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Once again, there is some male on male groping going on. And a few light kisses between friends occur among naked and clothed characters. References and results of recent sex and masturbation is mentioned as well. Sure, different folks have different levels of sensitivity, but I'm going to put it in the adult category without reservation for exactly that reason. If for any reason you are not old enough for such topics to legally read about in your society, shoo; obey the law and go elsewhere. If this kind of subject matter will offend you, I know you can find something else that will not on this big ole internet, so keep browsing. (Unless you want to be offended, then, read on, I suppose, just don't complain if you get what you're looking for.)

Future chapters are going to range from spotlessly clean to various levels of naughtiness. I do not foresee delving into extremes, but there will be various adult level activities, including M/F and M/M. I will make sure to tag such adult segments correctly, so make sure you pay attention, because they will also have similar warnings to the above. All this is mentioned here so you don't get surprised (not that I expect you will be if you're browsing this site.)

For Every Door that Closes

by Reserved Rodent

Ten

I dropped off my elbows, falling flat on my back again, and stared up at the light clouds in the sky. My tail flicking back and forth angrily, I was pissed as hell at myself and all I could do was groan about my stupidity.

Senior year of high school, my best friend had matched up with a very hot girlfriend from a neighboring town. The thing was, they had not been a very good match. They'd be together three weeks, off four, back together for two, then break up over the weekend, only to get back together for a month on Monday. It had driven me crazy watching him with her because I knew he could have done better. Yes, she had been drop dead gorgeous, but she had repeatedly torn him apart emotionally.

Then, after her prom, because they had been separated the week before during ours, they had decided to lose their virginity together. One night, one time, without a condom, was all it had taken. Admittedly, she had not realized she had gotten pregnant for six months, by which time my friend had grown very tired of the on again off again trend.

The misery they had put themselves through had made me swear to myself that I would only have sex with women who I truly and completely cared for, and that protection was to always be used until we both agreed we wanted a kid. And in less than a week in my transformed body, of which I had been conscious for around two half-days, with a female hyena woman I had spent only a few hours of conscious time with, I had just disregarded, no completely shredded and spat upon, that promised oath I had made to myself.

If I ever got back home and saw my old friend again, I was going to tell him to beat the crap out of me for my stupidity.

The sound of water rushing into a dipped mug came from near to my right and behind me, where the drinking pool was at. I felt my ears warm, but not by much. Having just had sex in public, my shame really didn't seem all that energetic about someone getting a drink nearby while I lay naked and wet. Not even when I heard a second gush of water rushing into a container.

When there was the soft padding of a pair of footsteps drawing near, I closed my eyes and shook my head. I needed to get out of my bad mood before I talked with anyone. My grumpiness was all self inflicted and I didn't want to make any enemies here, since I was going to have a real family to raise in the village. Well, I didn't want to make any more enemies. I certainly seemed to have big effects on the hyena folks, and not always in the best way.

"You okay there?" The male voice sounded concerned, so I opened my eyes and tilted my head back to bring the speaker into view. Perhaps it was the happy afterglow my body felt from the two orgasms I had just enjoyed, but my first view of this thin hyena failed to disturb, embarrass, or even surprise me.

From my view on the ground, I got a clear view of his enlarged, though shrinking, cock dangling before him. Slimy looking residue shone on his tool's head, and from the spots of thick, white moisture dripping down his light yellowish tan fur on his chest and belly, I had to assume he had enjoyed watching my performance.

"I figured you'd be thirsty," he smiled as he stopped beside me about an arm's length away. He knelt down beside me, holding out the clay mug in his left hand. "I know I am after watching you."

The groan that wanted to come out ended up just being a grunt of acknowledgment as I sat up again. Turning to face him and fold my legs up before me in the lotus position, I managed to get out, "Thanks," as I took the offered water from him.

"Let me just say," he started as I took a deep drink, "you are absolutely my hero. I mean, with me down almost scraping the bottom of the ranks, I envy anyone who gets to breed with one of the women, but you... Wow. Mira usually just picks a guy during her heat, gets him ready with a few licks, then throws him down and rides him until he cums and doesn't care if she gets off or not.

"But she actually sucked you off and let you eat out her pussy. Then while she rode you like normal, she was actually enjoying herself, it looked like, rather than just being business. And you got her to orgasm as second time. That was just..." He held out his hands, jaw working as he tried to find a word for a few seconds before bringing his empty paw back to his chest where he scratched at one of the wet spots there.

Looking down, he chuckled, "Well, I guess you can see how much you fucking Mira affected me." He brought the now damp fingers of his hand up to lick his own seed off them.

"Glad someone is satisfied," I muttered, standing up and looking around to see just how many villagers were hanging around to get autographs.

There wasn't anyone in the area directly around the pool except myself and the guy who brought me a drink of water. But through the door of the nearest hut, I could see two other males working each other over orally in the sixty-nine position. I could see a few other villagers in the distance, including someone back towards the small clearing where meals were served who had the familiar black spot on her shoulder blade.

At least she didn't come over and start kicking me when I was down, I thought. Maybe there would be something I could do to keep Gria from working against my becoming a member of this tribe. I didn't know that I'd ever decide to like her, but I did not want her to be the reason I had to leave my kids behind. Sure, I was counting chickens before they hatched, but the vision of two children coming from Mira's and my joining had seemed so real. Why take chances?

Besides, she was obviously related to Gregr and Vargr, who considered me family and who I had decided to champion. It would be so much easier to get as much of their family as friends. It might be wishful thinking, but all of the family members of my friends I had met back on Earth, I had at least a cordial relationship with. Was it too much to ask to have the same situation here? So far, it seemed like it.

"You can't let Mira's leaving so quick get you down, buddy. Like I said, you got a lot more from her than the previous two males she allowed to breed with her. Besides, we males are always around for the cuddling and clean-up when needed."

Looking past the pool, I could see a grey furred female who I assumed was Shala just coming out of the tree line on the path that led to the cleaning area. I briefly considered grabbing my boxers to pull on, but I there was so much of both my and Mira's sexual juices dampening my chest, groin and legs that I figured there was really not much point. No one but me cared if I walked around naked, and my level of concern was quickly eroding away.

My talkative friend set a hand on my shoulder, "Seriously, Randy. I'd be happy to lick you clean and cuddle."

The muscles in my neck, shoulders, and back tensed up as my ears started to heat up.

I slowly turned my head to look at the smiling yellow-tan hyena. He looked like a hopeful puppy with his large eyes staring at me. His tongue just barely stuck out the end of his muzzle, but the silly look failed to bring a grin to me.

Shaking my head, I met his eyes with my stare. "I understand you make this offer in kindness, but this is probably the worst time there has ever been to suggest that to me."

His shoulders slumped and he dropped his hand from my shoulder. His eyes went from hopeful to sad quickly. "Sorry, I didn't realize how much she hurt you by her leaving so quick."

"Don't be," I said raising a hand to his shoulder to give it a squeeze. While I did not want his suggested attentions, I also did not want to hurt him. "I'm not at all used to how your people treat sex and intimacy. My expectations are most of my problems with what just happened, but it will take some time to adjust... to recover.

"Like I said, I get that you are trying to offer comfort and assistance, but... I don't even know your name."

He leaned his head back and brought his empty paw up to cover his eyes. "I can not believe I forgot to introduce myself. Everyone has heard your name; I mean, you are the topic of casual discussion across the village since you killed the poresect. You must think I am such a suck-up. Well, and offering to lick and suck you clean would certainly support that."

He gave a huff before standing up straight and shaking himself slightly. "Let me try and do this right now, huh? Hello Randy, my name is Hyipgr. My rank is fourth from last. I am very happy to meet you and must admit that I have a lot of respect for what you have done for my village."

"Glad to meet you, Hyipgr. Thanks again for the water, kind words and... the offer, but I need to get cleaned up, grab some food, then check in on a couple of folks."

"Sounds like you're pretty busy for having just woken up today. I just got finished with the early shift of collecting the waste pots and taking them to get cleaned, so I was headed to the waterfall pool myself. Do you mind if I walk with you there?"

"Nah, it's your village," I responded, heading over to grab my shorts. "Though I will warn you that I'm likely to be asking some questions."

My tail easily snagged my discarded underwear when I got next to them, so I turned back to see my walking companion grinning. "Excellent, because I love talking. At least when my tongue isn't involved in more intimate activities."

"Well, let's keep you busy talking. That, at least since I met Greg, is something I'm used to."

"Greg? You mean Greggie? If so, I understand what you mean. That kid always has either a fantastic story or a million questions. But then, that's better than the sulky kids. I was kind of worried that was what you were like there a little bit ago. Grunting and muttering."

"Yeah, thanks for making me get out of feeling sorry for myself. And yes, I meant Greggie. I understand he's sure he's an adult and yet he's still too young to be dueling for rank. I wasn't sure if just calling him Greg would be a nice in between step kind of nickname."

"A nickname to represent no longer a child, but not yet an adult?" Hyipgr fell quiet for long enough for me to glance over to where he was walking beside me on the path. His tongue tip was poking out the side of his muzzle, and his head was tilted with brows furled.

With her moving the opposite direction we were, when I turned back to watch the path, the grey furred hyena had moved close enough that I recognized her as Shala. I gave her a smile and wave, which she returned as she picked up her pace.

"I didn't mean to break your brain there, Hyipgr," I said to try and get the yellowish furred male to snap out of his weird trance. All I got for my effort, though, was him tilting his head differently and his tongue tip disappearing back into his mouth, only to stick back out the front a second later.

"Good morning Randy, Hyipgr," Shala called from about twenty feet away, closing quickly. "It's nice to see you up, Randy, are you alri...." She paused speaking and everyone stopped walking at about five feet distance, "Oh. I see you've been very busy already. With Mira if my nose is right. Well good for you, I hope she was not too rough with you. Did she at least make sure you had recovered completely? I know she can be very...uh..."

"Demanding," Hyipgr added in, evidently freed from his distracted thoughts by the topic of my sexual encounter coming up. "Demanding is a nice, neutral word that pretty well covers it. But you should have seen them. Randy didn't just let her do what she normally does, he took quite an active roll. Got her to climax twice while getting off himself both times. Once orally, and the second time with her riding him hard and actually getting pleasure from it rather than it just treating it like a necessity to get pups. Now she didn't stick around any longer than usual, but it looked to me like she was a little taken aback by the whole experience."

As I turned to ask the talkative male beside me if it was necessary to go into that much detail, Shala stepped up and grabbed my muzzle to pull it back facing her and down to look her five and a half foot form in the eyes.

"Did she hit you to cause your nose to bleed?" The young female asked me just before there was a strong static shock between us.

We both yelped and jumped back in surprise. Well, hers was more of a yip and a step or two away, shaking her hands. Mine was more of a squeak, I'm sad to say, and I leapt back about twelve feet.

"What the crap was that all about?" Hyipgr demanded, looking back and forth between Shala and myself.

I could only shake my head and shrug, but she managed an answer of sorts. "I'm sorry Randy, I did not expect you to have that much free flowing magic energy coursing through you. I'm not even sure how you can store it like that. You aren't doing anything to generate it, but it's there as if... well... I could see that much being generated during sex, but..."

Slowly walking back to join the two hyenas, I remembered how my leap while preparing for the poresect had been surprisingly long as well. My legs and feet did not seem overly developed compared to how they had looked as a human. Was there less gravity here? It had not seemed like it when digging the graves and collecting supplies on my first day. Surely with how much my jumping distances had changed, I would have noticed if it were simply lesser gravity.

"That was quite the jump, there," the yellowish furred hyena whispered to me as I reached the waiting villagers.

"Surprised the hell out of me," I admitted softly. "Couldn't do that distance back where I came from."

"You used some of the stored magic to enhance the distance you traveled," Shala said offhandedly with a dismissive wave. "I could feel that, though it could easily have been an unconscious reaction since you seem unaware of that.

"What is most interesting to me is that you seem able to store magic energy within your body in a stable means. At best we can grab hold of stray energy that is in the area generated for maybe up to half an hour before it all dissipates. I wish I had been there when you and Mira mated to see how the energy flowed around and through you both."

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Hyipgr give a huge grin and nod at her mention of being around me having sex.

"So why did that little shock happen?" I asked. "It felt like static cling, but you had grabbed me to turn to face you for a few seconds before it happened."

"That was my inexperience. I should have checked for any ambient magic energy before opening up to start a spell to check out your bloody nose. I could have set up an actual conduit to use what you had, with your permission, of course, rather than having it try and flood in as I started trying to generate the little bit by simply rubbing your muzzle. The energy basically got released in a small uncontrolled jolt."

With a nod, I admitted, "This whole magic thing is completely new to me. Most people didn't believe in it back on my world, and I certainly didn't realize I had access to any, if I did before my transformation. As it is, I'm not really doing any of this on purpose."

"Hmmm, well, if you decide to stay here and get accepted into the tribe, we will have to make sure and get you some training. I'm not sure how much help it will be, as our magic seems at least a little different, but then, in training you, we might also discover some new approaches ourselves. I'm hardly experienced enough to know what all could be possible, but it sounds exciting."

"Yeah," I grumbled, "It's all fun and games until I explode or electrocute someone."

Hyipgr burst out cackling a loud hyena laugh at my comment, but Shala crossed her arms and gave me the most serious "That is not funny" look I had ever seen from someone a half a foot shorter than me and weighing, at most, half my weight... wet. But she did it well enough to make me struggle not to grin... too much.

Then she shook her head and let out an amused smile of her own. "I'd say we didn't need any more comedic males, Randy, but as much of a pain as they can be, it is good to be able to smile when it's not at someone else's expense.

"Now, in all seriousness, I can shield myself and take a good look at your nose and repair the damage. I am willing to generate the little bit to take a look with just a few soft rubs. Depending on how serious the damage, it may be easy or it might require some more serious energy generation. If you want to share what energy you have, it should be more than enough to do anything needed, but I won't take it without you giving me permission."

Taking a deep breath, I figured the quicker I started getting involved with the magic I seemed to be able to gather, the better. "Let's use my energy. Since I'm not sure how to use it myself, building up a larger and larger charge without using it just sounds like a bad idea to me. But can you please talk through what you are doing as much as you can. I might as well start learning too."

"Fair enough. Though if you run out of energy, we will have to stop completely and restart with me generating what we need. Which, as much energy as you seem to have, would most likely require full blown intercourse to replace. Is that something you are up for at this time?"

"Well, if it looks like he's going to run out of energy, you can let me know and I can start sucking him off so you don't have to start over." Hyipgr's comment didn't surprise me at all. I was beginning to get used to the horny fellow.

Looking directly at Shala's light gray eyes, I asked, "Does he always have such a one track mind?"

"You know, I don't think I've ever seen him so focused before. Normally, if he gets a 'not now,' he moves on to someone else." From the grin on her face, I was not sure if she was serious or not.

"I only did that once, years ago, when I was still trying to figure out how I fit in, why do you have to make Randy think I'm a slut?" Hyipgr's ears were folded back and his tail was so far between his legs, it was in front of him.

Stepping over to the yellowish furred hyena, I wrapped an arm around his shoulders, "Hey, bud. She's teasing you. Don't take it so... hard..." I had to take a deep breath to try and recover from my surprise.

"You knew she was teasing you and you faked being hurt to see if I would get close enough for you to feel my ass up."

The grin on his face was a mile wide as he squeezed my right ass cheek and leaned up on his toes to get the extra inch of height to put a light kiss on the side of my muzzle. "Guilty, you sweet thing." He then stepped back, releasing me. "I hope you aren't too mad?"

Sighing, I could only shake my head. "Not yet, but know that crying wolf is a good way to get ignored when you really do need help."

"Crying what? I may have been pouting a little, but I wasn't crying."

"Sorry, story from my home about a young boy who keeps crying for help, saying that his livestock is being attacked by a predator species. The village rushes out to help the first few times and the kid laughs at their rushing about. Then, when the predator shows up one night and the youth calls for help, no one comes because they think it is another trick. The boy is eaten because no one believed him when it mattered. The predator was a wolf in the story, so the saying is to not cry wolf."

"We have a similar story," Shala stated, "though it seems some boys don't get the lesson as well as others."

"Sure, whatever, it was just a friendly grope. I didn't put any of him in my mouth... though that offer remains open."

I tilted my head back, groaning my frustration to the sky. "Let's use my energy to take a look at why my nose is bleeding. If it looks like fixing it will be easily accomplished with the energy I have, go ahead, otherwise let's stop to see what the options are. Hopefully it will take less than five minutes so Hyipgr doesn't have to interrupt to tell me for the seventeenth time in the fifteen minutes since we met that he is willing to suck me off."

"Hey!" the hyena male cried, giving my shoulder a light punch. "It's only been twelve times, and in twenty minutes. And you've only got two minutes before I say it again."

Shala chuckled, "We better get started then, please look into my eyes and let my put my hands on your muzzle, Randy."

I gave her a nod and followed directions. "Okay, ready," I said, looking into her silvery gaze.

"Having cleared myself of preparations to generate magic, I will now touch you to request that the magic in you flows to my command. If you feel any sensation related to this, do not try forcing the energy in either way. If you try to hold it back, I will get nothing, while pushing it towards me could cause another, more powerful shock.

"If you need to picture anything in your mind to help, consider the magic power like water in your paws. If you keep your fingers tight and hands cupped, the water will not pass to me. Pushing the water away would waste the water and only get both of us wet. Just relax your hands and spread your fingers to allow the liquid to flow out."

"M'kay," I nodded. Her hands reached up and settled softly against the sides of my muzzle. As we stared into each other's eyes, I felt a previously unrealized pressure that felt like it was just outside my skin relax slightly. I allowed that feeling to proceed, figuring that if I bothered with tracking it down or investigating it, I might be messing up the flow.

There was a slight widening of Shala's eyes. "Very good, Randy. You're releasing just right." His stored magic seems almost eager to be shaped. It doesn't feel as raw as what I generate on my own.

"Mmmm, thanks?" I mumbled, trying to move my jaw as little as possible.

My awareness of the inside of my nasal passages began to slowly expand. It was similar to the experience when Mira examined them, but seemed a lot more tentative and careful, slowly moving from my nostrils deeper inside.

There was so much blood slowly coagulating up there. How am I not smelling anything but blood? Is it because... yeah, I can't smell anything.

Did you smell a strong scent of blood briefly before you lost your sense of smell, Randy? Shala asked. That would suggest your passages in that area got flooded then clogged.

I don't remember smelling blood at any time... I remember smelling and tasting Mira. My ears flushed hot at the images and sensations that filled my head of me eating her pussy. And I remember afterwards, the scent suddenly losing a lot of it's attraction. There had been a snapping pain in my sinuses around that time, I remembered. Mira's thoughts sounding in my brain, some kind of gesture as she was cleaning off the mess our breeding - for it had not been love on her part - off of her fur.

"Randy!" Shala panted, "Focus on my eyes. What color are they? Describe them to me. Just think about the color of my eyes."

A very striking silver gray. Just a little darker than my college roommate's eyes. His irises were practically white, holding just enough light gray pigment that they were different than the whites. It also kept him from looking too odd that the separation between iris and white was made distinct by a thin circle of much darker gray. That way it didn't look just like he had only a pupil in the middle of his whites. Shala's eyes are much more beautiful, too.

My attention was wrenched from thoughts of eye color and to a mental image of my body, which zoomed in to focus on my nasal and sinus passages. Blood spilled and clotted around burst vessels. Small rends and holes spread throughout the surrounding tissues. The nerves were thankfully unresponsive.

"Keep paying close attention, Randy. Now that I have a clear image of the damage, I can repair it. With magic, this is not so much as rebuilding as it is simply peeling back the damage and revealing what the body is supposed to look like.

"Sometimes, like with the extensive damage you had while fighting the poresect, and the fact neither you nor we had a solid concept of your body's healthy state, it can take longer for the body to reach it's healthy state. You gaining the spots like Greggie and Vargr was because we had to use Vargr's healthy adult magic resistance to diseases and infection to grant you the same. Since I assisted in healing you, I've got your healthy body locked im memory."

As she was talking about what she was doing, I felt a sensation like a band-aid had been ripped off the inside of my nose quickly. My mental image of that happening evaporated as my head uncontrollably shook and pulled back from the sensation.

I had to sneeze!

I managed to get my nose turned away from the young gray furred female in front of me, trying to do as taught and sneeze into my right shoulder. Unfortunately, the half unconscious trained effort had never had to deal with the fact I now had a medium length muzzle, so I basically set my jaw on top of my shoulder and convulsed with the strongest sneeze I think I had ever experienced. My eyes had squeezed shut reflexively, but I could feel an incredible amount of solid and liquid being expelled at hurricane force.

A startled yip in front of me shot my eyes open. About ten feet away, Hyipgr stood in shock, covered by some, if not all, of the bloody clots I had just blown all over him.

"Oh, no," Shala giggled.

I could smell perfectly again as I stepped over to the still stunned hyena. His scent was strong with recent sex from his masturbation while watching me and Mira. Of course, my own blood scent covered his natural, citrus-like scent. There was also a slight odor of waste, but then he had said he had been on collection and cleaning duty earlier.

"I am so sorry, I had meant to use my shoulder to not sneeze on anyone but me, but... well, I'm used to having a much flatter face." I said, my tail bringing my boxers up for me to grab in hand and start wiping the worst of my blood off his yellowish fur.

"I was being so good while you two were doing magic," he complained.

"You were. I know. Thank you. I did not mean to spray you like this." Luckily I had not hit above the middle of his chest; he had been far enough back to avoid getting any of it on his face.

Kneeling down, because blood splatters and clots went all the way down to his toes, I honestly expected him to say something suggestive. He just seemed to be one of those types of guys who could never let an opportunity pass. And here I was, wiping not only my blood, but some of his mostly dry cum off his legs and he just stood quietly as I did it. His tail gently wagging back and forth was the only sign he was aware of me.

Looking up, I saw him gazing down at me with an easy grin on his face. "You have a real gentle touch, Randy. Thanks."

Standing up, I wasn't sure how to respond. He had seemed really sincere about appreciating my simply cleaning the mess I had accidently caused. "Well... you still need a bath to get all cleaned up. Seems like being around me is just a dirty experience for you, Hyipgr."

"Doesn't matter. One day you're going to stop acting so shy and smelling so uncomfortable when others get close in your personal space. I want to be there when you reach that point, maybe even help you get there. It's part of what we bottom ranked males do."

My thoughts raced through and discarded several sarcastic comments that just seemed to beg to be said. He was being serious. He was, despite his playful nature, hoping to help me adjust to living in the village. And it was somewhat working. Sure, there was still a long way to go, but ... If my vision was correct ... If Mira had spoke truly... I needed to be a part of the tribe to help raise my kids. It did not matter that I had not planned to become a father today, here.

"Hey!" Hyipgr barked, giving me a light punch to my left shoulder. "You're starting to sulk. Stop it."

"That wasn't sulking. At worst, it was worrying." I replied, rolling my eyes with exaggerated, feigned insult. At his grin, I dropped the act and told him seriously, "We've just met, but I'd be honored to call you a friend."

"With benefits?"

"No," I chuckled, "not gonna say that yet."

"Yet?"

"No, not yet."

"Well... I guess I can accept that. Though I might need a hug or two to get through my disappointment."

"Not while you're covered in blood."

"Geeze, you don't let me do anything," Hyipgr groaned with a smile.

"Don't sulk, buddy," I returned with a grin.

Before my new friend could respond to that, Shala cleared her throat, "Randy I need to talk with you about a few things that happened while I was healing you."

"Oh, sure." I turned to face her again. "Wasn't meaning to brush you off. I certainly want to thank you for your help, Shala."

"I was happy to be able to help you. It also gave me some information about your magical abilities. When you first came to the village, you had projected feelings of support to me, and were pulling from the magic that Mira was generating. We could all feel you gently pulling and sending feelings through the flow of magic, though the specifics were limited to who you sent to.

"After I gave you access to the translator magic, you managed to send actual thoughts to everyone in the room. This was surprising, but nothing new. However, during this healing, you managed to project a couple of complete images from your memory to me. That's not anything I've ever heard of happening. I'll talk with the Grans about it, but there may be more than one aspect of your ability that no one in the village will be able to assist you with developing."

"Is that going to get me kicked out of the village?" I asked. Hyipgr stepped up beside me and put a comforting arm around my back. I felt my tension grow slightly, which only let me realize just how much being kicked out for being too dangerous worried me.

"No, no. Well, I don't think so, but then, I'm not completely sure, so I can't promise. But what I wanted to talk to you about was the images you showed me. Specifically the image of Mira when you felt the sharp pain in your nose.

"I believe that is indeed the point that you suffered the damage. Someone was trying to do something to your sense of smell with her magic, but because of the amount of your own energy around you at the time, there was that crack of power that shattered your sinuses. I am not sure why it did not hurt more. But whoever did the magic should be hurt herself as well. I don't think Mira did it, though I could tell from your memory you thought she was projecting thoughts to you."

Nodding slowly, I went over the experience in my memory again. "I thought she said something about removing... something. Just before she kind of gestured at me and then the quick snap of pain."

"Yeah, that didn't look like she was using any magic other than the cleansing. I admit I'm not sure what the gesture was, but it really should not have been powerful enough to hurt you more than a mild static shock if it was a spell. I can talk to her about the experience and see if she had been trying to do anything. If so, she might be hurt as well and not realize it. There should have been an equal if not greater feedback to what you experienced."

That concerned me. There had been a lot of damage up in my nasal passages. "Please check in on her. I mean, if she had done something... maybe to affect me, or try to, I'd like to know. But more importantly, if she, or someone else, is hurt worse than me and is not aware of it... I don't want anyone hurt through ignorance of how my power works and interacts with yours. And if she's carrying..."

Hyipgr squeezed me with the arm he had around my back and Shala came up to pat my shoulder.

"I'll go find her right now. Don't worry, she's strong and smart. If she is hurt, she'll notice something is off and take steps. But I'll make sure everything is fine. Go on and get cleaned up, I'll track you down as soon as I know anything."

"Thanks, for everything," I smiled. "You're also a good friend."

She stood up on her toes to give me a quick kiss on my nose. "You're very sweet. Thanks for the comments about my eyes and... well, I look forward to seeing more of you."

Stepping away, she turned and jogged down the path to the village.

"She gets a kiss but I don't even get a hug?" Hyipgr softly growled, slipping his arm away from where he had been holding my side. He gave my ass a pat as he stepped away.

My tail grabbed his hand before he pulled completely away and pulled him right in front of me. He was grinning as I told him, "Life just isn't fair sometimes."

Before he could respond I gave him a quick kiss on his nose and turned to head down the trail to find the cleaning area down the trail. "Let's get cleaned up before you find more to complain about, Hyipgr. And that's the second kiss we've shared."

"Wha- oh yeah. I wasn't counting mine earlier because there was no tongue." my friend said, catching up to walk beside me. "So, technically, we haven't kissed at all and I can still complain."

"You can, but I won't listen. Shala also did not use her tongue."

"Oh, but she wanted to. I don't know what happened with all your magic and showing her images, but she's got a crush on you."

Shaking my head, I could not help but chuckle a little, "First, you're projecting your own desires. Second, if you are saying desire counts, you've sucked me off at least seventy times."

"Uh-oh," Hyipgr groaned.

"What?"

"You're a lot better at teasing me back than most guys. If I'm not careful you might ruin all other guys for me."

"You're an adult, I have confidence you can be careful."

I knew he was teasing me back when he responded, "Maybe I don't want to be."