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-
- I literally leapt out of my tent. "Good morning, campers! And how
- are we doing today? And where, oh where is my beloved P'nyssa?"
-
- "Down by the river," Paul said, smiling. "You look happy today.
- Nyss went down to the stream to get some water for hot chocolate."
-
- Carroll had settled down next the fire; I will admit to there being
- just a touch of chill in the air, and she looked chilled from it.
- "Carroll?" I asked. "You okay?"
-
- "I've decided something," she said.
-
- "Tell us!"
-
- "I hate camping. I hate hiking. I'm not built for it. I think
- I'm a stay-at-home kinda mare."
-
- "Aw, be serious, sweetheart. Here we are, in the great wild
- outdoors, with nothing but a crude trail marked in splotches of red
- paint to lead us up the mountainside, with little to entertain us and
- sustain us but our own intuition and whatever we can pack on our backs.
- It's so very rustic!"
-
- "Well, I guess I'm not rustic. Aaden didn't come with us," she
- pointed out.
-
- "That's because the poor boy's a wimp!" I said cheerfully.
-
- "I'll tell him you said that."
-
- I smiled and knelt down next to her. "Listen, my beautiful Centaur
- princess you, if you tell him any such thing he'll redden my ass so bad
- I'll never be able to sit down again."
-
- "The price you pay for being so flippant," she said.
-
- I sobered considerably and said, "Carroll, is there anything I can
- bribe you with?"
-
- "I'll have to think about it," she laughed.
-
- "Creature comforts, perhaps?"
-
- "Such as?" she asked.
-
- "What if I draw you a bath, a nice, warm bath, and give you a
- complete bodyrub, with comb, along with a Centaur mug of warm milk with
- two lumps of sugar and two shots of brandy?"
-
- She looked down at me, then over at Paul. I followed the glance
- quickly enough to see Paul wink back at her. "I accept," she said.
- "Besides, I guess Aaden can always find some other reason to tan your
- butt. Just like you do him."
-
- I laughed quietly and leaned up against the equine bulk of
- Carroll's body, folding my fingers against my chest. "Much better," I
- sighed.
-
- "Is he being lazy again?" P'nyssa's voice came from the trail to
- the stream; she appeared moments later bearing a large pot of water.
- She handed it to Paul and wandered over to me. "Obviously."
-
- "Very obviously," I said. "Good morning, sweetheart."
-
- "I tell you, Carroll, I can't do anything with him. Ever since the
- Pamthreats he's been nothing but lazy."
-
- "Hey, I work hard for my position in society," I mock-pouted; parts
- of this conversation were getting uncomfortably close to reality, and
- that sort of bugged me.
-
- "No, you're just hard," P'nyssa said, kneeling. She leaned over to
- kiss me, and as she did so I felt Carroll shift gently; her fingers dug
- into my sides, sending me screaming into ticklish fits. P'nyssa put her
- mitts over Carroll's, using them in the most sadistic fashion I'd ever
- seen; she used her psionic healing talent to jack the feedback from my
- nerves sky-high. I was screaming, my entire body tickled at once by
- four small hands. It was one of the most effective torture devices
- she'd ever discovered. I wondered when she would bring it to Rhysh.
-
- They stopped, and I sagged against Carroll, seething, clenching my
- teeth together. "I. Hate. When. You. Do. That."
-
- "But you love it, don't you?" P'nyssa asked, smiling, leaning over
- to kiss me. And I admit, it does work; I responded to her kiss with a
- powerful, unbidden passion, grateful for this tiny pleasure from her
- after the enormity of the overload. As the kiss broke, my intensity
- went with it, and I sagged back against Carroll once again. "Wow."
-
- "Good morning, Ken," Paul said, handing me a cup of cocoa.
- "Feeling better?"
-
- "Much," I said, smiling, sipping carefully from the hot liquid. I
- don't like burning my tongue. Hurts.
-
- We broke camp after quenching the fire; it didn't look like it was
- going to be a very good day. We had about twenty-five klicks in front
- of us, and I could smell rain in our coming day.
-
- And rain it did. Although it was a warm rain, it came down in huge
- gusts that soaked through our clothes, our bags; it was going to be
- forever airing out the sleeping blankets.
-
- I walked alongside Carroll, who grumbled and gritted her teeth all
- the way home. Her hair, long, straight and black, had clumped together
- into stringy lengths. I will admit to enjoying the wet t-shirt look,
- especially with Carroll, since of all the women I've ever seen naked,
- Carroll has what I consider to be the most perfect breasts in the
- universe.
-
- I know, I know, I have a certain fixation on Carroll, for reason
- other than the obvious. There's a lot of history between Carroll and I,
- some of which goes back to before she was born. And now she knows it
- too.
-
- I had decided to seduce Carroll Lewis; I knew that now. Sometimes
- my mind hides from me the truth about my intended course. Of course,
- eventually I choose to reveal to myself that truth. But now that I knew
- what I wanted, I wondered how I was going to go about it.
-
- The bath seemed like an ideal situation. But that meant I had to
- wait until we got to the ranger station, the SDisk, and home. That's
- okay, I could wait. It was only a few hours away.
-
-
- We got home before nightfall. Some of Carroll's foul mood puzzled
- me, because I've seen her run outside during a rainstorm and delight in
- it, enjoying the heaviest downpour, wheeling around, her tail tossing.
- I mentioned it to her.
-
- "I didn't have a choice," she said. "I mean, if I wanted to, I
- could come inside at anytime. Out there, I just had to live with it.
- And I don't like not having a choice."
-
- I nodded. "By the way, would you like that bath?"
-
- "You still want to do that?" she asked.
-
- "I offered, didn't I?"
-
- She thought about it for a moment, then said, "I accept."
-
- I smiled and said, "I'll be right back." Leaving her in the living
- room of her dom, I left to go find Paul. I found him in conference room
- one, apparently studying.
-
- "Paul!"
-
- "Ken," he said smiling. "Hi!"
-
- "I need to ask a favor."
-
- He shrugged and said, "Anything you want."
-
- "Are you sure?"
-
- "Anything."
-
- "Don't come home tonight?"
-
- He looked puzzled. "You're right, that is something to ask 'Are
- you sure?' about. Are you going to play with Carroll?"
-
- I nodded. "A thousand years is coming on us quick, Paul. A
- thousand years is too long to leave this one hanging."
-
- He nodded gently and said, "I'm glad you;re finally going through
- with it. Go ahead, have fun. I can make arrangements. Remember the
- advice I gave you."
-
- "I will. Thank you, Paul. I appreciate it." I leaned over and
- kissed him on the cheek.
-
- As I turned his hand grabbed my arm. "Ken- Sometimes I think
- Carroll's not the only person you have trouble with." He pulled me
- close, and I tried to relax as our lips met, and finally I did, kissing
- him gently and warmly.
-
- I looked down into his golden eyes. There was a tear in one, a
- tear matched by one of my own. "Thank you, son."
-
- He smiled and said, "You're welcome."
-
- In a bit of turmoil, I returned to the Lewis dom and found Carroll
- lying on her side on the Centaur-sized bed, reading a book. "I'm back."
-
- "So I see," she said. "Did you do everything you needed to get
- done?"
-
- "Mostly. A couple of things came up, but I can handle them later."
- I lay down on the bed next to her and said, "You smell like a sweaty
- Centaur."
-
- "Why thank you, Ken, that's the most romantic thing you've said to
- me all week."
-
- The scary part about that was that it was probably true. I rarely
- aim romantic comments at Carroll. "What if I told you that I find it to
- be one of the most alluring scents I've ever had the privelege of being
- near?"
-
- "Then I'd say you're as crazy as Paul, who tells me that at least
- once a day."
-
- "Then I'm crazy... I accept. But it's still a great smell. If we
- could bottle it..."
-
- "You'd have a bottle of Centaur sweat."
-
- I rolled my eyes and said, "I'm going to go draw your bath."
-
- "I'll be waiting," she smiled at me. I walked into her bathroom
- and examined the tub, suspension bench, and controls. "Dave," I said,
- "Can you get me a bottle of that Sea-Salt stuff P'nyssa like so much?"
-
- "I can," the AI responded calmly, "but Carroll's not fond of it."
-
- "Oh. Then what would you recommend?"
-
- "Plain bubbles."
-
- "Do it." It took maybe six seconds for Dave to transport the soap
- powder into my hand, and I soon had the tub rolling at her preferred
- temperature, with about 20 cents of bubbles. I surveyed the bathroom,
- looking for the brushes, combs, and oils that she preferred. Dave was
- helpful. Then I ordered her drink.
-
- "Carroll," I said, gently, "Bath is ready."
-
- I stepped out of the way as she walked into the bathroom and
- enjoyed the look in her eyes when she spotted the tub. "Bubbles!" she
- squealed, nearly jumping down the steps into the tub and settling onto
- the cushioned bench with a deep sigh. "I love bubbles."
-
- "Then why don't you have any bubble soap?" I asked gently, sliding
- into the pool with her. A bathtub big enough for a Centaur is big
- enough for a human to swim in. I was literally holding onto the sides
- of the tub and trying to breath through a swarm of bubbles. I swam
- through the white haze to her and slid over her body.
-
- She leaned her torso against me and sighed. "This is so nice." I
- gave a small mental command over my biocybe and the lights dimmed to
- one-third power. "That's even better."
-
- "Tired?" I asked.
-
- "A little," she admitted.
-
- "Then this is probably a bad idea," I said, handing her the mug
- Dave had given me.
-
- She sipped at it carefully, then closed her eyes and sighed, taking
- a big gulp. "Oh, that's so good. And it probably wasn't a good idea...
- I'm going to get even sleepier."
-
- I smiled and reached for the bottle of soap and the showerhead.
- Turning the showerhead onto "gentle," I splayed the water slowly over
- her head, playing with her silky, fine hair. I poured some of the soap
- into my hands and stroked my fingers into and through her hair, rubbing
- her scalp carefully. Her sighed was deep and satisfied. "I haven't
- decided if doing that can put me to sleep yet," she said.
-
- "Let's find out," I said, chuckling slightly. After a few minutes
- of this, I rinsed her hair clean of the soap and began a careful
- stroking of her neck. With another mental command, the forward leaning
- bench these tubs have descended from the ceiling. "Lie down," I said.
-
- "Yes, sir," she said, poking her slight fun at mine and Aaden's
- little hobbies.
-
- "Hush," I said as I began to stroke her body lengthwise. It was
- hard to beleive just how tense her body was, but as I worked on it she
- began to relax, and as I eased each major muscle group down to a broken
- state she relaxed even more.
-
- "You have no idea how much I need this," she said.
-
- "I can tell," I said. "What's got you all stressed out like this?"
- I asked.
-
- "I'm pregnant."
-
- "Again?" I asked, amazed. "Michelle's not even twenty yet!"
-
- "I know," she murmured quietly. "But I just wanted another one, as
- soon as I knew I was ready. I'm ready."
-
- "Good," I said, relieved, but a little worried. After a few
- minute's pause I said, "Carroll?"
-
- "Hmmm?" she asked quietly.
-
- "That doesn't influence what I'm doing to you right now?"
-
- "No," she sighed again. "It doesn't. I just want to have you
- touch me in ways you've never ever done before."
-
- "You understand why, though?"
-
- "Not really. But I'll take your word for it."
-
- "Forgive me?" I asked.
-
- "Of course I forgive you." I worked my way down her sides, then
- said, "Swing."
-
- She pushed herself off from the bench, and the bench rotated around
- her to become a backrest. I perched on the edge of the tub and reached
- for her shoulders, working my way down each arm and paying careful
- attention to each finger. Then back up to her torso.
-
- "Carroll, would you be embarassed if I told you I thought you had
- the most perfect teats in the entire universe?"
-
- "For a Centaur," she said.
-
- "No, I mean completely. The entire universe." I ran my soapy hand
- over one, absolutely fascinated by the sensation of her perfectly smooth
- alabaster skin under my fingers. Tiny bubbles slowly slid down them and
- collected on the undersides. "They're so perfect, not too big, not too
- small, really tiny areolas, just a touch of pink color to them. And I'd
- swear they were held up by gravitics."
-
- She smiled and said, "Feels good what you're doing."
-
- I smiled and worked my fingers carefully under her breasts, trying
- to relax her chest, working my fingers into the ribs. She groaned
- softly.
-
- I worked my way over the chambrist, the soft forward belly of
- Centaurs that provide a lot of the muscular and vascular support for the
- physiology. I worked the muscles carefully, not as worried as I would
- be with a humanoid, since there's only a minimal of GI systemics in the
- chambrist. Unlike humans, where the equivalent abdomen is a pain to
- massage.
-
- As I reached the forward shoulders, she said "How are you going to
- do my underside?"
-
- "You mean, without drowning?"
-
- "Uh-huh."
-
- "I'll think of something," I said, smiling. She chuckled as I
- worked my way around her, and swinging the bench back around to her
- front and asking her to lie down that way I worked my hands into her
- back, going both with my hands for her muscles and with the wetbrush to
- get the soap into her short hair.
-
- "You do that so well," she sighed.
-
- "It's all a matter of attention," I said, working my way down her
- rump, which was just barely submerged. I found her tail floating loose
- in the water and ran my fingers between the thick strands, freeing them
- up and getting the soap between the hairs. Then my fingers slid down
- her rump, and she sighed as I pressed my fingers into the inside flanks.
-
- I had to get off her back to get the rest of her, but Dave had
- provided a footstool for me to immerse in the tub so I could stand with
- my head out of water. I was also standing right behind Carroll, and
- sometimes standing behind a Centaur can be even more of a matter of
- trust that standing behind a horse, but I trusted Carroll.
-
- I ran my fingers down each leg as far as I could reach before
- immersing myself completely, then around the inside. With slow care I
- worked my way up between her legs; she cooed gently and said, "I want
- you to."
-
- I smiled as my fingers came up along her belly and found her vulva.
- She moaned as my right hand slid over the large opening and spread her a
- little further open. I smiled. My left hand joined the right, working
- to part her open; my right hand curled into a fist and I pressed it up
- against her submerged cunt. With one easy push I slid into her cunt, up
- to the elbow easily. "Yes...." she hissed.
-
- "Good?" I asked, smiling.
-
- "Perfect. You've been talking to Paul."
-
- "Guilty," I admitted, rotating my wrist left and right slightly,
- pressing against the walls of her channel. She trembled, making small
- waves in the pool. I began to pump her slowly, massaging her insides as
- well as I had her outsides.
-
- "Yes," she said again, "That's it. Oh, harder!" I complied,
- putting more force behind my thrusts; I could feel the walls of her cunt
- gripping my hand and arm as I fucked her in her chosen manner. Then
- again, I doubt my cock would have garnered much attention from her- she
- is a Centaur, after all.
-
- "More!" she cried. I put more behind my pounding; with every
- thrust I could feel her cervical opening against my knuckles, tickling.
- Water was sloshing everywhere. Her moaning was louder than ever, and
- coherent. "That's it, oh, that it!"
-
- "Ken, I'm going to come!" she shouted. I was literally putting my
- back into it, full demanding strokes between her flanks, and finally she
- screamed one long "YES!" as she came, shuddering, her arms wrapped
- around the cushioned bench. She would have collapsed if it hadn't been
- for the support bench underneath her.
-
- I slowly pulled my arm from within and held it underwater, wiping
- it clean with a fresh cloth. I threw the cloth out of the water and
- swam to the front of the tub. Her head lay against the bench, her eyes
- closed and her breathing deep and ragged.
-
- After about a minute her eyes snapped open. "You!" she said.
- "Gods, that was good. Thank you."
-
- "You're welcome," I answered, smiling. "I thought that would help.
- Paul told me about what you like. Unfortunately, I'm not equipped for
- half of them."
-
- She chuckled and said, "Come here," gesturing with her left hand.
- I swam closer and she hugged me close. "You were wonderful."
-
- "So were you," I answered, honestly. Although I hadn't had an
- erection during our lovemaking, if it could be called that, it had been
- one of the most exciting things I'd done in a long time.
-
- "Rinse me off and let's go to bed."
-
- "Good idea. By the way, this is known as 'getting back' for that
- scene on Pandora."
-
- She chuckled and said, "You're welcome for that, too."
-
- "I know. Love you."
-
- "I love you too, father."
-
- --
- "Carroll's Bath"
- The Journal Entries of Kennet R'yal Shardik, et. al., And Related Tales
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