I rubbed my tail, a clear sign that I was getting nervous. "Why do you think we have to sing in another room? Do humans not like it when they see someone else sing? Does it destroy the attraction?"
"You were the one who put it on the list, I'd never heard of it," Xil admitted. "I could sing a drinking song, or maybe a lullaby my mother-"
"Drinking song," I interrupted. We didn't want her to go to sleep. We wanted to mate with her and it was essential that she was awake during that. I wanted to hear her make those sweet sounds again, where she sounded like she was in a happy sort of pain. Pleasant distress.
"Havel can join you," I said. "I'll be with her since it was my idea."
Xil didn't look happy about it but then inclined his head. "Then I shall deal with the tiny food pieces. She's
