Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

water left out in the sun to heat. She used those, but they wereincredibly heavy. He sat there thru it, so he must haveunderstood that she meant she would do it only if he washed.Frankly, she was surprised they were giving her this muchchoice. She wondered if she could have just said no. Sherealized she didn’t want to, that she was anticipating sex andwould now be disappointed without it. In truth he was anattractive guy and a week and a half with Alan had given hera habit.Once she filled the tub, he still sat there motionless. Shetried to hand him the soap, but he sat there with his armsfolded, said something that the others echoed. She wonderedif she had fallen into some cultural trap like maybe if sheasked him to bathe, it was her duty to bathe him.She set to work doing that, to his delight and to thedelight of the others. The soldiers catcalled, the childrensquealed and the young adults applauded. She really felt likeshe was picking up cultural cues better than she did in Alan’sworld at first in spite of not knowing the language. Thatreinforced a notion she’d often had, that humans onlyinvented language for deception.She had to get pretty intimate with him to get him as cleanas she wanted. She noticed the word ‘wooo’ drawn out meantthe same in this language as it did in English. The crowdcouldn’t actually see him as she washed him. The soap wasmuch nicer than she expected, quite sudsy and with the scentof saffron. He got really turned on by her attention to the393