He thought for a while. “Exchanging fluids. Could other things work?”
~Perhaps. Though we prefer s*x as a form of transport. It has a positive hit rate of over ninety-nine percent. But there are other means. Kissing, for example. The saliva exchange would have a strong chance at infecting the unaffected partner. Other bodily fluids are very problematic, which a minuscule chance of facilitating infection.~
Albert made a face. “I can imagine. Blood? Tears? Ick.”
He shook his head. “Enough. It was a b***h of a morning, and it turned into one hell of a day. But I’m ready for bed. Good night, Ariel.”
~Good night, my host.~
*****
Stacey hummed to herself as she got out of the shower, the contented hum of a woman who’d had her first really satisfying o****m in a very long time. Upstairs, in
