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their meal and set hers in front of her. It was a scaled-down version of the meal he had seen her pile on her plate the day before.
    Kali kept looking up at him as she worked her way through breakfast, and she tried to find the Orb to ask what the hell was going on. Chasing something so nebulous within her mind was not easy, but as she finished her last bit of toast and jam, the Orb answered her internal pleas.
    Yes, Kali?
    Why is he doing this?
    Doing what?
    Pretending to want me.
    The dry laughter within her was gently mocking. He wants you. My interaction with him was a test. It is you that he wants, not your body. When I am in control, he has little to no interest in intimacy, and he is happy that the line has been drawn.
    Kali still couldn’t believe it. For a man who looked like Odin to be panting after her was a bit of a shock.
    He can look like whatever you wish, Kali. He drew your preferences from your mind and body while you slept.
    What?
    He asked me, so I allowed him full access to your sensual urges and preferences. He was very pleased that you liked the way he looked to begin with but made the few changes your subconscious requested.
    Oh god.
    Don’t worry, he does not mind. He was pleased that he was so close to your ideal right out of the gate.
    The euphemisms that the Orb was now using indicated that it had indeed been paying attention to her thought patterns. Kali let her endless questions rest quietly as she sipped at her third cup of tea.
    “What would you like to learn today?”
    Kali was shocked by his sudden words when quiet had been ranging between them. “Um. I don’t know. Perhaps you could tell me more about the other Terrans who have recently become Nameless. Why are they here and restricted to the tower?”
    Odin ran a hand through his hair, and she watched the silken strands swing hypnotically.
    “As far as the rest of the Nameless are concerned, they are being held here as a type of punishment, but that always seemed peculiar to me. I am personally guessing that they are here to keep others from watching their comings and goings and replicating them.”
    Kali smiled, “You are a good guesser. They are part of an action plan that has been eons in the making.”
    “Why Terrans?”
    Kali shrugged. “My guess is that it has something to do with the way our minds are structured, combined with our social behaviours. We tend to pair off, and it isn’t too difficult to imagine that a bonded pair gets less notice on many of the worlds that are visited.”
    Odin grinned, “You haven’t seen the men that they are bonded to. Come with me.”
    She looked down. “Can I get dressed? As much as I enjoy this towel, I would rather have something more substantial on.”
    He waved her to the requisition station. “Choose what you like. It all comes off eventually.”
    She gave him a withering glance, but he was remarkably un-withered. How he could calmly wander around not wearing anything was beyond her, but she supposed that with his natural form being something in the gaseous range, he really wasn’t that concerned with his bits. Kali, however, was exceptionally concerned about his bits. She had been in the back seat when the Orb had sex with him, so the urge to find out what that smooth column felt like, the heat, the steely silk and the endless motion was beckoning her with the taunting knowledge that it was going to be inside her soon but she didn’t have the nerve to start it.
    Sighing heavily, she selected a skirt and bodice that belonged on one of a hundred worlds. If she was going to start learning about the neighbours above her, she was going to be comfy when she did.
    When the clothing arrived, she simply dropped the towel and stepped into the skirt before using the closure on the bodice to wrap her from breast to hip. Once tucked in, she closed the skirt and turned to see Odin watching her, fully clothed, with a bemused smile on his face.
    “What is that smile for?”
    “Clothed or