himself higher into the air to avoid flying in circles. He changed his mind as he came around to Ariel’s back and changed directions so that he was flying upwards intending to go up and over her shoulder then dive towards her breasts. This plan seemed like it was going to fail as Vincent felt himself beginning to sweat.

It was easy to track Vincent. Ariel could easily feel his aura reaching out to hers while he flew along but she didn’t want to grab him. She wanted to see where he was going to fly. Just grabbing him out of the air wouldn’t do him any good either. Yet she couldn’t let him relent too much. Reaching behind her back Ariel moved her hand slowly to give him more time to notice it and to hopefully speed up. It worked and she struggled to keep herself from giggling as she gave Vincent his first point. In time she’d explain that he needed to fly a bit further away from her body to avoid being noticed

When Ariel’s hand had first appeared it seemed far away. That illusion soon left Vincent’s mind as he noted how rapidly it was approaching. His increasing fatigue left his mind and he flapped his wings for all he was worth. He felt the wind off Ariel’s hand as it approached and had to fight to keep himself stable and then he had to stop himself from shouting for Victory as her hand moved over a region several meters beneath him granting him his first point. I wonder what she’s going to give me if I win? I know I lost the first round and she didn’t ask for anything but maybe I could ask her for another kiss. The thought brought a large grin to Vincent’s face.

As she’d nearly grabbed him Vincent should have changed his directions instead of moving up towards her shoulder. If he didn’t realize that himself eventually she could tell him after a few games. “I almost had you Vincent. I know you can fly faster than that. Work those things!” Well his body is a little delicate to fly much faster than this. I should be careful to avoid pushing him for too long. Oh! I can give him a nice milk bath to help him relax afterwards. “Once you’re done and it’s my time to exercise we’ll have to get you a nice warm milk bath. No magic this time other than what’s natural in the milk but it should be quite soothing.”


At the mention of another milk bath Vincent’s mind turned towards Lex the previous evening. It seemed these women accepted milk baths as a regular means of treating their men and so did the men. It was still strange to him but the ones he had experienced so far had felt good. How many women had chosen to better their ability to nurture with their breasts before this had come about? Did these people record the first one to obtain a certain trait or reach a certain milestone? The first woman who could feed her mate using only her breastmilk? Vincent’s mind was so wrapped up in his thoughts that he didn’t notice Ariel’s hand until it had closed in around him.

She wanted to build Vincent’s confidence up but that had just been too slow. There was no way that Ariel could ignore such a slow pace. As she brought her hand around and looked at Vincent though she was rather surprised to see how hard he was breathing. “Are you already winded?”

“Already!” A long sigh escaped Vincent as he thought about how close he’d been to flying over Ariel’s shoulder and where he’d started from. “That’s a lot of flying.” Vincent actually found himself grinning and blushing a bit as he saw Ariel’s smile and her cheeks became flushed.

That was a lot of flying? A newborn that more hopped along with his wings then flew might have said that but there was no way an adult male would have. Yet Vincent was already breathing hard and the effort was clear in his voice. He’s so vulnerable. And he’s so cute! If he was mine he’d have even less of a reason to be away from my body. I could just keep him with me. No! Men should enjoy the sky I have to help him develop his wings! He could develop his wings by learning to flutter properly first. It sure felt good when the golem would flutter its wings against my lips or nipple or clit. As these thoughts ran through Ariel’s head she couldn’t help her smile or her excitement that made her skin grow flush.

What did I say this time? Damn! I wish I was this good back on earth. Here I nearly get myself stuffed down a woman’s bra or panties without even trying to. The thought made Vincent grin quite a bit though he also felt rather nervous as he noticed the look that Ariel was giving him. “What are you thinking about?”

“Just a technique to help you develop your body is all.” Oh that did not sound right. Stop grinning. Okay stop grinning now. I can’t! As a slight squeal escaped Ariel her blush was a mixture of excitement and embarrassment at how she couldn’t compose herself. What she’d done with her kiss was bad enough already and this was just adding to it.

So Vincent how close are you to being raped? The thought made Vincent chuckle a bit but part of him was a bit worried as well. He wasn’t entirely certain what these women considered sex but it wouldn’t take much effort at all on Ariel’s part to get him inside of her. No matter what method she used. “So what is that method?”

“It’s called fluttering. They’re several ways to do it depending on your purpose but typically you start with the natural flutter. You fully extended your wings like you’re going to fly but instead of truly flapping them you vibrate them as quickly as possible.”

He didn’t believe she intended for him to but Vincent proceeded to extend his wings as Arial described how to flutter. That he could feel the fatigue of using these wings in his entire body despite knowing they were actually Serenity was remarkable. “How’s this?” As he spoke Vincent began to vibrate his wings the way Ariel had described to him. He felt the affects almost immediately due in part to his flying around before and because the activity was truly draining. He almost forgot to keep fluttering his wings whenever he noticed Ariel with a massive grin biting down on her lower lip. This wasn’t just a technique for exercising that was clear.

The golem felt good but an actual male fluttering against my lips or nipple. Divine mother I wonder what it’d feel like if he was inside my vagina and fluttered or perhaps against my clitoris. He’s already getting tired though. Ariel couldn’t help her excitement and was glad that Vincent was in the middle of her hand rather then in her lap as she squirmed slightly. If he had been too close to her crotch he might have ended up inside of it. “Okay stop for a few seconds and then do that again. My father tends to flutter for around a minute before taking a break. I believe with you it may be best to break it up into sets of ten to fifteen seconds.”

Immediately Vincent came to a stop and took in a deep breath of air. He could still hear the excitement in Ariel’s voice but now he was breathing hard and focusing on how exhausted his body was feeling. “He can do that for a minute!”

A slight giggle escaped Ariel. “From the way my mom talks he can keep it up for an hour. In  your condition I believe it’d be best if you tried to do three sets of ten. We can see how you’re feeling tomorrow and get a better idea of where you’re at. Fortunately as I’m trained as a healer I can keep an eye on you and make sure you don’t hurt yourself.” Not to mention I get to watch you get all hot and sweaty. It’s a shame it’s due to the exercise but let’s get that stamina built up for whenever it’s something even more enjoyable.

“Won’t true tongue have worn off by tomorrow?” Vincent could have sworn someone had set off a stick of dynamite and quickly turned in the direction of Ariel’s free hand. He didn’t have time to think on how the sound had been produced though not realizing it had been the result of Ariel’s snapping her fingers.

“You’re right. Well if you want you can just exercise along with me whenever tomorrow comes and if you don’t you can watch. Now how about completing those other sets?” Let’s see that delicate body working some more.

At the thought of continuing his exercise Vincent was made to take a step back and hold his hands up defensively. “Now hold on for a moment. Ariel I’m still tired from flying around you.”

It was clear to Ariel she had worried Vincent as she gave a slight jerk. It was impossible for her to avoid doing so as a feeling of shock went throughout her body. “Whoops. Sorry about that. I know men are delicate and you even more so but I don’t always realize just how delicate you are. I’m certain that a few weeks of my milk and good exercise and you’ll be much better off. Okay let me get you set up on the table and then I’ll do my exercises. Do you want a milk bath to soak in?”

She might get upset if I say no and besides I bet I’ll be feeling that flight later if I don’t. Just three days and I’m already doing this. I wonder if this is due to their auras or the milk itself. “That sounds like a good idea. I don’t want to be hurting later. What do you do for exercise though? I don’t see any weights.”

“Weights?”

“Heavy things you lift to build muscle.”

“Oh!” Ariel couldn’t help but giggle as she smiled at Vincent. “Only men use those. My dad has some if you’d like to use them. He straps them to himself whenever he’s flying around. Well that and other bits of equipment. I guess the women from your world could use them to. We have to make use of stretches, motion and magic to train our muscles unless we’re exercising with another woman. Brigit and I like to get together and use one another to provide resistance.”

An image of Brigit and Ariel with their arms and legs intertwined and both girl sweating furiously popped into Vincent’s mind before he even knew what he was doing. His body immediately approved of the mental image and his tongue ran away with it before his mind could process his words. “That must be quite a sight!”

Ariel couldn’t help but giggle as she noted the excitement in Vincent’s voice. “Would you like to see us exercise later? You won’t have any idea of what we’re saying but I bet just having you observe would motivate us both.”

Don’t say yes! Vincent couldn’t help the alarm he felt and immediately locked his jaw shut. Would she get mad if I said yes or would no make her upset? She did mention that Brigit plans to be a lesser wife to her. “I believe that it would be enjoyable to watch the two of you exercising together. But is that alright?”

“Sure! I remember one of my mom’s lesser wives. She would often train with her and dad was always there to watch.”

“I thought you said that your mother had reached her peak whenever she conceived you.”

“She had. My mom had peaked but Ania hadn’t been given a child yet so she was still with us. I was around five years old whenever she finally conceived and she stayed with us for a little while after that.”

“Is she doing okay now?”

“I see her in the training area at times. Typically she leave her son with the priestesses while performing her responsibilities as a guard. Part of her deal with my mom was some fairly extensive training from her. So yes she’s doing really well. She’s a bit frustrated with women trying to purchase the right to court her son or have their daughter court him once he’s of age. She’s looking for someone who has a son of her own to exchange but that’s not going very well. Last year she had a serious offer but her son and the woman’s aura didn’t match at all so it fell apart.” As she had been speaking Ariel had placed Vincent on the table he and her father had occupied the previous day and retrieved the bowl that had been used before. 

They arrange marriages that’s nothing unusual. It happens in my world to. At least they have their auras to see if the couple will get along. “Wouldn’t that mean she’s a lot older than her husband?”

“Yes. That’s how it normally happens.”

At first Vincent opened his mouth to comment but then he watched as Ariel removed her bra and held up the comparatively tiny dish. He’d seen her bath the previous day and been against that nipple a few times but it still caused him to freeze up whenever he saw Ariel’s breasts in their full glory. Well these women do age very gracefully and it makes sense given how the men are likely snatched up right away. I bet she’s just glad to have a boy to negotiate with. “So it’s that hard to get a husband even with a son of your own to trade?”

“It is whenever you’re being as selective as she’s being. Most women set more criteria than what’s to be exchanged and a matching aura whenever negotiating a wife for their son and a husband for themselves but she has very high standards. She either wants her son to be married to a guard or a priestess so she can be certain he’s taken care of. I don’t remember how far back it went but she also wants their ancestors to be natives to our fine city and in good standing. She’ll find someone for him eventually but it may be another five years or so. Those are pretty strict standards.”

“Why a guard or priestess?”

Go ahead Vincent keep looking at my nipple. Maybe later I’ll do more than breastfeed you. Maybe we can play some while you’re against it. I’ve just been letting you rest atop of it up until now. Well so long as no one else is around. Ariel’s lips parted in an open smile as instead of putting her bra back on she walked over to Vincent and stood so that her breasts were directly above him as she placed the dish down on the table. “She really wants to insure that her son stays in the city and so she can keep an eye on him to an extent. She’s a guard herself after all. She’s just been upset by women trying to convince her to take currency instead or at least lighten the restrictions.”

Looking to the milk bath Vincent felt himself blush. When he looked up it grew more intense as he found himself looking at the underside of Ariel’s breasts as she looked down between her breasts at him. The entire table was made to shake beneath his feet as something even larger than the dish settled upon it producing a slow moving thundar.  He wasn’t certain what to think whenever he looked to the far side and noticed Ariel had left her bra lying on the table even as she turned and walked towards the center of the room.

Enjoy the view Vincent. Okay I need to stop smiling so much before I begin. Reaching up Ariel took a moment to work her facial muscles and put an extra sway in her step to show off her rear to Vincent. It was so rare that he got to enjoy the view after all. As she made her way to the center of the room she turned so that he was facing her side and she was looking at the wall. While it would be more fun to watch him she’d been around him enough to know he looked more when he thought she wasn’t.  Spreading her legs and placing her hands on her hips Ariel flexed every muscle in her body as she began to roll her neck. As she loosened the muscle up she began to slowly chant.

It had taken him several moments to remember the milk after noticing Ariel’s bra. As Vincent climbed into it the task was complicated by his head constantly turning to look at Ariel. He was rather surprised whenever she began to chant and for a moment came to a stop. Had true tongue worn off, was she singing to motivate herself or was she casting a spell? I don’t want to disturb her if this is part of her exercise. Serenity! “Serenity what is Ariel doing? I mean what are those words?”

Serenity waited until Vincent had began to climb into the milk before she began to remove herself from his body. She made no effort to leave the milk both so she could still protect Vincent and because it contained some of Ariel’s aura within it. “That is a spell that helps train the body. It strengthens the muscles but does so in a disproportional way. For example it strengthens the extensors of the arm more than the flexors so the two muscle groups can be used against one another for training.”

“Why is she chanting it?”

“It’s a modified battle song.”

For a moment Vincent said nothing but looked to Ariel waiting for Serenity to continue. By the time he realized she wasn’t going to Ariel had already shifted her stance and had began to move. Currently she was moving in a roughly circular motion with her hands held close to her body clearly for defense. Yet she struck out often enough to make it clear this wasn’t just for defense. That is just amazing. I can feel it in my ribs whenever her feet hit the ground or she takes a step then there is the boom. It’s different from the sonic boom produced whenever she speeds up or throws a punch. It’s like thunder on rapid fire. “What is a battle song?”

“A spell that makes use of the energy constantly produced by a living being. As it makes use of the energy produced by the being rather than stored within the body it must constantly be maintained but it also builds in power. Often a priestess will travel with the soldiers during major conflicts and provide battle songs. Though this tends to make them very high priority targets especially during the beginning of the battle before the spell has time to build power.”

After a moment Vincent nodded his head and looked back to Ariel. Is that how those legs look whenever she’s walking around? I doubt she has them tensed like that but just look at that muscle tone. Even if I was as big as her I bet she could go constrictor on me. Snoo Snoo. Vincent couldn’t help but chuckle as he thought the words. I hope she didn’t hear that. It doesn’t seem like she did by the way she’s focusing. “Hey Serenity was that spell made to sound like a song?”

“Such spells naturally have a musical aspect to them however most practitioners further enhance this aspect to aid in casting the spell. It is extremely important to be able to cast the spell automatically while you’re in combat.”

“They sing while fighting?”

“It is sometimes required. As I mentioned such people are often targets during combat. The priestess can’t stop singing just because an opponent managed to reach her. Ariel’s practice of similar songs while training is actually practice for this.”

Rather than pester Serenity with more questions Vincent looked back towards Ariel. He couldn’t help the surprise showing on his face as he noticed how Ariel’s muscles seemed to be becoming better defined by the moment. If this was due to the song or not he didn’t ask. Amazing! You can see all eight of her abdominal muscles! She’s beginning to sweat I wonder how long she can keep this up. Slowly Vincent let himself sink further into Ariel’s milk though he kept himself high enough that he could see over the edge of the dish and watch her. The entire time the thunder that her foot steps and even movements produces continued to run throughout the area.

Normally Ariel would have simply cast a spell on herself to strengthen the right muscles for her exercises. What Serenity had said wasn’t a lie. She did practice such songs while training as well but it was far from all the time. Maintaining the song and pushing her body wasn’t an easy task. It actually had prevented her from looking at vincent several times. Focus! Flashed through her mind as her foot nicked the other and threatened to tangle themselves together. Okay you can either look and think about Vincent or you can impress him. What do you want to do girl? There is no way I’m going to let him think I’m weak.

What was that! Vincent felt his entire being tremble as Ariel’s song seemed to suddenly grow in power. He could have sworn he heard her heart beat and then the thunder hit him. Did she speed up? I guess that was just the warm up before and what about taking off her bra? I thought she was going to put on a titty show of some type but she seems to be taking this seriously. Vincent actually felt rather pleased as he imagined Ariel was indeed taking her exercise seriously despite her limited clothing. As he remembered what she said about her clothing before an odd thought brought a chuckle to his lips. I guess these women don’t need the support of a sports bra. I doubt one would survive anyway. 

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“Are you alright?” Vincent couldn’t help but grin as he looked at Ariel. Currently she was down on her knees with her head tilted back her arms limp at her sides and breathing deeply. Compared to how she had looked moments before it was rather amusing. Her foot steps no longer thundered and her fist no longer threatened to shatter mountains. Yet even whenever she set there breathing he could feel her power. It seemed like the currents of air responded to every breath she took while literal pools of sweat rolled off her body. Whenever she responded she didn’t speak but rather nodded her head.

Wow! I can’t believe I kept going for that long and built the spell up that much. I need to take a bath or at least clean myself off a bit before I let Vincent near me. A quick cleansing spell should handle the sweat when I get my breath back but I should take a soak to help my muscles recover. At least Vincent seems to have enjoyed the show. Despite her exhaustion Ariel was made to smile as she looked towards Vincent and remembered her time with her mother the other night. So that’s how you do it mom. I never realized how much having an audience you wanted to impress helped. Just give me some time and I’ll catch up to you. A slight giggle escaped Ariel after only a moment.

While Ariel remained setting Vincent was made to grin upon hearing her laughter. “Okay what is so funny? You can tell me whenever you can breath again but what’s going on.”

“I.” Going silent for a moment Ariel took in another deep breath of air. “I was just thinking some silly thoughts like how I was going to catch up to my mother if I could keep this pace up.”

“Catch her? I bet you pass her up!” As Vincent spoke he had all the certainty in the world in his voice but he wasn’t surprised whenever Ariel was made to laugh. “Well your father said you’re further along than she was at that age.”

“I know but she still has a two hundred year head start on me.”

“Your mom is two hundred years old!” Vincent couldn’t help the alarm in his voice and wondered if he might have been tricked whenever he heard Ariel laugh again.

“Yes! Receiving new traits helps keep the wife young while carrying them helps restore the husband. Mom had a long time to develop her abilities but that also means she’s also had a long time to develop her teaching methods. I’ve even heard her say that give her a dedicated student and she’ll have them on par with herself in twenty years.”

“So does that mean you’re nearly your mother’s equal?”

It was impossible for Ariel to keep from giggling. While she knew Vincent didn’t understand everything about her world they were somethings that should still be clear. “I haven’t been training since I was born.”

“And why not!” The words surprised Vincent himself but he made certain to put all the indignation into them he could. The look of shock on Ariel’s face nearly made Vincent fall over laughing. She had the same reaction several moments later.

“You got me! For a moment there I thought you meant people from your world were born as adults. That would be quite a painful birth especially with your tiny women.”

Vincent allowed himself a little more laughter before speaking up. “No. We’re born as children but how does that work with your men anyway? That must be the easiest birth there is. How would you even know you’re pregnant with a son?”

“The son’s aura. If there is one place where we can feel another’s aura even more readily than within our vagina it’s within our womb.  As for when they’re born. Well the gestation period for a son tends to be around two years. Girls are born not even being able to crawl while sons are born already knowing how to use their wings. It can be a real problem if you have a little runner.”

“Two years! But your sons are so much smaller than you!”

A delighted giggle escaped Ariel as she gave her head a nod. “Yes they are! But you know us women we just hate to let our men go.”

What does this mean for their development? Well I spoke to Lex so I know he can talk and he seems perfectly fit but two years in the womb. How are they learning to speak during this time? Wait. Do they know how to speak? “So the men are born with the ability to fly. What about the ability to talk?”

“Huh.” Stretching her arms above her head Ariel took in a deep breath and began to gather some energies in her hands to help cleans her body. “Your men and women are born the same aren’t they? I guess this must sound really strange to you. You’re not born with all your motor control are you?”

“No. Does that mean you are?”

“I sure wasn’t!” For a moment Ariel quieted herself as she giggled at the thought. “But boys are. Our men are born knowing how to walk, fly and work their hands. This really helps in getting milk from their mother. As for knowing how to talk. No. It tends to require a few months before boys learn to talk. Really if you consider developing their motor skills you could say men learn much faster than women. However, in our defense we have a lot more to learn to control.” 

“You also have a much larger brain. That’s actually something that’s been bothering me. Shouldn’t every woman be so intelligent that you make the men look like idiots?”

“One moment.” As she spoke Ariel began to chant and move her hands over her body. While it wasn’t as good as taking a bath a little magic could be used to break down and remove some of the residue left by her sweat. This would insure that Vincent wasn’t complaining about her body odor while she was carrying him around. It was hard for her to keep from grinning as her hands came to her breasts and rather than moving over them like the rest of her body she grasped her breasts and pushed up on them squeezing her nipples for a moment. That’s it Vincent enjoy the show. Think about how you could have been between these yesterday. Maybe you’ll be more willing to today. “Okay! It isn’t just our bodies that are bigger you know. We also take in a lot more information than you do and that requires a lot of processing. Just look at the size of my eyes.”

That doesn’t sound right. “Wouldn’t that be handled by your brain being much larger than mine?” Vincent couldn’t help but be amused whenever Ariel gave a long sigh. 

“Okay I’ll say it! Our brains aren’t as advanced as our bodies. It’s not exactly something we like to talk about. For a very long time people chose traits to better the body or facilitate improvements to the body without thinking of things like memory. Even now such improvements are rarely chosen because in the difference in performance. Changes to the physical body you can often see and at the very least feel. They have immediate long lasting benefits in most cases. Increasing intelligence doesn’t have as visible benefits and it’s so hard to determine how much of an increase they will actually be. So many considerations have to be taken for environmental influences. It’s even worse than copying traits like muscle responsivity.”

“You can do that?”

“Oh yes! Both Brigit and I are not only naturally stronger than most women but our muscles are far more responsive we can build them even more easily than others. Which is really quite an accomplishment normally stronger muscles are harder to build up. That isn’t something you know just by examining the person especially when you take diet, dedication, time to train and one’s environment into consideration. There may actually be someone in this city who biologically could develop her body even more easily than me or Brigit but she doesn’t put the effort forward. How do you find her? Now back to changes to the mind. How do you know this woman is so intelligent because of genetics and not because her parents were very attentive to her education? So yes. Our brains are lagging behind our bodies in terms of our cognitive abilities.” Ariel couldn’t help but feel a bit awkward whenever after a few moments she heard Vincent beginning to laugh.

“Wow! I didn’t mean to offend. I must have really hit a nerve that time. Ariel please believe me I didn’t mean to offend you or women in general. It’s just.” Vincent went silent as Ariel gave a long sigh and stood back up. At least she didn’t look angry or hurt as she began to walk towards him.

“No. You have no reason to apologize. It’s just a fact of the situation and something all women should be embarrassed about. We talk about matching the divine mother but we have nowhere near her wisdom and we’re doing a very poor job of pursuing it. We all know it or those of us who care to think do.”

Should I really ask her if there is anyone whose intelligence she’d like to take? That or perhaps someone that is naturally good at memorizing bits of information. “Then what about you? Do you have any women in mind who you’d like to take some mental traits from?” Vincent found some amusement whenever he heard Ariel give a nervous laugh. I’ll take that as a no.

“It’s not like I haven’t considered it but well like I said before. It’s so hard to determine the quality of a mental increase and that makes choosing it very hard whenever you have a clear physical improvement. Maybe after I better my body a bit.” Rather than picking up her bra Ariel lowered her hand so that it was resting next to Vincent’s bath. Part of her wanted to scoot it back a bit so he could better see her face while part of her wanted to pull it forward so that he was looking at the underside of her breasts even more.

Looking towards Ariel’s hand Vincent turned to Serenity. “Would you mind covering me? Where are we going?” Is she going to put her bra on? Perhaps she’s leaving it off for as long as possible. 

“We’re going to practice our tap and finger count system to make certain we don’t forget what each number means for a little while. Then well. That’s up to you. This is the final day before True Tongue wears off after all and you’re suppose to relax as I’ll be honest. Things are going to be stressful for everyone while you’re learning our language. We could go into the city for a while or we could do something relaxing here. Perhaps you’d like to join me in the bath this time or do some exploring.”

“Explore what?”

“Me of course! Silly.” Ariel couldn’t help but giggle at the surprise on Vincent’s face. She didn’t know if he would ever get used to her teasing and in truth part of her hoped he wouldn’t. She rather enjoyed being able to get a strong reaction out of him.

By now Vincent had climbed into Ariel’s hand and she’d lifted him from the table. She hadn’t lifted him to eye level and indeed he had to look over the slope of her breasts to see her face. He suspected that was intentionally based on the position of her hand rather than her just holding him in a comfortable position. “That’s a lot to explore. I don’t suppose you have television?”

Did he just say enchanted images or was that True Tongue? “You’re talking about fake images that appear real and have sound to tell a story or convey information right?”

Wow! They might actually have it. At least some kind of magic television. “Well yes. That’s not exactly it but sort of.” 

“I don’t believe we’re talking about the right thing. Okay I believe I know how to put this. Some of our books have been enchanted so that as you’re reading you can better experience what’s happening in the story. They’re extremely user friendly but you at least have to know how to read out language.”

So they have to know how to read to watch their equivalent of television? That would help our educational system so much! Still. It sucks for me. “That is a bit of a problem yes. What I had in mind doesn’t require you to know how to read.”

“So like an animated painting with sound?”

“Yes!” While Vincent knew his response was a little over eager  he was surprised whenever he heard Ariel beginning to giggle moments later. “Okay what did I say this time.”

“I apologize. I just thought of how some children will put on shows for themselves and others using their toy golems. They’re even some professionally made miniature golems that theaters use to practice new shows or come up with them. They are some paintings that can move. It’s a pretty popular form of art actually but it’s not like a book. You’re far more limited in the story you can tell though they’re some people who are working on folding more magic into the painting.”

“Why are they so limited?”

“Well The paint can only retain so much magic. With a book every page can have a spell placed upon it and they’re fairly isolated from one another. The magic in a painting blends together. It can get very ugly if done wrong but you have given me an idea. Okay there is no way that we’re going to be able to spend all our time teaching you to speak our language. How about we we find some board games to play today?”

“You have board games? I hope we’re talking about the same thing.”

A slight giggle escaped Ariel as she turned and began to walk back towards the study. I’ll just leave my bra there and see if he bothers to mention it. I bet he doesn’t even know if he should mention it or not. “I’ll show you a few of them. Often when a husband is out with his wife and has little to do they’ll bring such games to play with her fluid natures. Well that and after being with three of his wives for most of the day most men just want to do something that doesn’t involve moving much and reading isn’t always on the list.”

“That makes a lot of sense actually. So husbands don’t just eat, sleep and have sex until their alpha wife reaches her peak?”

“Of course not!” A slight hum escaped Ariel as she looked towards Vincent. “Most of the time. They’re some men that have some very impressive sex drives and well. You hear stories about a man that can tend to all five of his lesser wives and alpha wife on a daily basis but I find those stories very hard to believe. If they’re true he must be remarkably fit and these women must have an orgasm nearly the moment he starts playing with their clitoris.” 

“I bet I could do it.” Vincent felt himself grinning so much his face hurt whenever Ariel gave a sharp chuckle. Without hesitating a moment he stood up and puffed out his chest. “You doubt me after seeing how remarkably fit I am?” Vincent knew that Ariel’s aura protected him from acceleration. He’d experienced it several times so he knew he must really be moving as Ariel brought him higher and he was nearly knocked to his back. Before he could think of what was happening he found himself pressed against Ariel’s lips once again though this time it was far more brief.

It hadn’t been her intention to but Vincent’s joking tone and demeanor had been too much. Before she’d even considered her actions Ariel found herself pressing Vincent too her lips. As she pulled him away she knew he didn’t mind from the way he was smiling at her. “You’re just so cute! Careful with talk like that mister or I may see if we can get you there.”

“Lady I’m already there.” Well no way I can back down now.

This time Ariel just rolled her eyes. “Big talk from the man that won’t even let me keep him in my cleavage. You have to ride atop my head. I bet these big boobies of mine terrify you.” Let’s see if he’ll go for it.” With Vincent near the tip of her finger he was able to look down into her cleavage and indeed he did. This added even more to Ariel’s amusement as she waited to see what he would do.

I wonder if she could even keep me there without her bra. Would she be upset if I asked if they’re perky enough? Maybe if I word it right. “Are most women able to do that without their bra?”

“Not all of us.” Brigit couldn’t even with her bra and I should probably never say that out loud. If she was to hear those words repeated she just may want to spar me. “I sure can though.”

“Is that something you practiced already?”

“Naturally. Now how about it Vincent? You spent all of yesterday setting in your hatchling’s nest. It was actually a little troublesome because I couldn’t see you, kiss you or anything. You were just setting atop my head while Brigit and Melody were able to look you over whenever they wanted. I would really prefer if you let me keep you there while walking around.”

Stop that! Vincent could feel his penis responding already and the organ seemed to be trying to take over his brai. Unfortunately it didn’t seem to be responding to his thoughts. “But aren’t you going to show me some of the board games?”

“Indeed and this is a great way to do it! You’ll need to get used to playing while riding upon my body after all. Come on Vincent. It might be a bit much in your world but even if we’re not courting there is nothing wrong with me keeping you in my cleavage. It’s warm, comfortable and let’s us see one another while freeing up my hands. I admit the view can be a bit limited if you want to see what’s happening on the ground but the view is still very nice.”

“Would a healer keep a patient in her cleavage?”

“Absolutely! It would even be good for your recovery.”

That makes sense. She already mentioned that their milk contains some of their aura. I wouldn’t be surprised if the aura around their breasts is even stronger than the rest of their body. It’d probably have to be to keep their breasts from crushing someone or smothering them. I also have Serenity to keep me safe but I don’t know if I can do that. “Ariel. It’s not that I don’t want to try but I don’t know if I can just stay in your cleavage without getting a bit stimulated. I’m pretty sure that I can’t to be honest. The men from your world might be use to such things but I’m sure not.”

“That’s fine Vincent! You’re going to need to learn eventually after all.” I wonder how many times I can get him off while he’s between my tits. Most men know how to relax and enjoy a warm cushioned and scented ride but he hasn’t had any experience with such things. I might even be able to exhaust him. Blast! I don’t have my bra on. Okay just keep him close to your chest so that he can’t see your nipples getting hard. “Plus it’ll be really strange for me to walk around with you in a nest all the time. It was okay with the others as they know your situation but well I wouldn’t to limit the attention you get.”

“Setting atop your head like that was strange?”

“A grown man in a hatchling’s nest? Yes that was strange. It’s fine once in a while but if you were to be seen always riding atop my head.” Ariel didn’t try to stop herself from blushing a bit as the thought did indeed embarrass her and Vincent seemed to respond well to her body language. Given the tiny women he was used to working with her body language was likely clear as sunshine “It would actually be really embarrassing. Most people would take that as you saying you don’t like my breasts or don’t want to look me in the eyes whenever we’re talking. An angry child is one thing but you’re a grown man.”

It surprised Vincent but he felt himself blushing as well. “Wait! Does that mean people would think I’m being naughty and you’re punishing me?”

“Not exactly. It could mean that you’re tired and want to rest in a secure environment but not constantly. Besides! I really want to be able to look at you while I’m speaking with you. Talking to you while you were on my head the entire time made me feel a little crazy.”

It would be a bit like someone walking around with a head set. “So people would begin to suspect that either I’m angry with you and don’t want to look you in the face. Which would probably make them wonder why you’re my caregiver or they’d think you’re punishing me. I guess it won’t help that I won’t be able to speak your language for a while. Someone might assume that I was kidnapped and you’re holding me against my will.”

“Yes and it gets worse whenever they realize you don’t have wings of your own. Vincent I really don’t want to risk a crowd or some guards that aren’t in the know dragging me to the temple. Even being led there would be troublesome enough and it’d get you a lot of attention as well.”

That’s a very good point. I can’t even ask her to let me sleep on it. You’re not helping things either. For a moment Vincent glanced down towards his crotch though his attention quickly turned to Ariel’s cleavage. She sure didn’t seem to mind the kiss though. “So you’re telling me that the men of this world can just snuggle into a woman’s cleavage and relax?”

“Some take longer to relax than others but yes. This is especially true if he’s spent the day with two or three of his lesser wives and just wants to relax with his alpha for a while. It doesn’t have to be sexual after all like whenever I feed you.” Well for a native it doesn’t have to be sexual. I could feel your penis the entire time I was feeding you. This is going to be so much fun!

“Fine but you have to remember I’m not a native. I may not be able to restrain myself.” Should I have said that?  The thought went through Vincent’s head the moment he heard Ariel give off a delighted squeal. From the expression on her face it was clear this wasn’t her intentions but it was too late now. I still have no idea how she’s going to keep me between those without a bra on especially if she starts moving around a lot. Perhaps Serenity is going to help her out or maybe it’s an aura thing. They are really perky and I’m moving closer now.

Perhaps I should have told him that if he’s too worked up Audacity can join him. Well she doesn’t need me to mention such things to do it and that might worry him even more. As she lowered Vincent towards her cleavage Ariel pressed her thumb down upon him so she could better control his position and began to gently roll him around. Instead of lowering him into her cleavage feet first to get a more secure grip she lowered him so that he would be reclining between her breasts. The tips of her fingers vanished into her cleavage and she parted them so that Vincent slid down her fingers rather than falling into the gap that had been created. As he was lowered she brought her fingers closer together to control the rate of his fall and reduce the size of the space. Her aura would protect Vincent but she didn’t want to send too much of her breast flesh crashing in around him yet. It wouldn’t harm him but it may alarm him and she was going for as positive of an experience as she could.

Some light made it between Ariel’s fingers but Vincent couldn’t truly look around with her right index finger and thumb on either side of him. He had seen where he was going before and tried to settle himself but had found himself pushing his crotch into Ariel’s finger with far more force than he would have liked. This didn’t last long however as he felt her grip loosen on his body and he felt himself sliding down her finger. If it was her fine muscle control or aura that protected him from the friction of his fall he didn’t know but it was remarkable. He could feel the soft skin of Ariel’s fingers rubbing against his body as he slid down between them never quite completely free of her grip but it was clear she was losing him. Whenever he looked down he was greeted by a massive cavern of flesh though he couldn’t tell how far in he was going.

Whenever Ariel would pick him up Vincent would feel a rush of excitement, warmth, comfort and now even desire. This feeling grew more intense as he was lowered into her cleavage such that it was hard to contain his excitement. What is this? I want to be down there so badly! I’m actually squirming to increase my rate of fall but it’s like I want to have sex with her and cuddle at the same time. I could go either way. It feels like I could just lay there as long as she wanted, go down on her or make love to her and I don’t even know which one I want more. Any of them would be fine! Is this her aura? Does she feel the same?  It can’t just be her aura. She said she wanted me inside of her earlier. Amazing! Perhaps she even desires me more than I do her.

There was a moment of disconnect for Vincent as he left Ariel’s fingers and fell into her cleavage. His hands and feet were reflexively pushed into her breasts flesh as a sharp gasp escaped him the moment he came in contact with them. This feels amazing! Just awesome! How did I not notice when she fed me? As he sank into the supple silken flesh Vincent stretched and squirmed against her. Each time he did he could feel Ariel’s breast shift around him ever so slightly the sensation flooding his mind as he did so. What the hell am I doing! Stop! I can’t believe I just lost control like that. I should.

Thought Vanished from Vincent’s mind as he saw Ariel’s fingers lift away and his entire world went into motion. Without the force exerted by her fingers the walls of her breasts started to close in around him. It was too fluid to be compared to an avalanche and too firm to be compared water. The waves were like nothing Vincent had ever seen before and as he was swallowed up in its warmth not just lying on her breasts Vincent couldn’t help himself. “How are you doing this?”

He’s loving it! Yes! Awesome! He probably hasn’t even realized I turned him so that he’s facing me. Oh I could just keep him there all day except well maybe not. If only I could take him a little lower. As she looked at Vincent a low moan escaped Ariel. Even his question didn’t really bring her mind back to reality though she did respond. “With my pectoral muscles of course. They are many benefits to having a well trained body after all. I don’t even need that silly bra to carry you around all nice and snug between my titties.” It would probably be easier to keep my hands off my nipples if I was wearing it though. Divine father thank you for bringing me this gift. Divine mother give me the power to keep him safe and with me.

I’m between a woman’s breasts. I’m not just feeling of them or having my face pressed into them they’re completely around me. Is that the scent of her skin or some kind of perfume? As Vincent felt Ariel’s flesh all around him he took in a deep breath.His arms and legs pushed outward stretching while he pushed himself upward not trying to escape from the embrace of her cleavage but pushing his chest more firmly against hers. He didn’t need to worry about such things though as he felt her breasts shift around him. He felt himself moving for a moment but the force pushing back on him soon increased and overwhelmed his muscles. His eyes closed and he leaned back taking in a deep breath. Okay eyes open up. But this just feels so amazing.

“Someone isn’t having as much trouble relaxing as he thought he would. Sensory overload I take it.” Audacity had taken this time to travel to where Vincent was and now reached down running her fingers through his hair. She saw his eyelids shake as he struggled to open them and several seconds later they finally opened. She wasn’t too surprised whenever he looked towards her companion.

Vincent was surprised but he could already recognize Audacity. The fluid nature had apparently left quite the impression on him. The new face was a surprise though. “Hello. Have we met before?”

“Nope! I’m Whimsy and you’re suppose to play with me!” Reaching into Ariel’s cleavage Whimsy both rapidly expanded her hand and took hold of Vincent while pushing outward. She wasted no time pulling him upward so that his shoulders and arms were above Ariel’s cleavage though she allowed her flesh to settle back in so he wasn’t entirely free.

As relaxing as the grip of Ariel’s cleavage had been Vincent felt like he’d been electrified at the ease with which Whimsy had pulled him free. “How did you do that!”

A slightly disappointed moan escaped Ariel a moment after Whimsy pulled Vincent free. “Don’t be too impressed they do have some command of my body after all they are my natures. But Whimsy I wish you would have left him there a little while.”

“You haven’t let me play with him at all though! Now this is the final day we can have fun together and he needs to learn some games. So get them!”

It surprised even Vincent but after looking to Ariel for some kind of explanation he looked towards Audacity. He was rewarded by the fluid nature leaning forward and promptly dropping her breasts atop his head. Okay I’m pretty certain that she must made them a lot bigger than they were before. And now they’re trying to swallow my head.” As Vincent lifted his arms to try to break free he felt some hands underneath his shoulders. These weren’t Audacity’s hands though and he was made to lower his arms immediately as they began to tease his sides prompting a giggle from Whimsy.

“Whimsy here likes to play games and laugh more than any of us. She’s been wanting to meet you for a while but Ariel has been telling her it’s not play time.”

“But now it’s play time! Games!”

I wish she hadn’t lifted me so easily before acting crazy. Well she can’t be more threatening than Audacity. “So Whimsy what game do you want to play first?”

“Civilization!”

“Whimsy! No! That game can take upwards of three hours and Vincent has limited time. We need to teach him three to five games where the rules will stick with him. We’d be lucky to get in three games if we played games like Civilization.”

Rather than remain silent Vincent had to ask. “What’s civilization like?”

Ariel felt like her right arm had been jerked as she pulled back on Whimsy to keep the fluid nature from speaking. She ignored the look Whimsy gave her. “You start off with some pieces that represents a city which you build up using cards to determine good and bad events while the dice determine your progress towards certain goals. The objective is to outcompete or outlast all the other communities. It can go on a really long time to the point you have to reshuffle the cards at times.”

“Huh. I was expecting something that involved more magic.”

Nodding her head Ariel couldn’t resist pushing her breasts together a bit more firmly as she bent over and began to look over the games. “They’re some version of it that do involve magic but that takes even more time to explain and you haven’t learned to use such things now. Huh. Blast that is right.” Ariel straitened up for a moment and glanced down at Audacity and Whimsy setting on either side of Vincent. She wasn’t surprised to find that Audacity had set up but seemed ready to straddle Vincent’s head now. 

“Civilization is a good game because Vincent doesn’t know how to use magic yet and he can’t tell us what he wants to do.”

“Whimsy I don’t believe he can learn what all the cards mean in one game. He won’t even be able to read what they say he’ll have to go off the pictures.”

“Oh.” For a moment Whimsy said nothing but looked at Vincent. A moment later she was a blur of motion as she lowered herself into Ariel’s cleavage tasking on a crouched position just in front of him. “We could wrestl!”

“Oh we could!” Audacity couldn’t help but grin at Vincent. She knew her fellow fluid nature wasn’t motivated by the same desires as herself but that didn’t mean she could not play along.

“I don’t believe I’d be much of a challenge considering how easily you lifted me.” Ariel a little help here. Though I imagine the pins these girls use could be quite interesting. 

Before speaking Audacity drew Vincent’s attention by gently brushing her leg against the side of his face. She gave a sound similar to a purr whenever he looked at her. “Wrestling doesn’t have to be a test of who’s physically stronger or even who is more dexterous with the right rules. It can also insure that everyone have a lot of fun. Even in a contest everyone can be winners if the game is being played the right way for the right reasons.”

“Audacity! Whimsy! That’s enough.” Ariel couldn’t help but sigh as Sagacity finally retrieved a game for her. This is hard when he can’t read! He has today to learn the rules and what the cards mean and then that’s it. “Okay the three of you are going to have a nice game of Guiding Wings. Vincent in this game.”

“I want to tell him! Rather than wait for Ariel to respond Whimsy looked at Vincent. “You have the hunter peace with his pretty wings that represents the male. He can move so many turns based on your roll and suffers no penalty from terrain. Your second piece is the females. They suffer movement penalties from the terrain and may not be able to move at all. Your dice determines how many moves you have while your goal is to find resources using the male and harvest them with the females.”

“How will I know the differences in terrain though?”

“The board.” As she spoke Whimsy reached up towards Ariel who gave a shrug and handed it to her.

When Whimsy opened the board Vincent was a little surprised. It had a wooden frame or it appeared to be wood but it was flat inside. At least it was until some of Whimsy moved within the board and elevated it causing the terrain to change not just in elevation but in texture and color as well. What was even more surprising was that rivers seemed to appear. Without thinking about it he couldn’t resist reaching down and running his fingers through the water. While the fluid didn’t leave the river it did indeed feel like water. The giggle he heard from Whimsy told him that wasn’t the case.

“Do that again.”

“Is that well you?”

“Yes! Now do it again! That tickles.”  Whimsy once again giggled as Vincent ran his fingers through the water. The smile on her face vanished as the pieces appeared on the board made from Audacity. “I want to be the pieces to!”

Audacity gave a slight snort before looking towards her fellow fluid nature. “You’re the entire board and already have Vincent feeling of you. I’m going to be the pieces.”

“You just want him to touch you!”

Vincent couldn’t help but blush as he listened to Whimsy and Audacity. It was a reminder that Serenity was currently touching the majority of his body including some very private regions. Yet from how these two were behaving he wondered if they enjoyed being touched more than touching. That wasn’t what he was going to ask Ariel about though. “Do all of these games involve fluid natures?”

“Pretty much yes. All the games I can think of that are meant to be played while traveling do. They aren’t protected by our auras after all and there has to be something to keep you from losing the pieces.”

“But when you talked about Brigit and Melody’s fluid natures you made them sound so costly.”

“Oh! Their fluid natures are very costly that’s why my mother and I helped with them. Well honestly it was mostly my mother. High quality fluid natures like mine and mom’s are very expensive. A woman could probably buy a husband with what it would have cost to buy all ten of mine.”

Vincent jerked back slightly in Ariel’s cleavage. He’d only been here for three days but he knew that was a big deal. “Where does your family get its wealth! I mean does the guard captain get paid that much?”

“No! No. No.” As she spoke Ariel was both giggling a bit and shaking her head. “My family has always had money and mom and dad have built upon that. Mom was always very good at coordinating the efforts of the lesser wives to benefit the household as much as possible, she has a lot of valuable skills and knowledge and so does dad as well. Mom mentioned to you that dad studies teleportation magic well he’s made a few findings that the committee paid him for.” I probably shouldn’t tell him about what she made during the wars. No need to make Vincent think we’ve profited from violence.”

“That’s another strange thing. What do you use for wealth anyway?”

“Lots of things! The most common medium of exchange though is tokens of will. You saw them earlier though you might not have noticed them. They’re coins that we store energy in to use for spellcrafting later and we use them for exchange. Energy used plus the skill required determines the value of a lot of work. Now how about you and Whimsy play some? Thanks for waiting Whimsy.”

“I want to be the pieces!”

Audacity hadn’t removed her eyes from Whimsy even as Ariel explained things to Vincent. Now she wouldn’t remain silent anymore. “You’re already the board! I get to be the pieces!”

Ariel gave a slight sigh before pushing up on the underside of her breasts lightly shaking the fluid natures and Vincent. This did nothing to disturb their locations but it drew their attention. It was rather hard to make herself frown whenever she noticed the grin on Vincent’s face. “That’s quite enough from the both of you. You can each be your own pieces but as for Vincents. Whimsy you’re already the board either you give half of it over to Audacity or she gets to be his pieces. You decide and no Audacity you don’t get a say in the matter I know you’d prefer to just be the pieces so you can tease Vincent about touching you.”

I can’t believe I’m laughing about this. I’m buried almost to my shoulders in a woman’s cleavage and apparently she intends to keep me here for a while. I’m also apparently expected to play a board game while I’m here and the most messed up part is probably that I’m looking forward to the game and laughing about it. But still damn does this feel amazing. I’m rubbing my cheek against Ariel’s tit. Vincent froze in place as the realization set in that he’d leaned back into Ariel’s cleavage and was indeed pressing his face into her right breast. It didn’t take him long to realize that his legs hadn’t been still either.

“Okay. You can be Vincent’s pieces. Vincent you should touch the water more.”

Despite his current situation Vincent rose up. There is no way Ariel didn’t feel that but she’s not saying a thing. Either this is normal or she wants me to fondle her breasts and I have no idea which. She’s got to be able to feel my erection she’s been able to feel everything else. “It’s pretty strange looking at the board like this. So Whimsy as you’re the board does that mean you get to create my dice?”

“Yep!” As she spoke Whimsy formed two dice from herself altering the color as she did so. “Don’t worry about losing them I won’t let them leave the board and I’ll make sure your throws are fair.”

“Now hold on! Doesn’t that mean you can control what I throw?”

“I could! But I don’t. A game is no fun if you play like that!”

Rather than taking Whimsy’s word for Vincent looked towards Ariel again. It was strange as he knew Whimsy was part of Ariel but he’d had enough experience with Audacity to know they didn’t behave the same way. “How is that possible?”

“That would take longer to explain than we have time for. Just trust me Vincent the dice throws are just like using natural dice. Now just have fun and try to learn the rules while I find you some other games.” Careful now. As the thought ran through her mind Ariel was messaging her breasts from underneath with one hand. The feeling of Vincent snuggled between her breasts was quite stimulating and it left her breasts tingling and more than ready for attention. It’s a shame he stopped rubbing his face against my breasts but I guess I can’t start fingering myself right now. He probably wouldn’t believe me if I told him it was natural for women to masterbate infront of their patients. Oh! If only I could just have him between my legs or laying on my crotch while I played with myself. I think I’m going to need some private time later perhaps while he’s asleep. Now that could be fun!

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He wasn’t certain of when True Tongue was going to wear off but there was only so much time one could spend playing games before even that tired. It actually felt like his head was in a bit of a fog as he attempted to retain all the rules. At least things were quiet now. He had asked Ariel for some fresh air so they’d stepped outside. Not that it got him off of her body. Currently he was walking along her right thigh. He’d realized a short while ago that Serenity had never formed shoes for his feet but when he thought about it that didn’t seem strange. If these women had their way the men might be wearing nothing but underwear. Lex hadn’t had much of a shirt on that was for certain. 

Now he looked down the road they’d traveled earlier and much to his surprise he’d seen a few other giantesses walking along. “Hey Ariel. What was the last trait your mother received. I was wondering if you had seen it in yourself.”

“A genetic affinity for the manipulation of plant based magic. Have you seen my mom use such spells before?”

“No. But I haven’t seen much of your mom. Shouldn’t she be back by now?”

For a moment Ariel looked over her shoulder towards the path her mother would actually be coming from. “Actually yes. Someone did something stupid. That or perhaps she stopped to speak with High Priestess Aliessa for a while. Anyway, that isn’t really my mom’s strong point but really she didn’t have a very high opinion of such magic for a long time. She knew how to do the household stuff but not the professional level work. It is one of the lesser magic after all. She changed her mind whenever she was reminded that the divine mother is a master of all forms of magic despite having divine magic. It’s the one thing I’ve actually had more training in than my mother has.” 

“Amazing. I can’t even imagine what you’re going to be like whenever you start receiving additional traits. You’re positively gorgeous as is and well in some ways you haven’t even began to mature yet.” As he spoke rather than looking at Ariel Vincent lowered himself into a seated position atop Ariel’s knee having finally reached it. She’d asked him not to go any further down her leg and given all the exercise he had earlier he was content to listen to her. 

“If you decide to stay with me once I’m allowed to court you then you’ll get to find out. Would you be okay with Melody and Brigit as my lesser wives? Perhaps try imagining me with Brigit’s muscles added to my own and Melody’s chest.”

“That’s terrifying! Sure they look nice but after experiencing yours today I’m even more worried you might lose me between them and never be able to find me.” 

After only a moment Ariel couldn’t help herself and began to openly giggle. “That is the first time I’ve ever heard of Melody’s breast as frightening!”

Well they are a lot larger than me but the men of this world are use to that. “So tomorrow I really won’t be able to understand a thing you’re saying.”

“Unfortunately not. If you seem distressed I’ll cast True Tongue on you again so we can speak but I’d prefer to avoid doing so for a few days at least. Do you you want to set up some simple ground rules? Say for example if I point at something and say a word or two that is to be the name of that particular thing?” Ariel felt a little strange as she heard Vincent chuckle.

“Sorry that just reminded me of a few games we play in my world. That sounds good but what about actions?”

“Oh! I’ll have Sagacity and Whimsy help you with those. Sagacity can describe the action to you in our words and Whimsy will act them out. You said it was a game after all and she well she loves games.”

As she’d been speaking Vincent had noticed a change in Ariel’s voice. Turning around he was made to grin whenever he found Whimsy setting there. She’d formed a game board of some type and now was hugging it against her body. “I believe someone is ready to play. Okay let’s see here. You love wood?” Vincent was made to chuckle whenever the board seemed to go from wood to stone. “You love slabs of rock?”

Ariel couldn’t help but giggle a little herself whenever Whimsy held the board away from her body and seemed to be seriously thinking about how to represent loving a game. She actually felt herself blushing whenever Whimsy set down and placed the board between her legs quickly taking on a nude form. She was made to snicker whenever Vincent blushed and jerked a bit as the fluid nature began to play with herself using the game pieces. 

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“Are you comfortable?” Rather than approach Vincent Audacity kept her distance as she spoke with him. She’d given him some time to rest in Ariel’s belly button but she didn’t want him to go to sleep just yet. 

It was a bit of a relief to still be able to understand what she said but Vincent knew that would be passing soon. Setting up he looked towards Audacity. “Yes but what brings you here?”

“Well I wanted to speak to you about something without intervention from Ariel while we could still talk. Don’t look at me like that. I promise that I’m not going to hurt you. Unless you want me to.”

Vincent couldn’t help his concern showing on his face. He’d seen Ariel repress Audacity before but he’d never considered what that could mean at night. Without Ariel’s conscious mind it was possible there was nothing stopping the fluid nature from doing as she wished and she’d made it clear what she wanted to do before. “What do you want to speak about?”

“You’re a newcomer to our culture, you don’t know our language and most importantly you’re from another world. Your ability to make decisions without the context of our culture is questionable so Ariel is seriously limited in what she’s allowed to do with you even if you both seem to desire the same thing. It would be like a guard who recently rescued a male from an abusive situation having sex with him. No matter what you thought had happened it would be treated as rape. However, that doesn’t pertain to what you can do to Ariel. After all there is no way you could rape her. I thought you might enjoy exploring her body a bit including some of those regions that she can’t ask you to visit.”

“Audacity i can’t just go walking around on a woman’s body while she’s asleep!” Vincent felt his heart skip a beat whenever he felt Audacity’s hand on his mouth silencing him.

“Listen. I am a fluid nature of Ariel’s. I represent an aspect of her being and know things about her that you don’t as well as things she’d never openly admit to. We don’t always agree upon the methods but we want the same thing if to differing extents. So believe me whenever I say that Ariel wants this. She can’t offer you free exploration of her body due to the regulations but if you were to explore while she was asleep then there is nothing that can be done. With the communication barrier she couldn’t even scold you.” As she spoke Audacity made it a point to put particular emphasis on the word sleep. When she removed her hand Vincent seemed to recognize this.

Ariel wants this? Well I don’t doubt that in the least from the way she was talking. “I don’t want to cause trouble for Ariel if we were found out.”

“Would it help if I got Sagacity to tell you? You seem to have trust issues with me but surely she could convince you. Hold on a moment and I’ll go get her.”

“No! So there is no way for Ariel to get in trouble for this?”

“So long as she doesn’t do something stupid like admitting to encouraging your behavior she’ll be fine.”

“Wouldn’t what you’re doing count?” Vincent felt a little awkward whenever Audacity gave a slight giggle and shook her head.

“No one can control what their fluid natures do all the time. As long as I pose no danger to you either physically or mentally I can do whatever I want.” 

“Raping me would be mentally damaging!” Vincent chuckled a bit even as Audacity gave a long drawn out sigh.

“I know and believe me that sucks! We wouldn’t even be having this talk if it wasn’t for that part about mental damage.”  Audacity couldn’t help but chuckle whenever Vincent setup suddenly looking very alarmed. “Relax! I know you’re not a thing that I can just use for my enjoyment. I’m not going to rape you and destroy the trust we’ve built up over these three days.”

Well at least I know where she stands. “So you’re saying that Ariel would want this? Even if she isn’t awake for it.”

“I’m sure she wants you to do this even if she was asleep.” Even more if she was pretending to be asleep but he doesn’t need to know that.

Looking up towards the top of Ariel’s belly button Vincent stood up and walked to the edge of it. He knew he wouldn’t be climbing out even as he placed his hands on the skin of her belly button. He did surprise himself whenever he pushed his cheek against it. There is no way I’m going to have sex with Ariel while she’s asleep. “Sorry Audacity but whenever Ariel and I finally do lay together I want to make her scream my name. I would like some time to explore though. She got to explore me pretty well with her lips earlier.” It felt strange whenever Vincent heard Audacity giggle but he wasn’t worried as she took hold of him.

Lifting Vincent from Ariel’s belly button Audacity set him down just on the edge so that he was made to lose his balance. He managed to catch himself without her aid and she formed a more human body next to him. “I’ll join you in your journey then to make sure you don’t miss any of the details. Now first I should tell you that Ariel’s belly is very responsive especially around her belly button. At times she’ll even have a golem flutter its wings around her belly button while fingering herself. This should give you some insight into why she wants you to work on fluttering.”

Is she serious? Blast! I can’t believe I didn’t see it before. She said it herself. Audacity is her desires just without certain restrictions. She’s had me practicing sex acts! Vincent was amazed but as the thoughts ran through his mind he found himself grinning so much that it was actually beginning to hurt. He didn’t doubt what Ariel had said about the exercise was true he could feel the affects but he didn’t think that was her only motivation in suggesting such things anymore.  “Okay that’s what she’s getting then. For my exercise over the next few weeks I’m going to make sure to flutter my wings right where she can see me or maybe inside her belly button.”

“Careful. You might drive her past her breaking point. That kiss could have became a lot more if you’d been a little more into it.”

“Well she won’t have to worry about me telling anyone about what happened. Now give me a moment please.” Turning around Vincent was rather surprised by how well he could see. A great deal of light was flooding through Ariel’s massive window. He hadn’t thought much of it but it seemed the planet had a very prominent and bright moon. If it matched the women that lived upon the planet it may have even had many moons. Yet while the window looked large for the room there were no insects this far in.To them the vast expanse of space between the window and Ariel’s bed would be a waste land they couldn’t cross. Vincent didn’t entertain these thoughts for long though as he looked up towards Ariel’s face.

The distance from Ariel’s belly button to the underside of her breasts exceeded a football field in length. It wasn’t a simple flat plane either but it rose and fell with each breath she took. Looking down Vincent was made to remember the magnificent tone of her abdominal muscles while she exercised. Now that she was relaxed much of that tone seemed to have vanished so that he couldn’t quite make out her muscles as he had before. Yet this close up he could still see the outline and walked over to the nearest one he lowered his hand and slipped his fingers into the gap created by the ligaments crossing between the muscles. He was quite surprised whenever those muscles flexed and he felt them take hold of his hand.

Vincent felt his heartbeat speed up. The fingers of his right hand while not entirely were partly between Ariel’s rectus abdominis muscles. The divide was hard to make out when compare to the vastness of her stomach while she was relaxed but even then it was enough to get his fingers between. The problem was she’d flexed those muscles and he had no idea if he would keep his fingers if she was to tense them further. Instinctively he began to pull on his hand in hopes of freeing his fingers but stopped whenever he felt Audacity taken hold of his left hand and press it into Ariel’s stomach.

“Like this.”

What is she doing? Vincent didn’t bother questioning as Audacity began to rub Ariel’s stomach using his free hand. He actually felt Ariel’s muscles quiver and then they relaxed and he easily pulled his hand free. “What was that?”

“She’s still responsive to your aura you know. You should see the way she’s grinning.”

Looking towards Ariel’s face again Vincent found indeed he couldn’t see Ariel’s face. Three problems prevented him from doing so. As she lay on her back her breasts had flattened against her chest and while they’d spread to the side it still provided a barrier. Ariel’s pillow if she had one apparently offered very little support as well so her head wasn’t boosted up as expected finally she had turned her head to the side. 

Looking towards her breasts Vincent took a moment to once again lower himself towards the divide in her abdominal muscles and back onto his hands and knees. His lips then met with the upper muscles and a moment with the lower. His ears were greeted by a sigh that moved through his entire body and a powerful warm breeze flowed over him

“Now that she liked.” 

.A change in Audacity’s voice could be heard as she spoke. There was a bit of a moan there that spoke more of her approval than her words. “Could I fly up there?”

“No. That would be a terrible idea. What part of her aura interacting with yours did you not understand?”

The change in Audacity’s voice from what he heard moments earlier and her choice of words had caught Vincent off guard and for a moment he was made to take a step back. The fluid nature had always seemed to be trying to seduce him beforehand but this time she sounded openly hostile. I guess that would be seriously dangerous. Perhaps it’s the presence of my aura that is keeping her still. If she was to roll over on top of me I’d be crushed in an instant and even if she could protect me I might smother.”I’m sorry I wasn’t thinking about the dangers. For the men of this culture that must be pretty common.”

So he doesn’t remember how Ariel was able to feel his aura even whenever he was flying around or he’s not thinking about it. Well she would truly lose touch with his aura if he flew too high but there is no need for me to tell him that I just want to keep him on Ariel’s skin. “It’s unfortunate but in many ways you lack the basic schooling of this world. Don’t worry. I’m here to teach you the basics. All the basics.”

Okay and we’re back to normal. Except that means Ariel wants to teach me as well. As he thought Vincent began to walk across Ariel’s stomach. Having seen and to a very small extent felt how powerful her muscles were he was surprised by how soft her skin felt. I’m so small to her I suppose it’s only natural that it feels soft. It’s not like I can feel the muscle underneath her skin. It’s not like being in her cleavage and the scent is different but I want to just drop myself against it. Perhaps the day will come that I can just drag myself across her stomach but right now. For a moment Vincent quieted his own thoughts and looked back over the vast expanse of her stomach towards Ariel’s breasts. I’d probably end up exhausting myself with a snake crawl. Just walking across her skin like this is a lot more difficult than walking on the ground. 

Audacity made no moves as Vincent began to walk towards Ariel’s chest and indeed let him get over ten meters ahead of her before she began to follow behind him. When he stopped as a warm breeze moved over Ariel’s body and just took in a deep breath her smile was made to exceed what a human face could have endured though she quickly brought it within human constraints she didn’t want to make him feel uncomfortable. 

Even as his legs carried him Vincent could feel a growing warmth within his body as he remembered his time between Ariel’s breasts. Audacity had told him that Ariel wouldn’t mind him exploring more of her body and it was very tempting. What am I doing? She’s so gorgeous and I can’t even see her face now. She’s not even at her peak now! What is she going to be like in a few years? Blast but what am I doing now? Even if she’d be okay with it I’m not going to have sex with an unconscious girl and I don’t want to cause her any trouble. So where am I going? Once again Vincent looked towards Ariel’s breasts. “Audacity I’d like to sleep where I can see Ariel’s face. Can i safely sleep up there?” 

It wasn’t what she desired and by extension what Ariel desired but it was something desirable. “Vincent don’t you want to do something more? How about some nice nipple play or turning around? If you’re looking for a nice place to sleep I assure you Ariel would be very happy to wake up with you inside of her.”

As Audacity spoke Vincent could feel himself rapidly hardening and his mouth going dry. Yet he didn’t struggle with his answer. “I’m just not into it when a woman just lays there.” A slight laugh escaped Vincent as Audacity gave a sigh but smiled at him still.

“If you mean between her breasts then I can arrange that. Now if you mean atop her breasts that would be fine. You could even cuddle up to her nipple. Then if you wake up before her feel free to start breakfast early.” Moving closer to Vincent Audacity lowered her voice as if telling him a secret. “Don’t tell Ariel I mentioned this but she often fantasizes about waking up to having a man sucking on her nipple. I’ve done it to her a few times but I simply don’t have your aura.” Audacity was made to giggle whenever Vincent’s smile shifted to a look of surprise.

“Are you serious?”

“Of course! We share in her pleasure after all.”

“That is. Well that makes sense. I was actually thinking more on her collar bone though.”

“Oh come on!” Straightening up Audacity made it a point to make herself taller than Vincent as she pointed at him. “Okay mister you’re making a choice. You’re either going to sleep between Ariel’s breasts, cuddled up against her nipple, inside her panties or actually inside of her vagina.”

I can’t believe I’m going to do this. I hope that I got the energy. “Time is short.” Vincent gave a slight chuckle before he broke into a light jog rather than simply walking. An excited squeal almost brought him to a stop and a moment later Audacity was running beside him with a massive grin on her face. “What is that for?”

Rather than respond right away Audacity quickly converted her body into a liquid state before jumping into Ariel’s stomach. Rather than sinking into her flesh though the fluid nature splashed herself against the muscles and rapidly raced ahead of Vincent before once again taking on a human form though while Vincent ran forward she faced him and ran backwards matching his speed perfectly. “Your world must be such a crazy place to deny yourself!”

“Holy!” A slight yelp escaped Vincent as his foot struck Ariel’s stomach and suddenly the give that was soaking so much of his energy seemed to vanish. The path went from positively draining to a wonderfully padded surface to run upon with just the right amount of give to make it a comfortable run. “Are you doing that?”

“I could!”

A slight chuckle escaped Vincent though he didn’t speed up as he came closer to Ariel’s massive breasts. Just how am I going to climb that? Even on her back that has to be a fifty foot climb at least. Well I know that there is plenty of give at least. I’ll just give it my all and hope that she doesn’t wake up. How is she even staying asleep? Oh! Vincent had to slow down for a moment as he grinned while looking at Audacity who had retained her lead. Perhaps she isn’t even asleep.

There was a moment in which Audacity considered forming herself into a climbing surface for Vincent to make use of but she quickly changed her mind. It would be far more fun to see him struggling up the massive pliant surface of Ariel’s breasts. It would without a doubt be unlike any surface that he had ever climbed before. Yet the fluid nature was quite opposed to the idea of just being a passive observer. So far she has facilitated his actions but that was hardly her nature. She wanted to be a part of the fun. Unfortunately she’d already discouraged him from making use of wings so she couldn’t truly justify covering him. 

“So Audacity are you just going to watch?” 

“Someone has to be there to motivate you!”

A slight yelp escaped Vincent as Audacity moved with dizzying speed and grabbed his bottom pinching it just enough to speed him up. It was clear that she didn’t intend for him to drain his stamina however as he finally reached the based of Ariel’s breasts and much to his own surprise took a leap towards it. As his body collided with the massive mountain of flesh he felt himself sink into it, her flesh welled up between his fingers seeming as if it would embrace him by its own accord and then he felt Ariel’s skin push back and less than a second later he’d been tossed onto his back a sharp chuckling escaping him a moment later. “Okay so I’m not going to be tackling them.”

Rather than waiting for Vincent to stand up Audacity took hold of his hand and pulled him to his feet chuckling as she did so. She wasted no time taking hold of Vincent’s hand and even taking them into her own hands while moving behind him and pressing her chest so firmly against his back that she drove Vincent into Ariel’s massive right breasts. “Like this.” 

There was no way Vincent could resist as Audacity pushed his right hand into Ariel’s massive breast. Yet the force was far from as hard as he could push but rather just enough to cause his fingers to sink into her skin and then she had him tighten his grip.  His left hand soon joined the right at a comfortable height. 

“Basic lesson one. A man that uses his full strength on a woman soon runs out of stamina. They’re times when your full strength is required but for the most part it’s best to learn to roll with her body. You’re trying to get a comfortable and secure handhold not push your hands as deeply into her tits as you can. By learning to work with her body you can maximize the enjoyment both of you have and help insure that you reach the finish.”

It actually surprised Vincent when Audacity didn’t swallow up his feet with her own like she had his hands. She didn’t seem to be intent on letting up as she pushed her breasts into his back. At the moment he wasn’t going to argue with her though as he raised one leg and carefully pushed his toes into Ariel’s flesh trying to get something akin to a foothold. What Audacity said made sense. As he pushed his right foot into Ariel’s breasts he could feel her skin beginning to push back and knew that he wouldn’t be able to maintain this force. Instead he lightened up and withdrew his foot while pushing down trying to find a good balance. As he was alternating the pressure he was distracted for a moment as he heard a sigh from Ariel.

“Ah! I never could make her sigh like that.” Leaning even more firmly against Vincent Audacity brought her lips next to his ear so he could feel her breath against his earlobe and even her lips brush against it. “This is also wonderful practice for learning just how you should massage a woman’s tit.” 

“The magic is in the method?” The walk and then jog across Ariel’s stomach had proven good preparation for Vincent. Rather than having to switch between energy techniques his body was already nicely primed for the climb. Yet he’d only made it a few meters up and he could already feel his body responding. His arms were beginning to burn, his heart rate was up and he could feel sweat rolling down his forehead. He was even made to regret speaking to Audacity as he needed a moment to breath yet even staying still wasn’t simple. Whenever Ariel would breath and her chest moved her breasts would shift ever so slightly. This required Vincent to make adjustments to his grip to avoid falling off but he couldn’t just grip more firmly either.

On top of the physical effort Vincent found himself struggling with his own desires. His entire body was pushed firmly against Ariel’s breasts and while it wasn’t as all consuming as it had been before the feeling of her supple skin excited him and it was hard to resist thrusting his erect penis even more firmly against her flesh. A desire that seemed to peek everytime he lifted himself higher and drug his skin across hers. Fortunately fear was his ally in this as he didn’t want to do anything that would increase the likelihood of him taking a fall. 

As Vincent lifted himself higher though his control slipped for just a moment. Instead of pushing his penis into her breast though Vincent pushed his lips into it as firmly as he dared. For a moment all he did was push his lips into her skin before they parted and he flicked his tongue against Ariel’s skin remembering whenever she’d breast fed him. With no milk to speak of the flavor of her skin was different but delightful none the less. Soon he found himself rubbing his face deeply into Ariel’s skin being certain to keep his face close to her flesh whenever he would breath in to take in her scent. 

While Vincent worked on her right breast Ariel’s left hand had found its way down between her legs and lightly pressed against the outside of her panties. Her middle and index fingers moved over her labia lighty parting her lips as they did so. Her rate of breathing had increased unbeknownst to Vincent and was in part responsible for the greater difficulty in his climb. For a moment her middle finger pressed down against the material forcing it ever so slightly between her lips bringing a slight moan from her.

Upon hearing and feeling Ariel’s moan roll throughout his entire being Vincent lifted his head away from her breasts. Yet this close to her massive breasts there was no way that he could see her face. Instinctively he looked over his shoulder to see what might be happening but his view was blocked by Audacity who quickly pressed her lips against his own. For a moment he felt his grip on Ariel’s breast loosen and he would have fallen from the divine mound if it hadn’t been for Audacity tightening up her own grip and lending him some of her strength.

As the kiss broke Audacity continued to grin at Vincent for a moment. “It seems you’re still recovering from your exercise earlier. Let me help you.”

Of the fluid natures Vincent had dealt with Audacity would have been the last one he asked to help with such things. Yet it didn’t even occur to him to resist as he felt her engulf his hands more completely, his feet and even parts of his arms and legs. The results were immediate. A good chunk of his bodyweight seemed to vanish as Audacity took over carrying that burden as well as herself. “Okay so do men normally work with fluid natures?”

“Not as much as you’d think! It’s crazy isn’t? Fluid natures have been around since women began growing to eighty meters tall at the latest in one form or another and we’ve only began seeing active use during sex recently.” While it would have been easier for her to completely engulf vincent Audacity chose not to. Rather she she adjusted her body so that every time he moved his leg it seemed as if her leg rubbed against his and her breast remained firmly pressed into his back. It wasn’t on the same level of being completely engulfed in Ariel’s cleavage or within her vagina but it was a fair simulation. 

“That does seem strange. I hope you don’t mind if I take my time now.” A shudder of pleasure went through Vincent’s body as he felt Audacity rub her breasts against his back. 

“Just don’t expect me to be a quiet passenger.”

Taking in a deep breath to steady himself Vincent found himself pushing the urge to climb more quickly out of his mind. He’d just have to endure Audacity’s fun. Instead of rushing he intended to try to make the climb more enjoyable for Ariel and once again pressed his lips into her flesh. His body pressed more firmly against her skin and he slowly began to pull himself higher his lips meeting with her flesh so frequently that many of his kisses overlapped. Audacity’s continued attention making the kisses even more passionate than they would be otherwise as the pattern became more of a control mechanism.

A low moan that vibrated Ariel’s entire body was followed by a soft gasp seconds later as Vincent continued his climb. Her legs stretched outward and squeezed together while the fingers working her labia moved more rapidly. her free hand crossed over her stomach squeezing her side. A sharp creaking was heard followed by several sharp thumps that never quite reached Vincent as they were swallowed up by the sound of Ariel’s increased breathing and the gasp that escaped her the moment her fingers broke through her panties and entered just past her lips.

She’s really getting into this. Vincent didn’t bother looking behind himself as he climbed higher feeling all the more excited and bold by the sound of Ariel breathing. As he finally took notice of the change in the curvature of Ariel’s breasts he finally looked up and noticed how his lips tingled. Looking over the slope of her massive breast he once again found himself looking at a nipple larger than he was. His instinct had been to stand up but something prevented that from happening and much to his surprise it wasn’t Audacity but it seemed his body didn’t want to lose that much contact with her skin.

“You know it’s not too late to change your mind. You can have your fun up here and then we can journey lower for some fun in the cave. If you think Ariel would like to wake up and find you sleeping atop her tit you’re absolutely right but she’d be even more delighted to find you inside of herself.” As she’d began speaking Vincent had actually began to crawl across Ariel’s breasts without lifting his body off of it. She still supported her own weight but she also helped him to sink more deeply into Ariel’s breast now. 

“Right up until she worried about being caught perhaps.” Vincent was made to chuckle for a moment but it turned into a slight moan as he reflexively pushed his erection more firmly into Ariel’s breasts. LIfting himself away from it was so draining that part of him wondered if Audacity was holding him down. He knew himself better than that though. He wanted to be pushed into Ariel’s breast so badly his body didn’t require help from Audacity to be resistant.

“Well alright that’s true. Still it would make for one wonderful wake up call!”

“It’s not that I don’t want to Audacity. Believing me it’s very tempting to explore more of Ariel after all. Just look at me!” For a moment Vincent stopped moving and was made to laugh as he continued to lean against Ariel’s flesh. “However, I’m not the type of man to put a woman in danger for my own amusement even if she wants it to. I’ve been told repeatedly that once I learn the language and a bit of the culture that I’ll be allowed to openly court. If I have to wait a few months to do so safely than so be it. Now that doesn’t mean I don’t intend to give Ariel a nice dream.”

A slight moan came from Audacity as she rubbed her breasts against Vincent’s back for the first time actually pushing Vincent down and stopping his movements for a moment. Before he could protest but after he’d taken a moment to thrust himself into Ariel’s flesh a few quick times she grinned down at him. “That kind of loyalty only makes you more appealing. Keeping your wife from behavior that she’ll regret is a trait well worth seeking.”

“Even more than a man who gives his wife pleasure even when it might put her at risk?”

“Depends on the risk!” A delighted giggle escaped Audacity as she felt Vincent moving forward. As he crawled across Ariel’s breast on his belly she took a moment to grasp his right thigh forming herself an extra hand in doing so though she resisted the urge to grab his rear as she didn’t want to distract him from his current task. “Ariel has at times fantasized what it’d be like to keep her husband inside of her while she’s on patrol or perhaps in her bra. Nothing is unusual about such things and her mother does so often but most men are mindful of such times and behave. Yet even the best of men can’t help but be naughty at times. It’s the best men that are naughty at times after all.”

Is this the type of thing that her mother or father talk to her about? Well it’s not like these women get many chances to experiment if what I’ve been told is true. Oh! “Audacity is Ariel a virgin?”

“Of course she has sexual experience!”

What? How? For a moment Vincent came to stop and glanced over his shoulder. Once again his view was blocked by Audacity but she was who he was trying to look at this time. “Did she have sex with some men who were being openly courted or do some men help in the teaching process?”

“Oh!” A delighted giggle escaped Audacity as she lightly shook her head. “Ariel hasn’t had sex with any men. Me, Whimsy and a few of the others have spent several nights with her though and she has her play golems. Do we not count in your world?”

Of course they. Well then again. They are part of her. That’s actually some pretty extreme masterbation though. “I guess for me it counts as a form of self pleasure whenever I really think about it.” 

Audacity opened her mouth but shut it as she felt Vincent’s fingertips brush against Ariel’s areola. The fluid natures mouth slowly moved shut as she heard Ariel sigh and Vincent brought himself forward to press his lips against the edge where the flesh just began to transition. A dizzying wave of pleasure moved throughout the fluid nature as he began to trace his lips along that edge and felt his lips moving over the little bumps in her skin causing them and her nipple to swell. The fluid nature chose to openly dissolve her mouth whenever Vincent’s lips found a particularly large one and began to lightly suck upon it.

Instinctively Vincent pushed himself more firmly against Ariel’s breasts as he felt a powerful wind roll over him and heard a sigh that moved throughout his entire body. Looking up for a moment he found himself scooting to the side so that he could finally look upon Ariel’s face. Her eyes still remained shut but her mouth was formed into a massive smile showing her boulder sized perfectly form sparkly teeth. Surrounded by her soft lips the sight brought Vincent to pause for a moment but left him more determined as he once again began to work on Ariel’s areola. Even with this small portion of her body though there was a great deal to work on. 

How much time do I have? I know the walk across her stomach didn’t take me too long but climbing her breasts took a while and then my crawl. I wonder how long it’s going to be before I can no longer speak with Audacity. Well at least she won’t be able to tempt me anymore but I want to finish this first and. The force with which Vincent pushed his lips against Ariel’s areola actually surprised Vincent and made his lips hurt for a moment. Looking up he turned towards Audacity then Ariel. “I should have said this while you’re awake and I know that we’ve only known one another for a few days but Ariel. I believe I love you. Audacity would you mind passing that on for me whenever she wakes up?”

“Oh!” Audacity couldn’t resist reforming her mouth and giving a massive smile before speaking. “I assure you that I’ll pass your words. Now you’re trying to give Ariel a pleasant dream but you need to work with more than those little lips of yours. Let’s see.”

Vincent didn’t try to resist as Audacity used his hands to reach out and grasp some of Ariel’s areola. He was rather surprised whenever she began to work his fingers especially whenever she put his thumb, pointer and ring finger on a bump each and then began to work them. His ears were greeted by another moan from Ariel and a short while later he heard a creaking coming from far below though he couldn’t actually see what was happening thanks to Audacity. He knew that Ariel had to have moved but didn’t know that it was a result of her legs stretching and flexing or realize that she’d shredded the crotch of her panty’s while fingering herself earlier.

“You’re really very good at that aren’t you?”

Audacity couldn’t help but giggle as she looked down at Vincent. “This isn’t exactly my area of expertise but yes. I am part of Ariel after all but normally I’m the one that does things that Ariel is afraid to do to herself.”  

Well great. Now I’m wondering what Ariel wouldn’t be willing to do. I just don’t know if I want to ask her about it. Moving towards Ariel’s nipple Vincent had finally managed to get his entire body on Ariel’s areola. That he could even do so wasn’t lost on him and served as a wonderful reminder of just how massive she was. For a moment his progress came to a stop as he felt his penis move over a bump and he couldn’t resist taking a few moments to rub himself against it. He actually saw Ariel gasp before he heard it and felt himself lifted slightly higher. “I guess that’s enough teasing now let’s get to the serious stuff.” 

“Serious? What are you going to do?” 

A groan escaped Vincent as he forced himself to stand up. Moving towards Ariel’s nipple he couldn’t help but remember laying atop it earlier. Reaching up he placed his hands on the edge of Ariel’s nipple giving it a firm squeeze that he felt certain was aided by Audacity. Bringing his head down he pressed his lips against Ariel’s nipples for a moment before lightly biting down upon her skin and gently sucking upon it. At the same time he began to search around with his feet until he found a noteworthy bump into Ariel’s flesh which he began to aggressively work. As he began to work Ariel’s nipple Vincent gripped and pulled back on her flesh bringing yet another gasp.

A delighted squeal escaped Audacity despite her best efforts. Even removing her mouth likely wouldn’t have been enough to prevent her from doing so and she reflexively lent her strength to Vincent. “So! It’s time for those pleasant dreams!”

What the hell was that? As Audacity spoke Vincent felt like he’d been given a shot of adrenaline and felt himself thrust against Ariel’s nipple. Rather than feeling tired by his crawl or walk he felt so energized that it seemed impossible to remain still. His body wouldn’t let him worry about what caused this feeling though as he began to more rapidly work Ariel’s nipple. For a moment his left hand releasing her nipple and reaching over his right hand. Soon he found himself moving hand over hand around Ariel’s nipple while rapidly working his feet into her areola only slowing down whenever he found himself upon a noteworthy bump. It was quite a surprise whenever he felt Ariel’s nipple growing though not so much whenever he felt a warm fluid on his hand.

With Vincent’s increased activity there had been a sharp increase in Ariel’s rate of breathing and soon the room was filled by the sound of her low moans. Her fingers no longer petted the outside of her vagina but her index and middle finger had entered into her a fact that Audacity was very aware of. With Ariel being unable to voice her approval of Vincent’s actions Audacity was glad to take over the role but rather than just speak she pressed her lips against the back of Vincent’s neck before letting her tongue flick out and running over both the back of his neck but his back as well as the fluid nature made use of her inhuman flexibility. “Harder. Push yourself harder into her.”

Vincent didn’t bother arguing with Audacity or even considering her words but simply did as he was told. With Ariel’s moans vibrating his entire body he didn’t even consider the situation until he felt himself pulled on top of Ariel’s nipple. As he splashed down into Ariel’s milk he knew this was Audacity’s doing but thrusting himself into her nipple was entirely his own. There was no room for thoughts of protest as his senses overwhelmed his mind. Taste, touch, smell, vision and even sounded were all engaged in a level of pleasure he’d never experienced before making thought all but impossible. In this state Vincent couldn’t help himself and felt his entire body shiver as he thrust his erection into Ariel’s nipple and orgasming moments later.

As he released Vincent turned his gaze towards Ariel’s face and for a moment felt his heart skip a beat as for just a moment her eyes seemed to flash open before he felt her entire body shaken. The slight vibrations that moved throughout her body shook his entire being as he lay atop her nipple while milk trickled down the sides of it. A short while later he was greeted by the sound of Ariel moaning lightly while her breathing seemed to be returning to normal. 

Well. That’s what you get for making me cum earlier. Wow. I just made a woman the size of a mountain cum just by playing with her nipple. Who needs training now Audacity?  Blast though I’m tired. I thought that Audacity was helping me but I can barely move. Vincent couldn’t help but chuckle as Audacity’s head splashed down next to his so that she was looking into his face and smiling. “So?”

“Tired already?”

“What?” For a moment Vincent tried to raise up but as he pushed against Ariel’s nipple it didn’t seem like his body wanted to comply but he didn’t believe Audacity was holding him down. “Come on! Is that really all I got?”

A slight giggle escaped Audacity who removed her arms from Vincent’s removing her strength from him. The effects were clear as his eyes seemed to lose focus for a moment. “Don’t worry about it. That was one very nice dream you just gave her.”

“Dream?” She probably wouldn’t answer me if I asked if Ariel truly was asleep. It’s likely best if I didn’t anyway. “So. How do i compare to the natives?”

A slight giggle escaped Audacity as she smiled at Vincent. “Physically speaking you fail. However, the devotion and concern for Ariel’s pleasure you showed was just astounding. I’m not sure if you realize it but most women spend their first time courting a male trying to please him. You on the other hand seem to want to please Ariel even more than she wants to please you. Which don’t get me wrong she wants to please you very badly.” Reaching over Audacity brushed her hand against Vincent’s cheek for a moment. “We can fix that stamina problem. Now just sleep. You’re going to have a busy few weeks. Tomorrow your education in our language begins.”