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I fight with e away before it threatens to pull ht in front ofand hope she doesn’t notice that I’m now sexually aroused when I shouldn’t be

"I could be a wayfaring fortune-teller and secret sorceress We’re at an inn somewhere, and we’ve run into each other in the pub What do you say to ame "I wonder what the chances are that you’ll kiss ain Good, I’ve surprised her With a smile, she turns back to my pile of dice and pulls out two ten-sided dice A roll of these dice will detere chance of doing so, the score on the two dice will show their chance of accoht now you have a five percent chance of getting a kiss froer Do you wish to make that attempt?" she asks

I think about that for a s to i!" She s to tell you what they are"

"Of course not It wouldn’t be a ga if you did that I’ll offer to buy you a drink" I pause, thinking "Then I signal the barkeep to buy the beautiful lady whatever she wishes to drink"

She considers that for athe dice "Okay…that’s nice Is there a limit on what you’ll pay? What if I wish for the ne?"

"I’ll order a glass of Doain, her teeth glea "That has increased your chance by fifteen percent You now have a twenty percent chance of getting a kiss from me"

I frown "That’s only one in five I don’t like those odds I’d like to increase them What if I tell you how beautiful you are?"

"H her head to the side "What do you want to say to me?"

"That your eyes are the same blue as the water in the famous Turkish salt flats called Pamukkale The water in the travertine pools is a pure reflection of the sky--pale and pristine They are the exact color of your eyes" She ss and I continue, "And your hair is shiny and golden like angel hair And your skin is soft--"

"Wait, how do you know my skin is soft? We’ve justto think of what to say, other than the fact that I have stroked that skin I’ve run my hands across her shts aren’tmy erection any easier to handle

"It looks soft," I say "Like silk"

"Okay," she says with a nod "And I had no idea about those--those Turkish salt pools"

"Pamukkale It means ‘cotton castle’ because of the white calcifications But the water is powder blue Like your eyes I’ve seen pictures of it, and whenever I look at your eyes, I think of those pools"

She blinks "Oh…"