Page 32 of The Seducer
“It’s so brutal,” Karina commented. “But go on.”
“The thing is that if it’s so highly prestigious for them to have a wife, and Christina made it sound like they were all focused on findingonewoman, then why is Finn different?”
“I don’t know.” Karina picked up another cookie without taking her eyes off me. “What’s your theory?”
“My theory is that either Christina was wrong, or Finn is an anomaly,” I concluded. “He’s not interested in finding justonewoman. I suspect that he wants to be with as many as he possibly can.”
“Are you saying that just because he called me beautiful?” Karina asked while chewing on her last bite of cookie. “Please tell me, this doesn’t have anything to do with the fact that he came on to me and not you?” she asked. “You shouldn’t take it personally. Maybe I’m just more his type then you are.”
I grinned. “I wish it was that simple, but he comes on to me plenty. If you and I wanted to have sex with him, I guarantee you that Finn wouldn’t care which one of us he had it with.”
Karina licked crumbs off her lips and leaned in. “I suppose his interest is kind of flattering, but it’s also strange that he thinks about us sexually. I mean who does that, and even worse –admits to it?”
I laughed. “Nmen are just different from us and they still have this old-fashioned idea that women and men should have sex together.”
“Why? Don’t they have sex-bots?”
“Yes, they do, but Finn explained to me that they only use them because they don’t have access to real women.”
Karina waved a dismissive hand. “That’s what he thinks, but you can just tell him that he’s wrong. I mean, if sex between men and women was better, people in the Motherlands would be having sex with each other, right?”
I frowned and nodded slowly. “I suppose so.”
“We have access to humans and we still prefer robots; that should tell you something.”
“True.” I nodded my head. “But do you know anyone who has actually had sex with a man?”
A slow smile grew on Karina’s face. “Yes, and she wasn’t impressed. The man got tired of giving her oral sex and stopped before she gave him permission to.”
“Who was it?” I asked, but Karina wouldn’t tell.
“I swore I wouldn’t tell anyone. She’s embarrassed about it and doesn’t want people to think she’s some kind of naturephile. It was just a youthful experiment and we shouldn’t judge her for it.” Karina tilted her head. “Not that you would ever judge anyone, of course.”
“No, I wouldn’t,” I confirmed.
“The point is just that my friend didn’t enjoy it much and she said it was messy in the end.”
“Messy?”
“I think she used the words wet and slimy.”
I pulled my head back and frowned in confusion. “Why would it be wet and slimy?”
“I’m not sure. I should have asked for more details,” Karina said with a shrug. “But I’m confident that Finn is wrong if he thinks sex with a woman is better than with a sex-bot.”
I thought about bringing up the fact that Finn had spent some time in the Motherlands recently and been with five women. Apparently, there were still plenty of naturephiles who weren’t disgusted by the idea of sleeping with a human.
“I’d better go and check up on Finn and Hans,” I suggested.
“I hope you have time to stay. Tristan will be horribly disappointed if he doesn’t get to meet Finn. With all the stories on the news about the children from the Northlands, he’s very interested in them.
“What time will Tristan be back?”
Karina looked at her wristband and bit her lip. “He won’t be back until two-thirty, and it’s not even nine o’clock yet.” She lifted her head to meet my eyes. “How about you take Finn for an educational visit to the local school?”
I smiled. “Actually, that’s not a bad idea, but you’d better call the principal and prepare her. And don’t forget to mention that Finn is peaceful and escorted by a mediator and me, or she’ll just barricade the school.”
Karina shook her head. “Not at all. Hannah might be the new principal, but she’s always going on about famous people and the Nmen are the hottest things on the news now. She’ll be thrilled to meet Finn in person. They all will!”
