of these young ladies for her company?" North
asked.
9 ''Oh, that's all taken care of," the woman announced. "We owe Doc
quite a few favors. It's on him. If these are too old," the woman
continued, "we've got some younger ones. I understand your wife's a
Hashon. We've got some Hashon girls, too."
10 "I'm sure they enjoy the work," North snapped.
11 "As a matter of fact," the woman snapped, "they do! And they get
paid just like all the other girls. I can see, Commander, the Doctor
was wrong. You're not a gentleman after all. If you're not interested,
why don't you go outside and wait, because you're getting the girls
excited for nothing."
12 The woman turned and started to walk off when one of the girls
laughed. "Maybe he likes a ship," she giggled, "that's already carrying
a load. He looks like the type."
13 "What's she mean?" asked North.
14 The older woman shook her head. "Doc was right," she answered, "you
are a little dense. Come on."
15 She nodded to another woman to take the desk and took North upstairs
to the far side of the building. Here, a lovely balcony overlooked the
city, and several women sat enjoying the view. To North's surprise, all
of them were very pregnant, and didn't seem the least bit ashamed to
show it.
16 "Ladies," announced his escort, "this is a friend of Doc's. He seems
to think you work here under some duress. Why don't you talk to him for
awhile, until Doc gets finished?"
17 One of the women patted the seat next to her and said "Come on,
Commander, sit down! We won't bite!"
18 North obliged. He tried to keep his eyes off the women's full
bellies and inflated breasts but he found it almost impossible.
19 "It's all right, Commander," laughed one of the women. "look all you
want. It's perfectly natural.