Chapter Ten

"Rufina.. Rufina, Wake up."

Uh, wha.. oh it's Emi. Ooohh, damn that hurts, stupid cramps. Emi is looking at me with a worried expression for some reason. I go to roll out of bed when I lay in something sticky. Yuck. I touch it, then bring my hand up to look at it. Double yuck, blood. Apparently the pad I am wearing wasn't enough. Emi helps me up, taking the straps and pad off me and putting me on the pot. I sit there groaning whenever a cramp hits. Soon Emi returns with a cup of tea for me, telling me Tilly made it strong. I'm drinking it down when Tilly shows up with a pitcher of hot water. I thank her for the water and the tea. Emi strips the bed and with Tilly's help, carries the mattress out the door. I am still sitting there when Emi returns a few minutes later, but not for long. She stands me up, cleans me off and puts a clean strap and pad on me, this one heavier than the previous ones. She dresses me in a clean chemise and the tunic from last night then drags me out to the garden.

She doffs her footwear, she hadn't put any on me, then leads me in T'ai Chi. She leads well. When we finish she ask for a new form which I show her twice, then she does it, not quite correctly but I adjust her movements. Then we do it together. By this time the tea is having an effect, I feel much better and the movement help. As we walking back to the kitchen I stop her and give a hug and kiss, "Thank you Emi, I would be a total wreck without you."

"Your welcome, Rufina. Lets get breakfast then change into our riding clothes, we have workers to supervise this morning."

Of course Tilly has breakfast ready, she is such a gem. Emi goes upstairs to fetch Kalvin while I help Tilly clean up. Before Emi reappears I whisper something to Tilly and she nodded. Emi had picked up her riding wear on before coming to get me so we go up to my rooms to change. When we get there it is evident that the maids had been busy, there was now a mattress on the bed along with sheets and a blanket. I switched to a shorter tunic and trousers then putting on my stockings and boots. Emi changes into a nearly matching outfit. When we go back down stairs, Kalvin and Aden were both waiting,"Good morning, gentlemen, ready for a busy day?"

They both nod,"Good morning, your majesty."

"Don't forget the basket, Emi," I reminded Emi about the basket with the sketching supplies. Maybe I should have something like a briefcase made, oh I know a slightly larger document case would fix the bill perfectly. But the basket could carry more than just papers, so maybe not.

We went out to the horses who were standing at the front door, ready to go. "Will you be with the harvest all day, Aden?"

"Probably, your majesty. Will you be at the inlet all day?"

"No, we will come back for dinner, then go back there until late afternoon, I have someone I want to talk to. Then we may go swimming again."

"Very good, your majesty. I may be at dinner, if not I'll see you at supper."

By this time we had arrived at where the crew I was to take to the inlet was to meet us. "Good people, the queen will be the supervisor for the project today. Your majesty, these are Jan, Zach, Phillip, Roy, Karl and his son Hans."

With that Aden left us to go supervise the harvest. The six serfs were each carrying tools of one kind or another, I saw a mattock, a shovel, two baskets and two hoes. One of the baskets had a cloth wrapped bundle in it, lunch for the workers I assume. Karl appeared to be the oldest so I asked him to be the lead worker today. He nodded. We headed out, Emi and I leading, the six following. It didn't take long before we arrived. Leaving Kalvin to guard from above I lead them down near the water, showed them the marks on the ground, explaining what I wanted. One man to break the soil up, one to shovel the soil into the baskets and the other four to haul the soil. I told them where to place the soil, some on the sea side of the ponds, the rest in a pile on the beach in line with the path between the ponds. If they find head sized stones they are to go in the sea in two lines I would lay out later. They begin to work.

I had them dig down about a foot, Karl's foot not mine as I have small feet. Then I remembered the level, darn it. I asked Emi if she had any cord in the basket, she didn't, but Hans had a small ball of twine in a pocket saving the day. Emi and I search for three sticks, fairly straight, two of them as long as I am tall and a slightly shorter one. Once we find the sticks, I lashed one end of the longer ones together. I then lashed the shorter one to the others forming a large A shape. Finding a stone about half the size of my fist I tied some twine around it and hung it on the A frame. I borrowed the shovel for a minute, digging a shallow trench at the waters edge, deep enough to fill with water on the next wave and long enough that the legs of the A frame would fit inside it. I returned the shovel, but the men were interested in what I was doing so didn't return to work right away. When a wave fills the trench, I am ready for the next step. Placing the legs of the A right on the edge of the water in the trench, I marked the cross piece with charcoal where the twine crossed it. I then rotated the A frame, switching positions of the legs and checked the position of the twine, which touched the mark exactly. One A frame level complete.

Taking the level to the pond being dug I placed a small stone in one corner then place one of the legs of the A frame on the stone, it being the reference point. I then placed the other leg so it touches the bottom of the pond. If the string hangs on that side of the mark the new spot was low, if on the other side it was high and if on the mark it was level. When I found a high spot I had the men dig a little, if low some soil was added. I had Emi level part of pond so she wouldn't be too bored. I then had her replace one of the haulers for a bit so each of the men could try checking the level of the floor of the pond.

We worked until just before noon when I told the men that Emi and I were returning to the palace for dinner and they could take break for their own dinner. After taking a half hour break they were to return to work and when they finished with the first pond to start on the second. We would return in about an hour. We rode off leaving the men in the shade of a tree a short distances away from the ponds. A quick ride brought us to the palace where we leave the horses with the groom at the sable, telling him we will be returning after dinner.

Then I checked on the bricks, they are drying nicely but will need to be turned later. On the way through the gate I spy Tobias working with the vegetables. I go over and ask him if he would turn the bricks on edge and scrap the soil off the bottoms, he asked to be shown how I want it done. He and I go back out to the bricks where I show him, lifting one of the bricks from the ground and brushing the soil off. He say he can do it after dinner. I thank him then walk with him back through the gate. I take off my boots in the garden, not wanting to drag dirt into the palace. Aden was waiting at the table, Kalvin soon arrived from helping the groom. Emi and Tilly soon had the table set and the meal served.

Aden told us that the harvest was moving along, the cradles were a big help, two had been delivered early in the morning with a third later. With the four of them and the number of workers per field it wasn't taking long to cut and shock the wheat. He says it will be less than a week until the threshing begins. Him mentioning threshing reminds me of the video I saw of a treadle powered thresher, I wonder how long would take to build one. Aden notices that I have spaced out, he reaches over and pokes me in the ribs. He asks what distracted me, I reply remembering a machine to thresh grain. A threshing machine he asks? Paper and charcoal are produced, I start to sketch, drawing a drum with protruding bars,a grill to separate the chaff and grain, a hopper to catch the grain, a crank wheel and treadle to drive it and finally a hooded stand to put it all on. All between bites of Tilly delicious meal.

I can almost see the gears turning in Aden's head as he looks at the sketches. He finally says he thinks he can get the carpenters to build one of these in time to use it to thresh the crop. He asks if he can take the sketch with him. I tell him yes, go ahead.

Tilly asks how the ponds are coming along. I let Emi tell them, I need to visit the necessity. I excuse myself and go up stairs to my rooms. I use the pot, taking off the straps and pad, clean myself, and the pad, replace the pad and re don the straps, this is such a pain. After putting my trousers back on I go back down stairs. Aden want me to tell him how the level works, which I do, sketching it out. Taking the charcoal stick he ask what I called it again and when I told him he wrote the name across the top of the paper. He then wrote 'Treadle powered Thresher' on the other sketch.

Our dinner had run long, our hour was almost up. I thanked Tilly for the meal. We returned to stable and collected the horses from the groom. The three of us ride back into town where we leave Aden as Emi and I turn to the inlet.

The workers were hard at it when we returned. They were just finishing the first pond, working on the back wall. I suggested that they decrease the angle on the that wall, we didn't want it to collapse, which it would if too vertical. Once they got that started I checked the distance between the upper and lower ponds, I decided to move the front edge back a couple of feet, so I found the stick I used to scratch the outline with and changed it.

Watching the haulers carrying the baskets of soil, I decide that wheel barrows are a definite thing that needs to be built. I wonder how the one that is being built is coming along. I need to check on that. Without wheel barrows we'll need another four hauler to move the clay. Shall we dig the other two ponds before lining them all or line the first two? If we lined the first two first, any problems we encountered could be solved before they turned into a problem. Maybe I should dig a hole at the palace and test the for the best clay liner there. I would need the liner for a swimming pool anyway.

"Your majesty, could you come here please." Karl was calling me. All the workers are clustered in the center of the second pond. What's going on? When we get closer I see that is a large stone in the exact center of the pond.

Well, shazbot! "Any idea how deep it goes." I ask.

"If it's anywhere near as thick as it is around, we're not going to move it." says Karl, the others nod in agreement.

"We'll just dig around it then, if it can't be moved it will just become part of the pond. Is the rest of the pond level and rock free so far?"

"It is, your majesty." says Karl.

"Carry on then."

So this pond will not have the capacity of the other, they vary anyway. I examine the rock, it's whitish, soft and powdery. Could it be limestone? If it is we may not be leaving it here. It can be made into lime, a key component of cement, which we'll need when we start making fired clay bricks. "Emi, will you ride back and ask Tilly for a small container of vinegar, please." I started digging at one edge of the rock with my stick. I managed to dig down two hand lengths before Emi returns with the vinegar, but the rock continues on. Emi handed me a small corked jug, which I uncorked and my nose took a hit, yep that's vinegar. I poured a little on a level flat spot on the rock, it fizzled, yep, it's limestone. Fizzle, what is it about fizzle? CO2, yeast, baking soda! What is baking soda? Calcium something- ate or ite? Is it based on limestone? Damn, I wish I was better at chemistry. Emi poked me in the ribs, I had spaced again.

"Sorry, the fizz reminded me of something useful. I was trying to remember how it's made."

"The men were staring. Why did it fizz?" she wants to know.

"Vinegar is an acid and the rock being limestone is a alkali, when you mix them they break each other apart, making several things, one being a gas, the bubbles are the gas."

"Acid, Alkali, gas what are those? You know so much. How do you know all of these things?"

"Remember when I told you that I went to school for years, some I learned in school, other things from my parents and grandparents and some I learned because I was curious, oh so curious. We have a device that we could ask a question of and it would answer with pages of information pertaining to that question. You could get lost in the hunt for information. There have been times I wish I still had access to it." While I talked we had moved away from the rock and were now standing near a tree. I dropped into cross legs position, pointed beside me, inviting her to sit.

"The people of Earth are all humans, there are no people like you, just humans and animals. For hundreds of thousands of years the humans wandered the earth in search of the things they needed to live. Living in small groups, so as not to over whelm the area they lived, occasionally fighting with the neighboring groups, stealing each others women. About ten thousand years ago something changed, men settled down, started to grow crops to eat and to rear animals. They formed large groups so they could work on large projects together. Leaders arose, able to direct the people in the projects, in when to plant and harvest."

"But it is my belief that the biggest thing created at that time was writing. They could recorded the words and actions of their wise men and not so wise men, the measures of grain harvested, how much rain fell in that region this year, all kinds of things were recorded and written down. How do I know what was written? Because the writings have been found and read. Words written on pieces of clay over six thousand years ago, records of the harvests, records of rainfall, tales of floods and droughts, tales of hero kings and letters from kings to kings, all kinds of writings."

"There was a kingdom that was built on banks of a great river. That kingdom lasted for four thousand years, rising and falling several times. We know that because of writing, the rulers of the kingdom had what happened during their reign written on the walls of their tombs."

"In later years, another country rose, one that later countries would hold in wonder. This country had great thinkers, men who treated the human body, who looked to the sky and said the world is round like a ball. Others who could measure the height of a tree on the far side of a river with out crossing the river, who could build buildings that lasted for thousands of years only falling to earthquake and vandalism. And artists skilled enough to chisel from stone life like statues of men and women."

"A neighboring country rose to power using some of the ideas of its neighbor. This country rose, conquering it's neighbors, growing to be the largest kingdom of its time. They built great works, public buildings, private homes, water supply systems, had great artists and writers who works survive to this day. But they fell, the peoples they tried to conquer turned against them. The rulers had become selfish, ruling harshly. These rulers didn't last long, they were removed and replaced. What was left of the empire was divided when two generals tried to establish rule over the country, for a time both countries continued. Then the part that was where the country started fell into disarray, dividing into many small fiefdoms. The other part survived for several hundred more years, slowly losing territory until all that was left was the capitol, which finally fell surrounded by its enemies."

"A country rose to the south of the empire, influencing a large part of the old empire. This country kept the fires of learning alive, adding to the collective knowledge. Do you know this symbol ?" I drew a zero in the dirt. "This is one of their contributions, the zero, a symbol that means nothing but is of great use. The number system is theirs also. The number system used in the empire was and is a complicate mess to use."

"Mean while the countries to the north of old empire suffered a time of stagnation, with little advancement in learning, being constantly at war with each other. It took nearly five hundred years for the historic records to resume. Near the beginnings of this time the rulers were wealthy enough to support scholars and artists. Learning was on the rise, with the wealthy competing against each other, to have the smartest or most inventive person or the best artist as their employee. This is the beginnings of the period of greatest advancements in knowledge, books were written, copied and shared between the learned, debated by letter back and forth."

"A few hundred years into this period there was a invention of great import; the printing press. Up to this time books were mostly hand written or copied, taking long periods of time to create and were thus very expensive. That changed with the printing press, a book once written could be made in weeks, instead of years. And not just one copy , hundreds if not thousands of copies, this of course lowered the cost of a book from golds to coppers each. This enabled anyone that could read to know what others thought on what ever subject that piqued their interest. Someone in this country invents something and describes it in a book. Someone on the other side of the world reads this book and says to themselves if I did this it would work better. Soon thousands of people all over the world are improving how to do things and sharing."

"As a example, at the beginning of this period of improvement flax was processed in the same way it is done here, by hand, slowly. At first simple machines were made to reduce the time to do something. Soon improved machines made it possible for a single man to do the work of many, freeing those men to do something else. As the machines got faster the amount of flax based goods increased lowering the price, soon anyone could have many sets of clothes, all of high quality linen, though the highest quality is still high priced because of the extra work required to make it. This is one of the thing I want to accomplish, build machines to provide more cloth to make more clothes for people, to provide work for them and money to do other improvements."

I notice that Kalvin has joined us under the tree and looking around the I notice the workers are working on a new pond. I glance at the sky, it is early late afternoon. I decide that we need to go do other things. Getting a hand up from Kalvin I stand, then offer Emi a hand. I talk with Karl, instructing him to continue with the digging until half an hour before supper, then to head home. And in the morning they could come early if they wished. I would come later to instruct them on what to do next. I then thanked them all for their hard work and returned the remains of Hans' ball of twine thanking him for its use. We saddled up and rode back to town.

Once in town we went to a shop that Emi knew that sold cloth and notions. Emi and I leave Kalvin with the horses to go inside. We greeted the shopkeeper then inquired about some strips of her finest linen cloth. I wanted two different width, one about two inches in width the other four inches, three yards long for the wide one and six for the narrow. She inquired of my intended use. I replied special under garments. This piqued her interest. she ask if I would show her the finished product, which I agreed to. I suggest that if there was interest from others an arrangement could be made regarding the manufacture and sell of said items, which really got her interest. She had about half of the wider material and all of the narrow on hand. I asked her if she knew of a material that could stretch. She showed me some knitted fabric, I stretched a small section, about two inches wide, stretching it about an inch. Then I turned it and stretched it in that direction, it stretched the same amount. I ask if she had some in widths the same as the other strips. She did. I brought the four pieces of cloth saying what was available was adequate for now. I paid her with coins from the pouch in the basket then it all went back in the basket. I thank her for her assistance and said I would return in a few days to show her the finished garments.

We then ride out to the river swimming hole. I ask Kalvin to guard us from out of sight, like last time. He agrees. We dismount near where we had before and Kalvin takes the horses with him to the other side. We strip down and walk in up our waists. I suggest we float up stream first to warmup. I turn facing down stream and lay back, giving a gently kick. Soon I am floating, moving my hands and giving a kick every now and again. I can sense Emi on my left doing the same. We soon reach the end, I do a hard turn to the left, now on Emi's left heading the other direction. Emi not seeing how I did it, drops the float and stands, asking how I did that. I say, watch close, then do another turn, go past her then do it again. She says she has it now, walks a few step down stream, goes into float then turns. I suggest going fast on the trip back so we start kicking quicker, hands flipping faster.

When we reach where we started I show her how to flutter kick, moving her legs at the hips, not the knees, feet extended. We head back up stream still on our backs, but flutter kicking this time. Reaching the end I have her turn first, to her right, then I turn to my left a little beyond. When again reaching the start point I show her the back stroke arm movements, palm out thumb up as the hand enters the water, then bent elbow as the arm circles down, repeat with other arm. We practice that for awhile, then swim up stream again. We go a little farther before stopping to turn around, then back stroking back. We are both breathing hard by the time we get back to the start so decide that is enough for today. We dress then call for Kalvin, who arrives a few minutes later. I ask him what he does while we swim. He says maintain his equipment or the saddles or grooms the horses.

When we arrive at the palace, Kalvin takes the horses to the stable, Emi and I again go through the garden gate, checking the bricks on the way. Tobias has turned and scrapped the bottoms like I asked. They are drying well. We leave our boots on the patio and remove our stockings, clothes even stocking are too expensive to ruin.

We went up the back stair to the upper floor to my rooms, to do the usual routine, change pad and cleanup, cleaning the pad, Emi taking them somewhere, I'll have to ask where she is taking them. Finishing I head down to supper.

Aden is waiting in the dining room when I arrive. We greet each other, he holds my chair he then seats himself to my right. I ask about his day, did he have any major problems? No major problems, just little ones, quickly solved. He ask if we had any problems, I told him of the boulder, what I had done to solve it and what I wanted to do with it. I asked him to get me two more of the baskets being used at the inlet. Kalvin comes in about then taking the seat to Aden's right. I excuse myself, making my way to the kitchen, where I find Tilly of course but no Emi, in a soft voice I ask Tilly if the main course turn out well, she says yes lifting the cover on the platter. I examine it, nodding. She replaces the cover just as Emi enters.

"If you two will set the table, I have one more thing to plate and will be right with you."

Emi takes the stack of plates and I the tray with utensils and cups and saucers. After setting each place, we seat ourselves, me at the head of the table and Emi on my left. We just get settled when Tilly appears bearing a large tray with the covered platter, two small bowls, two tea pots and a plate of buttered bread. Placing each of the items on the table with the platter and the smaller of the tea pots near me.

She nods to me while seating herself. I stand saying, "This is for you Emi." as I lift the cover, revealing fileted mackerel, salted and grilled. Emi's eyes go wide and a huge grin covers her face, "Thank you, Tilly and your majesty. It looks delicious." I place the cover on a nearby table then place the one of the better pieces on Emi's plate. I then serve Tilly, Kalvin, Aden and finally myself. The others pass the bowls of vegetables around, followed by the bread plate. Emi pours my tea then pours for the others.

Watching Emi as she takes the first bite, I can tell it's delectable. I take a bite, oh my, so good. After I shallow say,"Very good, Tilly." Every one agrees with smiles all around. Soon we are all too busy eating to talk, concentrating on the food. We finish eating, then help Tilly with clean up, finally getting out the deck of cards. We play four hands of rummy. As we play I ask Tilly if she has a sewing kit, needles and thread, scissors and thimbles. She says she does, asking what I have planned, I tell her I'll tell her later.

I ask the other three if they would like to learn how to swim. They say yes, they would, after hearing Emi tell how she is doing with her lessons. I ask them about their feeling on body modesty, being naked in front of others. They beat around the bush finally admitting that they wouldn't feel right be naked in front of others especially those of the opposite sex. I asked how much clothing would be the minimum they would comfortable wearing.

For the men would a loin cloth be enough or something more, for the women a loin cloth and a breast band or something more. Tilly would like something more, Emi is alright with loin cloth and breast band. Aden wants something more than a loin cloth but is alright with going shirtless. Kalvin is alright with just a loin cloth. I ask Tilly if a pair of drawers with a mid thigh length chemise with a breast band would work. That would be perfect she says. I ask what men usually wear as under garments. He says some wear loin cloths, some drawers and others nothing. I ask it a modified pair of drawers would work for him, he says yes they would.

We had each won a hand of rummy so played one last hand, it was an intense game, each of was trying our best to win. Tilly won with five melds all high scoring , the rest of us went negative. The guys retired after that, Aden had the harvest to supervise early in the morning. Kalvin just wanted to sleep.

Tilly went to her room to fetched her sewing kit, Emi to get the basket, I lead the way with a candle. I brought all the candles in my room in to the sitting room spreading them around so the room was well lit. Emi went to her and Tilly's rooms and got their candles. Tilly found another chair, I had two in the room already, we moved the table to the center of the room. With the prep of the room finished I told them what I had in mind, first a modified version of the damn straps, one easier to get on and off and to change pads on.

But first I ask Tilly if she has buttons. No buttons, but she has some small frogs. Frogs are cords tied in a large knot that is sewn to one side of a garment with the matching piece on the other side having a loop. The knot is put though the loop holding the pieces together. Something else to make or have made, buttons.

I remove my trousers and tunic then have Tilly measure me at my hips with a length of cord, then around my waist, I cut a section of stretchy fabric the difference between the two plus four finger widths. Then this piece is cut in half. I measure out a piece of narrow cloth my waist length minus the the difference of my hips and waist, this is also cut in half. These four pieces are handed to Tilly to sew together, alternating stretchy and regular cloth.

While waiting for the Tilly to sew all the pieces together I measure and cut a waist band for Emi using the same steps. She tells me she doesn't bleed like I do so she wouldn't need them. I tell them this a new type of drawers, almost a loin cloth but one piece. Then I measure her crotch length, which I transfer to the wide cloth and cut a length. Whoops, I forgot her tail, so I measure from her waist to below her tail and then to above it, its quite thick at the base, then mark on the cloth where it would be.

Tilly finishes my waist band, which I try on, slipping it over my hips, the stretchy pieces allows it to pass over my hips but be snug on my waist just like I wanted. I hand her the pieces for Emi's waist band. Emi measures my crotch, which is transferred to the wide cloth and cut. I take Emi's crotch piece and fit it to her, it's a little wide between her thighs so will need to be narrowed. She fits mine on me, mine is also wide.

Tilly is almost finished with Emi's waist band. When she is finished I have her center the back of Emi's crotch piece on to the center of the waist band and sew it on. Then I have her do the same with mine, while I cut the back of Emi's waist band and the crotch strap down to where her tail would be then cut a hole for her tail proper. When she is finished with mine I hand her Emi's to sew on a frog. Emi and I go to my room and I remove the straps and clean up, then slip the new drawers on. Holding a clean pad in place I have Emi pull the crotch piece up to my waist band where she can pin it. I remove the new drawers and re don the straps. Then back out to the sitting room again, handing the drawers to Tilly to sew. We return the other room where I remove Emi's drawers then slide her new ones up to her waist turning her around to fasten the frog over her tail. Turning her back around I pull the crotch piece up, pinning it in place. I reach around her hips and undo the frog, sliding them down, press my lips to her slit, giving her a quick lick, which cause her to push my head away with a hissed,"Not now." Pulling the old drawers up, we return to Tilly who is finished with my new drawers. I hand her Emi's. I go to try them on, off come the straps one more time. I slip into the new ones with a pad in the crotch, the fit is snug on the waist, snug in the crotch but not tight, I drop into a crouch, still good. I come out so the others can see them on me. Holding up my chemise I turn around, show all sides. Damn, these are comfortable, especially compared to the straps. The old style drawers aren't this comfortable. I ask Tilly if there is anyone who can do fine knot work or lace? Yes there is. Good because these could have lace here, pointing to the corners where the crotch piece meets the waist band down to almost the crotch. Or the crotch piece could be wider at the waist band then tapering to the crotch for those who want a little more coverage front and back. When Tilly finishes Emi's she hands them to her and Emi goes to my room to put them on. When she returns I ask her how they feel, her reply is that they are snugger than she is used to but they are comfortable though the tail hole is tight. When she lifts her chemise and turns I can see that the hole isn't big enough for her tail, I thought I cut it big enough, but that can be fixed. I look at the amount of material left then look at Tilly, there is enough for a pair for her. "You want a pair Tilly?"

"Not tonight, I need to go to bed, it's past my bed time." Saying that she starts to put her sewing kit away, then rises to leave.

I come up to her and give her a hug and kiss on the cheek, saying "Thank you for your help, Tilly. Sleep well."

After Tilly leaves, Emi and I put the table back against the wall, leaving the material on it. Then we blow out all but two of the candles which we take to my room. There we strip off our chemise and drawers and I put the old straps on again. I could feel the pad moving while wearing the new panties as they didn't have anything to hold it in place yet.

I blew out one of the candles and crawled onto the bed, watching Emi as she picked up a few things from the floor, I like what I see. Emi has abs, almost a six pack, toned arms and legs, with enough fat to smooth her out so she doesn't look over muscled. And a well defined back with firm butt cheeks, no bubble butt there. Me on the other hand need some exercise, I have no muscles to speak of, no stamina and I'm still under fed. I hope the swimming will help, I wonder if there is a sheltered inlet with a beach nearby. Feeling Emi get on the bed reminds me she is here.

"Ah, you have returned, where was your mind wandering ?"

"Down the rabbit hole of what a nice body you have, me having need of some exercise, swimming and wondering if there is a sheltered inlet with a beach nearby where a queen and her beautiful girlfriend could go swimming, in the nude, in the moon light before having sex on the beach."

"Woo, that is some rabbit hole, do they all end there or is that one special?"

"Oh it's special alright, come here sexy." We spend the next bit in sexy fun, before collapsing in each others arms, to tried to move except to blow out the last candle.