Fancy Meeting You Here

[iamnotpolaris]

(While neither thread is intended to begin a larger glowfic, the Emily in this thread is specifically intended to be the Emily from http://glowfic.dreamwidth.org/18547.html)

Oh, look, Milliways!
Emily takes out a notebook and scribbles down the question she had for her professor so she won't forget it if she ends up spending a lot of time or is otherwise distracted, then strolls cheerfully into the bar.
"Hi, Bar! Can I get some kind of milkshake or something, please?"

Comments

[iamnotpolaris]

"Yeah, that's actually why they were stuck together long enough to resolve their issues--Papa had to keep her contained and not breaking anyone's mind. Not that anyone besides Dad was at risk."
"Theoretically, I've got the same mutation in reverse, but since I'm not attracted to girls it's probably not going to come up."

[unmarred]

"Unless you somehow manage to get a boy accidentally pregnant. One would think you'd have more cause than most to worry about the possibility."

[iamnotpolaris]

"I did say the mutation's not externally apparent. In order to get a boy pregnant I'd basically have to grind my...bits against his anus. That's not a sex move I'm terribly interested in."

[unmarred]

Mark giggles.

[iamnotpolaris]

More blushing, this time of the "I am mortified I actually said that" variety.

[unmarred]

"There's an established minority population of hermaphrodites on my mother's home planet, but they are the externally visible variety. And resulted from deliberate genetic engineering."

[iamnotpolaris]

"That sounds very convenient for them."

[unmarred]

"They run into a bit of trouble if they try to travel the galaxy; not everyone has heard of them, and of course there are planets like Barrayar where understanding the situation wouldn't make people any friendlier."

[iamnotpolaris]

"Yeah. Ivan was pretty clear on that point."

[unmarred]

"Yes."

[iamnotpolaris]

"He was very nice about the whole thing though! A bit startled, but he recovered nicely."

[unmarred]

"He does try, generally."

[iamnotpolaris]

"I liked him."
blush

[unmarred]

"He is very likeable."

[iamnotpolaris]

"I know! He was very sweet. He has such pleasant facial expressions, and he was quite the gentleman. And he definitely...you know how some people just have a kind of emotional magnetism, he was like that, but with niceness. I'm really not coming up with a better way to explain it."

[unmarred]

"I think I might know what you mean."

[iamnotpolaris]

More blushing. "And he--no, you're his cousin never mind, sorry."

[unmarred]

"I am his cousin and therefore...?"

[iamnotpolaris]

"And therefore you probably do not want to hear details of certain other ways in which he is nice of which I am aware," she admits.

[unmarred]

"Oh, that."

[iamnotpolaris]

More blushing. Emily did not blush this much at the time, what is going on.

[unmarred]

"Ivan is very fond of girls."

[iamnotpolaris]

"I noticed."

[unmarred]

"It's endearing."

[iamnotpolaris]

"It really is. Especially when you're a girl."