Clothed-Edith tentatively felt nude-Jim’s small breasts.
“Why did you stop?” he asked.
“It’s—I don’t know—weird.”
“Have you never felt anybody else’s tits before?”
“Yes, but—they were girls!”
“Does being a boy or a girl make that much difference to you?”
“Of course it does!” retorted clothed-Edith. “Doesn’t it to you?”
Nude-jim shrugged. “Whether we have boy-equipment or girl-equipment, we still enjoy using it. And looking at it.”
“With us, we have to feel attracted to someone, before they can turn us on,” explained clothed-Edith.
“Ah, this is the involuntary sexual response thing again,” observed nude-Jim. “And does the attraction only work between girls and boys?”
“Well, there are some who are attracted to the same sex,” replied clothed-Edith. “Not many,” she hurriedly added.
“You sound ashamed.”
“No, I just think it’s gross.”
“Are there some who are attracted to both?”
“Yes.” She tried changing the subject. “So, do you want to go out and have a look around our world?”
“Sure. I want to see more of this involuntary-orgasm thing.”
“But—we don’t go around having sex all the time with each other, like you do. At least, not in public.”
“Where do you go to have sex, then?”
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