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"Did you know that some people believe that chocolate is an aphrodisiac? I've never had any need for sexual stimulants myself. What about genies? Does it take a lot to get a female genie all hot and bothered?"

“Oh no. We’re made of Fire. We’re always Hot--” Saras stopped speaking when he realized what he had just said. He was not oblivious to humans or their strange courtship rituals, and had learnt enough to catch that he was being highly highly suggestive. He blushed and shook his head. "I...um.." While Saras was aware of how humans courted eachother, he had always watched them from a distance. He simply wasn‘t built for Intimacy and Love. None of his kind could feel the strong feelings of Love that humans had, and he didn‘t have the proper body, anyway, even if he'd been able to Feel like a human. Knowing there was the small blush in his cheeks, he turned his head away from Marz and looked down onto his slender feet which he had stopped kicking in the water as suddenly as the suggestive words were out of his mouth, and he had realized what he‘d said.

“What I meant was… um… There aren’t any female genies. Or male genies for that matter. Not really, anyway. Some of us look more… like women or men.. But we aren’t really… um…” And I'm weirder then most, since I don't even belong in one group!

Saras stopped talking, not sure if there was a way to salvage what he had wanted to say and what he had been saying, or if he were forever doomed to have made a fool out of himself. The candy bar was forgotten in his hands and he stared at Marz, desperately hoping that he wouldn’t tease him too much… No only were thoughts of Tristan in his mind, and what had passed between them all earlier, but a general confusion and discomfort at the strange situation. Saras wondered if it wouldn’t be a good idea to change the subject to get attention off his comment.

“I had an old Master that once said that every living creature had the chance to love… But, we’re different. Maybe we’re only sort of alive.” he said, thinking back to what Thorne used to say, when they lived in this very city. Thorne had said Saras was capable of Love, even if the Genie hadn't believed him. The Genie still didn't believe him, but had always wondered if perhaps he just didn't know what love was, and that was why he couldn't.

“How did you know when you loved Tristan? I mean… I know it‘s personal, but no genie has ever loved anyone, so I don‘t think I can understand how it works… Maybe that's why we aren't able to love anyone...”

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• Do you really like being a genie? -- Marz, 10:19:50 03/11/02 Mon
  • What else could I be? -- Saras, 01:24:53 03/12/02 Tue
    • Well, as long as you're happy! -- Marz, 10:06:07 03/12/02 Tue
      • For the best -- Saras, 11:37:06 03/12/02 Tue
        • Just having a little fun -- Rowan, 20:25:18 03/12/02 Tue
          • Panic -- Saras, 03:51:29 03/13/02 Wed