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Kira
“He’s big, Kira. Everywhere. And the things that man can do with his tongue. I thought I was going to die.”
“I’m happy for you. I am.” Melody sat across from me in our usual spot in the Academy cafeteria. The room was mostly empty, the crew cleaning up at the tail end of the breakfast service. I needed to be someplace public so I wouldn’t start to cry again. I knew Melody would be here before her morning classes and practical assessments, and I’d been right. We weren’t alone, but there wasn’t anyone sitting near us to overhear her oversharing.
She leaned over the table to get closer to me, the front of her uniform in jeopardy of getting in her plate of breakfast. The food was mostly gone, but she’d have to return to her quarters and change if her uniform were stained. Yes, this
