The Central Mountains Republic, part 15 by Joe Rathbone T H E T R I P T O T H E C R Y S T A L C I T Y I N T H E S K Y THE DISCOVERY OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS REPUBLIC AND THEIR ERA IS AT HAND The season turned to Autumn, then Winter. The winter-time curtailed sky-chariot activity because of the wet winter-storms and conditions characteristic of the North-West at that time of year. Late spring brought a drying out and a calming down of the weather, making it possible to run more sky-chariot missions. By this time, the cathawks and the sky-chariots were a familiar sight. No longer garnering the massive fascination they once did, the sky-chariots could take off and land without such huge gatherings of spectators. The sky-chariots were used for missions of peace and good-will as ordered by their Chieftain and Shamans. Knowing these were gifts from the Gods, they tried to make as much good-will-use of the cathawks and sky-chariots as possible. Py Nae Kot's people contacted more and more far away tribes and established friendly relations with them. They offered assistance if needed. Cultures and ideas were shared. It was toward late-Spring or early-Summer, perhaps about June-ish, a lovely time of year in the North-West... One morning of just such a nice day, Py Nae Kot and Sunn were preparing both cathawk sky- chariots for a long trip inland. It was a mission of good will. They were carrying huge amounts of fish, clams, and other seafood to a tribe located far inland. It would take all day by sky-chariot just to get there due to the great distance. They would have to spend a night, then use all the next day to return. They were taking the sea-food to the tribe not just because they liked it, but because many of this inland tribe's people suffered from the big-neck sickness (probably goiters, caused by lack of iodine) as did some other inland tribes. The Shamans figured it had something to do with distance from the sea. They thought perhaps ingesting sea-food would bring relief. The project had just started, so the results were not in yet as to whether the seafood would work. Anyway at least, the members of that inland tribe DID relish it! Noticeably absent from this and other such missions was Naguta. It was Sunn and PY NAE KOT preparing the two sky-chariots... not Sunn and NAGUTA. No longer novel to Naguta, he no longer volunteered for the longer missions. Too boring, just sitting there in the sky chariot all day. But the eager Py Nae Kot ALWAYS volunteered. Py Nae Kot and Sunn enjoyed the missions together. The couple liked it best if they could use ONE sky-chariot so that they would be REAL close together, but this mission understandably required two sky-chariots due to the size of the shipment of seafood. Py Nae Kot and Sunn completed their preparations and were ready to take off that early morning. After final good byes from the Chieftain, a couple Shamans, and the parents of both Py Nae Kot and Sunn, the two sky-chariots began their "take-off-roll", first one, then the other. They would not be back until very late, just before sun-down of the next day. The cathawks' wings churned the air furiously to get the two sky- chariots with their heavy loads air bourn, and up to cruise altitude. For longer trips, they normally flew at about 15,000 feet. That is just-just above the peak of that great mountain to the South, now known as Mount Rainier. Having cleared the low hills, and with Mt. Rainier visible off their right, they flew eastward, and slightly southward. As they flew, they passed over the body of water now known as Puget Sound. After that, the cat-hawks strained to get them up and over all of the Cascades. Then on to somewhat dry, prairie-like land on beyond. Indeed, flying the sky-chariots became boring at times. There was nothing to do. The cathawks took care of the details of flying themselves. Py Nae Kot and Sunn only told them where they wanted to go. Perhaps it is a little like flying an airplane on auto- pilot. Py Nae Kot and Sunn mostly just laid around, relaxing or sleeping sometimes. And on THIS trip, each of the two in their own sky- chariot made talking difficult. The noise and distance required shouting to be heard. Later, restless Py Nae Kot, ever vivacious and full of energy, just could not settle down. And the scenery over this prairie-like country was exceedingly boring. (They were probably over the eastern half of present-day Washington State.) Sunn slept tight, in his sky-chariot. With nothing else to do, Py Nae Kot's mind dwelled on one thing and one thing only! She just HAD to do something about it! Between her big, tan, muscular legs, it ached... Py Nae Kot thought of a plan. Climbing over by rope would be resisted by Sunn if he was awake. Always safety-minded, he would not cooperate with such an action. So Py Nae Kot decided not to wake him. She could do it all herself... Py Nae Kot prepared a rope with a good solid 18 inch stick tied to the end of it. Hanging on the outside of her sky-chariot with 15,000 feet of air below her, she tossed the stick with rope attached so that it fell into the frame-work of Sunn's sky- chariot. She pulled it but it slipped loose. It took a few more tries, a few more tosses, but she finally managed to get the stick to lodge in the frame-work of Sunn's sky-chariot. Then, leaving plenty of slack so that the two sky-chariots would have negotiating space between, she securely fastened the other end of the rope to HER sky-chariot. She climbed out, and hanging on to the rope with her hands, 15,000 feet over the ground, she proceeded to move from her sky-chariot to Sunn's sky-chariot! Hand over hand she proceeded, until she made it to Sunn's sky-chariot, and clambered on in! She just couldn't wait! Burning with carnal desire, she stripped all her clothes while rousing Sunn from his slumber. Despite the cold of 15000 feet, she was quite comfortable, actually! In fact, it aroused her even further. The cold wind blowing on her now bare breasts, and coursing, swirling between her legs felt invigorating! Sunn was quite understandably surprised! Sunn looked up and saw through sleepy, blurred eyes, a beast- woman, naked, breathing heavy, eyes wide open adding to the already-insane look on her face. With a wicked grin flashing white teeth, like a beast about to devour helpless prey, the big muscle woman stood on her knees and hands over and astride him, ready to consume! So intense was the ache between her legs, Py Nae Kot hardly gave Sunn time to fully awake. She lowered her burning crotch down to one of Sunn's thighs and began dragging her starved genital over it, with hard-driving strokes. Immediately, copious vaginal secretion spread over Sunn's thigh. With Sunn tensed up, his big thigh muscles were extra hard. This allowed the clitoris of Py Nae Kot's vagina, dragging up and down on his thigh, to be stimulated a little. That's all it took! "OOHHH! OOOHHH!" she screamed as she blasted into orgasm! Thrusting her crotch up and down Sunn's thigh so fast and hard, his thigh began to blister. As she huffed and puffed and calmed down, she pushed up and looked at him, her eyes still ablaze. She looked down. Sunn's penis was long and hard! "That thing's gonna blow up in me as soon as it goes in me! I won't have time to get satisfied..." "I thought you just DID satisfy..." "That was just some tenseness from the clamor to get over here. The big one is coming. Here..." Big, steaming Py Nae Kot walked on her knees to where she was straddling Sunn's head! Sunn gulped. "Suck it! That finger-looking thing inside my cunt! Suck it like I showed you before. Then when I'm almost ready, I'll let your big cock in me, and we can both satisfy together!" In resignation Sunn said nothing as the powerful thighs of a six- and-a-half-foot, 250 pound muscle-woman lowered her dark-brown pubic area, steaming, dripping and over-grown with hair, down to Sunn's face! As with the few times before, particularly that first time in the "crow's nest", Sunn worked his fingers over the big, clearly formed genital of Py Nae Kot. Everything on that woman was big and heavy- duty. Vaginal secretions dripped on his face and dribbled down her inner thighs. Heavy breathing and groaning issued forth, from above. Sunn parted the lips of that giant vagina, and found the finger- like projection. He worked it into his mouth and began sucking - and right away - "OOOHHH! GOOD GRIEF A MIGHTY! OOOO! SUCK HARDER!" With a gigantic, heavy-weight muscle-woman over Sunn's face, blocking out almost all light and now beginning to heave and quake, it did make Sunn a little nervous. With his mouth securely holding on and sucking her clitoris, Sunn moved his hands up and over Py Nae Kot's big, tanned muscle-butt to her front and held on to her wide, muscular hips. He was trying to hold this female leviathan steady! Py Nae Kot huffed and screamed from waves and waves of ecstacy coming from between her legs. She was enjoying this immensely, but Sunn was having to endure some unsavory conditions. Py Nae Kot's vaginal secretions were pouring into Sunn's face and getting into his nostrils and eyes. He had to wince. Her thrusting was beating his nose. Then, in her growing excitement and accompanying loss of control, she seized Sunn's head with both her hands and raised him up that way, as she stood on her knees, up from the squatting position. That strained Sunn's neck as he opened his mouth - and released clitoris - to protest, "That hurts!" "I'M SORRY!" she huffed, "I FORGOT! FEELS SO GOOD! I'M READY! ENTER ME!" She let Sunn down and scrambled, on her knees, to where her dripping genital hovered over his lengthened penis. It had grown just an little softer to a rubbery hardness, but that was sufficient! Py Nae Kot lowered burning vagina down, and with her fingers, positioned his penis just at her vagina's lips - and the vagina did the rest! Py Nae Kot's vagina seemed to suck the penis in as she began wailing and screaming in ecstacy of pleasure. Rocketing into orgasm almost right away, she pulled Sunn into it with her! The next few minutes consisted of yelling, screaming and vigorous thrashing of each other's genitals... At last, both satisfied, they lay on their sides. Sunn began to pull his penis out - "NO! Leave it in me! We sleep like this." Py Nae Kot grabbed Sunn's hard butt, and pushed it up and toward herself so that his penis would be pushed back in, deep. Sunn obeyed Py Nae Kot, and on top of that, gave it an extra thrust to ram it as far in her as it would go in its semi-hard state. Sunn felt he could go at it again, but he would have to disturb his "Mistress" who was now dozing off, for permission. He figured he may as well save it for a better session later. After sleeping a while, they enjoyed each other's company. Now they could talk. They sat on the floor of the sky-chariot, Py Nae Kot crossed-legged and Sunn leaning on her sturdy shoulder, their backs against crates of seafood. Indeed this woman, bigger and stronger than most men, could be leaned on by most men, for security or assistance. Sunn hung on to her shoulder, while his free hand played her long and smooth, black hair. Still naked, she only wore a shawl about her shoulders, and a head-band. Sunn bundled up already, against the chill of high altitude. Sunn's fingers quitted the play with her hair, then felt over her big, firm breasts. His thumbs felt and pressed her large, hard nipples. "Mmmm!" groaned Py Nae Kot, "Not now! We're gonna land soon!" Sunn's hand slid down off her breasts and then rubbed her tummy, bumpy and hard with well-honed abs. His hands then progressed to her crotch made exceedingly accessible due to her cross-legged position. A big, dark vagina with penis-biting lips protruded beyond profuse, black, crotch-hair; it drew his hand in. His fingers became tangled in that ample bush of black hair... "You better stop doing that, or I'll rape you again!" Upon her warning, Sunn's hand left all that hair and just rubbed her huge, powerful thighs... "You're SO MAGNIFICENT!" Sunn breathed out, then laid his head on her shoulder. "OH! WHY do you always make me want to FUCK!? I can't get enough! I'd fuck on you now but see, we're descending! We're almost there!" Indeed, the cathawks' wings were out-stretched, no longer flapping, indicating they were on a descent-glide. "I gotta get back over there and guide them in. I'll tie this here better so I can more safely cross back over, then when I'm over there, you untie it! Okay?" Sunn was caught up watching Py Nae Kot's big arm-muscles writhe as she took the stick off the end of the rope and tied the rope more securely to Sunn's sky-chariot. "Uh, uh, okay! Are you sure you have to go back over? I think they know how to land." "If we were landing at home, sure. But I think I better oversee the landing. You can do without your Big Mama for just a bit, can't you? We'll be on the ground in just a little while!" Py Nae Kot gave Sunn a crushing hug in her big, muscle-arms, then clambered out. Still naked, even without the shawl, she climbed the rope back over. After climbing back into her sky-chariot, she pulled in the rope after Sunn untied it, and took the seat. The land was somewhat mountainous again although nothing like the Cascades. The sun was beginning to set with a gorgeous display of pastel oranges, yellow, and pale-green graduating to blue, then dark-blue above. Drawing ever closer to the ground, Py Nae Kot and Sunn searched for the "landing-strip" prepared by the Tribe. They lived in a valley. This land consisted of grass and few trees. They were probably in the area of either present-day Washington State, in the extreme South-Eastern corner, or just over the border into present-day Idaho. This tribe had prepared a "landing-strip" for the sky-chariots. The strip was cleared of unseen rocks, large clumps of grass, brush and other hazards to landing. In growing darkness, they found the strip, made the final approach and touched down. As the two sky-chariots rumbled to a stop, far away were a contingent of several of that Tribe's people, coming to greet them. Then up popped an item into Sunn's mind!... Fortunately, the contingent was still distant, barely discernable. While his sky-chariot was still rolling, he grabbed Py Nae Kot's clothes and jumped out, running toward her chariot which was ahead and touched down first. It was already rumbling to a stop. Big, nude Py Nae Kot stepped out, calmly, and smiling. "Calm down, Sunn! Good grief! It's not THAT important!" "Well, it might be! These people are not accustomed to a giant naked woman in their midst as we are!" "Okay, okay! Just give me this one. I've worn it here before, it's okay!" "Are you sure?" asked Sunn, as Py Nae Kot slipped into that thrown- away scrap of beaver-skin that she had fashioned into a kind of skimpy thong. "Look, people gotta learn that clothes are for decoration or protection from the cold, that's all. You don't HAVE to wear them. A lotta men dress like this, why not a woman? It's okay!" The group came closer. Teenagers and young people mostly, they came dragging wheel-less "pole-carts" to help unload the sky-chariots. Indeed they, especially the guys, looked up and down that tall, big Py Nae Kot, dressed only in that skimpy beaver-skin thong! Py Nae Kot was shocking, but exciting! Most of the Tribe's people accepted her manner of dress. The tribe was glad to see them and the delicious sea-food. It was quickly getting dark, so they prepared some of the sea-food for a feast. Sunn and Py Nae Kot prepared buffalo meat for themselves, since they did not want to consume any of the sea-food they worked so hard to bring. The sea-food was for this tribe, their tastes and the "big-neck-sickness". The tribes-people understood this, and gladly gave Py Nae Kot and Sunn some of their buffalo meat, which they had plenty of. The cathawks were unharnessed so that they could fly out themselves and find food, and places to sleep. The next morning, Py Nae Kot and Sunn re-harnessed the cathawks and prepared to take off. It was a very chilly morning. These inland places, they noted, would always get chilly by morning despite the day being quite warm, even hot. After final good-bys from the friends from that tribe, Py Nae Kot and Sunn took off in much lighter sky-chariots. Py Nae Kot planned to join Sunn later, as she did yesterday. Headed west and slightly northward to home, they arrived to cruise altitude. And passed it. Both Py Nae Kot and Sunn generally let the cathawks decide flight altitude for themselves. They certainly know more about flying than humans do. Py Nae Kot held off her move to Sunn's sky-chariot until they sensed that the cathawks were no longer climbing. But that sensation never came. Everything happens slowly on a cathawk sky- chariot, unlike an airplane or especially a jet, where one can tell clearly if they are climbing or not. Py Nae Kot and Sunn could only tell from the appearance of the ground below as to how high they were. Lulled off to drowsiness, they did not notice... Later, Sunn realized he was gasping. It felt like he had been running for hours. Suddenly, he realized something was not normal. One glance downward at the ground, so infinitely far away now, awash in a bluish pall convinced him something was not right. Also, the direction was wrong. They were headed INTO the morning sun, indicating they were flying EAST! "NO!, WRONG DIRECTION! WHOA THERE!" He ordered the cathawks to come about, but they did not. Py Nae Kot's... the same thing. Still by his side... "PY NAE KOT!, WAKE UP!" She awoke too, to observe the strange situation. It was frightfully cold! They wrapped themselves up in all of their blankets. The cathawks paid no attention to their commands to either turn around back to the west-west-north-west heading to go home, or to level off their ascent and descend. No matter what, the cathawks kept climbing. Py Nae Kot and Sunn shouted commands at the cathawks to either descend or turn around until their voices were sore. Shouting to be heard, Py Nae Kot and Sunn tried to discuss what was going on. The cathawks seemed to be in a trance. As if something was controlling them. They just kept climbing, higher, higher, and higher. They had never been so high! They couldn't catch their breath. The stinging, numbing cold penetrated all of their coats and blankets. The ground below was lost in a sea of blue and cloud tops of white. They felt cut off from the world below. Above, the sky was a dark blue, even a couple stars could be seen. "What in the world was going on!?" they wondered! "What do you think's got in to them!?" shouted Py Nae Kot to Sunn, somewhat breathlessly, as if running a long ways. "I don't know, I've never seen them behave in this manner!" replied Sunn, "I don't see how they can keep flying! They seem possessed! Surely they will turn back any minute now!" But the cathawks did not. By this time, indeed, the cathawks WERE being effected. They were showing signs of laboring. Both Py Nae Kot and Sunn were each reduced to crouching, shivering, despite being under layer after layer of coats and blankets, on the floor of each of their sky-chariots, behind the seat. They could not catch their breath. Panting furiously though they may, each breath simply did not deliver enough air to satisfy the burning, gasping feeling in their lungs! All their thoughts were on getting enough air. Sunn felt himself drifting away, he was going to loose consciousness. Then, while still barely conscious, Sunn felt the sky-chariot get buffeted, with an accompanying swirling sound. His ears ached, but suddenly his breaths were at last productive. He regained full consciousness. It became much warmer. Had the cathawks finally broke off their insane climb? Sunn clamored back to his seat. No, still MILES high off the ground. They were above everything. Even all clouds. Nothing but an infinity of deep blue. Overhead it was a very dark midnight blue. As the eye coursed from straight overhead to the horizon, there was sharp contrast between the dark, mid-night blue of straight up and the sky-blue seen close to the horizon. Below, was a canvas of swirling patterns of blues and gray-blues with patches of white cloud tops of various patterns and sizes. The ground simply could not be seen, at least, not readily. It was simply too far away! Next to the horizon, the clouds had interesting streaked patterns. The entire world below seemed so finite now. Sunn could see all the way around. The horizon curved all around them. It was as if... as if they were over a great, big ball! As Sunn looked around, he could see that Py Nae Kot's sky-chariot was still by his side. She was looking too. Sunn shouted to her, "We seem to be above everything! EVERYTHING! Even all clouds!" But Py Nae Kot replied, "Well, ALMOST everything! Look ahead, and above!..." Sunn looked ahead and slightly above... indeed, there was one small cloud they were still not over yet. A small cloud, all by itself surrounded by the vast emptiness of blue. The tiny cloud seemed to sparkle. "Curious!", observed Sunn, "I wonder why it is way up here all by itself?" "I don't know," replied Py Nae Kot, but it DOES seem like our cathawks are flying straight toward it!" Sunn had not noticed before. Still a long ways off, and quite a ways above them, if they WERE going toward it, they would have to go even HIGHER! Just for the sake of being able to say "I tried", Sunn gave one more shot at trying to command the cathawks to break off their climb. But to no avail, they continued to climb and forge ahead, steadily, unwavering, their wings rhythmically swooshing up and down. Slowly, the lone, sparkling little cloud drew nearer... and nearer and nearer. Agonizingly slow, both Py Nae Kot and Sunn were consumed by curiosity over this particular cloud. Why were the cathawks so determined to fly to it? And why this particular cloud? And what was this cloud doing up here? All other clouds of the entire world were way down there, way below them. As they drew nearer, it became apparent that this was no ordinary cloud. It did not change in shape or size. It just hovered out there, unchanging in space. It also did not look like any other cloud. Now much closer, they could begin to see why it seemed to sparkle. It wasn't the usual foggy mists of most clouds. This one seemed to be made of crystal! Closer and closer. Py Nae Kot and Sunn soon realized that this cloud was not that tiny. As they drew near, it was huge! The lower part of it, the base, was typically cloud like. But on top of this base was a most fascinating, beautiful crystal display. Hundreds of random facets, straight and angular, reflected and refocused the incoming sunlight. Pure and clear, with shades of light blue, lavender and some pinks, it was the most astounding sight Py Nae Kot or Sunn had ever seen! Strange, it was perfectly warm now. Both Py Nae Kot and Sunn were able to shed all of their blankets and coats. Breathing was no problem. The sky-chariots passed the altitude of the base of this extraordinary place. They could see the area surrounding the foundation of the magnificent display of giant crystalline forms. They could see also, that there was a strip... yes, a landing strip, apparently for them and their sky-chariots! With no commands from Py Nae Kot or Sunn, the cathawks aligned themselves with this runway, as if on final approach for a landing. "What do you think!? Are we going to land there?" asked Sunn of Py Nae Kot as if she knew. Of course she didn't know, but just guessing, "It sure seems so! They are doing a standard approach, that's for sure. Hang on, I think we're goin' in!" exclaimed Py Nae Kot as the sky-chariots now fully aligned with that landing strip, began the final approach. Closer and closer to that huge crystal-city, approaching and descending to the runway. Over the edge of the base of this unusual cloud they went. Straining their eyes to see, Py Nae Kot and Sunn tried to make out what the cloud's base was made of. It seem to be like a cottony material. It looked soft. Then they glided over the beginning edge of the runway... Lower, lower, then the flare, and... touch down! The rear wheels crunching down first, they noted the runway was extraordinarily smooth! The runway was wide enough for both Py Nae Kot's sky-chariot and Sunn's sky-chariot to land side by side. Then gradually, the fronts of both sky-chariots came wafting down, smoothly, easily. The front wheels touched and then, as usual, the cathawks dropped their wings in the way they always do to create a drag, in order to more quickly slow down. Automatically, out of habit, both Py Nae Kot and Sunn applied their wooden levered brakes. They came smoothly to a stop, with plenty of runway left over. Their two cathawk sky-chariots still side by side, Py Nae Kot and Sunn just looked at each other, then looked at their surroundings. First and foremost, the featured sight, the huge crystal-city loomed and towered over them. Sparkling, refracting, reflecting and refocusing, it was a ballet of delicately and iridescently colored light put on by the hundreds of huge crystals of the crystal city! Astounding and breath-taking does not come close to fully describing it. Above and beyond the crystal-city's structures, was that deep midnight blue sky. Looking in the other direction, down the runway from which they came, the cottony gleaming white of the crystal-city's base extended a piece beyond the runway then dropped off. Beyond the edge of the base of course, was that same deep blue sky. Py Nae Kot and Sunn were curious as to what this place was made of. They exited their sky-chariots. The runway was hard and smooth, with just ever so slight a-give. They walked over to the side of the runway, where plumes of whatever that material was that made up the crystal-city's base. They were indeed soft, cottony. They were warm and comfortable to sit on, or in. Somewhat difficult to walk through though. It was an exercise of stepping over the plumes. And with each step, one had to deal with the foot sinking into the soft material somewhat; sort of like walking on deep, powdery sand. Py Nae Kot did what she always likes to do when ever she gets the chance, take off her clothes! It was warm. The two of them were already down to their minimal clothes. For Py Nae Kot, that meant only a mere brief animal skin around her pubic area, tied high around her waist, so that the entire length her big, muscular thighs and sides of her butt could be seen. But now, even THAT came off. She tossed it aside, into her sky- chariot, leaving her dressed only in a bead-necklace, head-band, and some bracelets. She spread her legs and stretched, luxuriantly and seductively, as if to soak in the joys of being nude! Then she fell back into one of the cottony-soft plumes. "AHH! Nice! Join me, Sunn!" Sunn settled in next to Py Nae Kot, and began feeling over her hard tummy and big breasts again. "What IS this place?" Sunn wondered out loud. Sunn's eyes had a hard time deciding whether to gaze upon Py Nae Kot's EXCRUCIATINGLY sexy body, or to continue to take in the wonders of this crystal city they found themselves in. "Let me see..." Sunn mutered as he walked over to one of the large crystals. Within its facets he thought he saw someone. It startled him so that he stepped back a pace or two, until he realized that it was himself. The smooth, reflective surface of the crystal was mirroring his own image, like the smooth surface of a quiet pond. "Look at this!" he called to Py Nae Kot. She just said, "Describe it to me, I'm busy being... 'flollopy'..." she just did not want to leave her comfortable seat. "No, come on," insisted Sunn, "You can see yourself in this!" THAT sparked Py Nae Kot's interest. She rose from her seat and walked on over. Sunn just wanted to see her magnificent body doing something! Py Nae Kot took one look... "Wow..." she laughed, "fancy that!" She struck several sexy poses... which was nothing for Py Nae Kot. Even slouched, that would STILL be a sexy pose for her! She seemed to be quite fascinated with herself. And of course Sunn was enjoying the show! Then Sunn noticed movement in the corner of his eye. While Py Nae Kot was still striking poses, Sunn turned to behold another beautiful and wondrous sight! Gliding quietly, gracefully through the maze of crystals, coming out from within the crystal-city, was another big, tall, somewhat muscled woman, regal in appearance, dressed in VERY brief clothing made of some kind of snow-white, lacy material... "OH MY GOSH, THE GODDESS!!" exclaimed Sunn, startling Py Nae Kot. He fell to his knees, bowing before her. Py Nae Kot has never seen this Goddess or spirit. With her first gaze upon this... unusual, to say the least, presence, she just stood there like a statue, spell bound! Py Nae Kot appeared a little taller, bigger, and more muscular than the Goddess. But an aura surrounded the Goddess giving her a greater "presence" than Py Nae Kot. The Goddess's skin was porcelain-smooth and blemish free, while Py Nae Kot's skin was rougher looking with various little "dings" and scars one might expect on someone who lives primitively. And, again, the Goddess was scantily dressed in some kind of absolutely snow-white lacy material, while Py Nae Kot was completely nude except for some beads and bracelets. "Kneel!" ordered Sunn to Py Nae Kot, "She's the GODDESS, the giver of life to the cathawks!... and other stuff that's been going on here lately!" "S... Sure, uh.. sure thing..." Py Nae Kot stuttered out nervously. She immediately assumed a bowing, kneeling position next to Sunn, in front of this Goddess! THIS time, the Goddess actually spoke, vocally, unlike before when her thoughts were somehow directly placed into Sunn's mind. "Do not fear me! I am you... I am Py Nae Kot... I am Sunn... in fact, I am the Spirit of the North American People! Because all of you live, I live. Get up, no need to kneel! I am NOT that kind of spirit." Py Nae Kot and Sunn got up slowly, still reverent to this unusual personality. The Goddess continued, "No, you have no need to fear me, I am here only to help." The Goddess spoke clearly, with an almost musical voice. Strange, her voice seemed to be coming from all around, as if from the Crystal City itself. Despite its softness, her voice seemed to convey, or perhaps originate from, great power. She continued, turning to walk in to the Crystal City itself, gesturing for them to follow, "What you SHOULD FEAR, however, is the decimation of the North American People that will begin after 3000 years from now." "DECIMATION!" thought Py Nae Kot and Sunn at the same time as they looked at each other then back to the Goddess. "A great invasion will occur which will all but destroy the lives we all now know. Change is inevitable, but at least I have been given permission to help you build a new nation, where the spirit of the North American People can soar as NEVER BEFORE!" Once again, Py Nae Kot and Sunn glanced at each other with the same thought, "Permission? She needs permission? From who?" Absolutely tongue-tied, neither one of them could voice the question to the Goddess. Anyway, she continued before they could speak... "But you must pioneer and build this great new nation yourself, to prove your worthiness to the Great Spirit..." Py Nae Kot and Sunn once more glanced at each other with the thought, "Oh, THAT'S who she needed permission from!" then gazed back to the Goddess as she continued... "You will be provided with raw materials consisting of a great new land, and a fine people, kind and giving, innocent in spirit, but in dire need of leadership, which YOU can provide." The Goddess, smiling in a pleasant and pretty manner at them, seemed to be giving them time to soak this in. Sunn could not utter a word! The bolder Py Nae Kot, standing nude and somewhat casually in front of the Goddess finally managed, "B... but why us? We are not Chieftains, not even Chieftain's Son's or Daughters. We have no experience..." "Yes..." said the Goddess, "No experience leading a single tribe of your people. All the better, for it will take a different type of experience to build this new nation that has been found for you. The two of you have been selected for your dynamic personalities, especially you, Py Nae Kot, for the people you will be leading respond best to a Woman's leadership. Your personalities also best match the times, conditions and other situations that you will find yourself in." Sunn, still petrified, unable to speak, stood mute as Py Nae Kot continued to question the Goddess. Sunn wouldn't have dared! Py Nae Kot inquired, "But just who are these people? Where are they? Are you sure we... or I... can lead them?" The Goddess replied, "You only need to be as you always have been... courageous, dynamic, intelligent, strong, both in body and spirit. I will provide basic knowledge into the minds of YOU, Sunn, and your cathawks, in order that you may find this new land and begin your mission!" Py Nae Kot asked, "Then, will we be going far away, never to see our family again? My Mom, and Dad, will miss me, as will Sunn's parents..." Py Nae Kot was interrupted by a most unexpected presence... "Do not be concerned," said Py Nae Kot's MOTHER, standing RIGHT THERE! Suddenly, just like that, she, Py Nae Kot's Mother, stood just behind the Goddess. Her Mother took a few steps foward to assume a position standing next to the Goddess. She said, "I will know of your mission, I will understand, I will not be sad!" Py Nae Kot could not speak for a few seconds, "How... where..., that is, how can this be?..." The Goddess softly spoke, "As we stand here discussing this, several of your people are seeing this in their dreams..." the Goddess gestured with her hand for Py Nae Kot and Sunn to look behind themselves. To their amazement, there was the Chieftain, flanked by some of his Elders. Sunn's Parents were there, along with Py Nae Kot's Father. And, again, there was Py Nae Kot's Mother, still standing next to the Goddess! Py Nae Kot, ever alert, ever inquisitive, asked further, "You say they are seeing us in their dreams? But how can they be dreaming? It is almost noon, they are AWAKE!" The Goddess smiled and said, "My, you ARE alert to every detail! Well, to answer your question: Using processes and forces that I have NO WAY of explaining to you, since they involve other dimensions other than the three dimensions that your physical lives exist in, you are now existing OUTSIDE TIME as you know it. Right now, it is noon time for you, but still just after midnight for your loved ones here!" Py Nae Kot, amazed and not completely understanding what she just heard, then asked, "DIMENSION? What do you mean by dimension? You mean like the size of an object? What's this 'OTHER DIMENSION' stuff?" The Goddess answered, explaining, "Your physical lives take place in a basal three dimensions which are given life and movement by the all pervading dimension, TIME. You know of height, width, depth, and time. But there exists in the complete universe, many other, higher dimensions. As the physical body grows and goes through life, a body that exists in the higher dimensions is being developed. How you live your life determines how this other body develops. When one dies, the development of this other body ceases, and at that time, hopefully, you have developed a good one. At that time, the other body, that you commonly refer to as a spirit, is released from the basal three dimensions to enter a form of existence that is very different from what you now know. You are un-equipped to even begin to fathom just what that existence is. All I can tell you, that you will then be closer to the Great Spirit that controls and gives life to ALL the universe and ALL its dimensions." Py Nae Kot, totally spell-bound by amazement, could only say, "WOW!" The Goddess finally concluded, "Those who you see before you now, ARE the spirits, the other bodies of your loved ones. Although their actual form may be different, your physical brain registers the spirits that YOUR spirit is now directly perceiving, and then supplies the corresponding physical form from memory." Py Nae Kot's Mother stepped up closer to her to say, "You do as this Goddess commands! I will be all right. Do not be concerned of me." Sunn, completely mute through all of this, was then approached by HIS Mother and Father. His Father said, with his Mother nodding her head in agreement, "Likewise, Sunn, do as the Goddess says. You apparently have a great mission to do for all of our people." Sunn only managed a gravel-sounding "Y.. Yes sir!... (ehem...) I will!" The Chieftain and the Elders also had words of encouragement to say. They praised Py Nae Kot and Sunn for apparently having such qualities as to even impress The Spirits. At that time, Sunn notice a presence he had not noticed before. "Naguta!? Is that you?" What ever it was, it could not communicate with them. But it was hanging around as if wishing to join. The light, fluttering, barely visible translucent presence was noted, first by Sunn, then by Py Nae Kot. It WAS Naguta! By why did he appear so!? Sunn kneeled and bowed before the Goddess, bashful and perhaps fearful of speaking to her. "Wh.. What's wr.. wrong with Naguta? Why does he appear like that? Like a wisp of fog he is..." The Goddess knelt down with Sunn, grasped his hands, then stood back up pulling Sunn up with her. She gently said, smiling reassuringly, "Now look, you, I told you there is no need for kneeling. But, to answer your question: Your friend Naguta DOES concern me. His spirit, his 'other-body', is barely there. He is NOT living his life correctly. He should be warned. If his physical life were to end today, there would not be much to continue into the next existence." The Chieftain reassured the Goddess, "Do not worry, I will see to it that he gets the proper discipline and training. We WILL straighten him out!" The Chieftain sounded stern! "Indeed, Naguta will receive some strict new rules of conduct among other things!" The Goddess turned to the Chieftain, smiled and said, "Very good!" She turned back to Py Nae Kot and Sunn, and said, "Well, do you feel ready? You have a long trip ahead of you. Your physical brains and the brains of the cathawks have been given the basic knowledge needed to find the new world." Py Nae Kot said, "Yes, indeed we are! Now don't worry about me, Mom, I... huh?" as Py Nae Kot turned to address her Mother, she noticed she was gone. Py Nae Kot and Sunn both looked behind them to see that indeed, the rest of them were gone too! The Goddess said gently, "Yes, they have been returned back to their time, and you, back to yours. You are now no longer outside of time. You will find, that not even one second has passed since we first met. This gives you a good half day to get under way on your journey! Now hurry! A brave new world awaits you!" The Goddess said this as she guided them out of the maze of crystals, back to the outside. And there on the "air-strip", were their cathawks, eager and ready to go, the cathawk-sky-chariots already pointed outward for take-off. The Goddess saw them to their sky-chariots. The Goddess said as Py Nae Kot climbed aboard her sky-chariot and Sunn climbed on his, "Now do not worry, your life-support will continue until you reach a lower altitude. And remember Py Nae Kot, YOU are the crux of this. Just be brave, bold, and strong, both physically and in spirit, as you always have been to now, and you WILL do WELL!" Without any commands from Py Nae Kot or Sunn, the cathawks began their take-off roll. About half way down the run-way, Py Nae Kot looked back to wave a final good-by to the Goddess, but she was no where in sight. "She's already gone!" shouted Py Nae Kot over the wind-noise to Sunn. Sunn looked back and nodded, saying, shouting over the wind-noise, "Yes! Clean, quick, God-like efficiency! We seem to have been given an important mission!" Py Nae Kot nodded in agreement as the cathawks began their take- off flare, then became air-borne. They left the cloud that the Crystal City sat upon, turned downward and towards the east-east-south-east direction they were going earlier. And in doing so, they actually flew UNDER the base of the cloud that supported the Crystal City. As they descended, the warmth and ease of breathing began to give way to numbing cold and the breathlessness they felt before. But as the cathawks were going DOWN this time, the descent was quick. Soon, they arrived at milder altitudes, more like they are used to, about 12,000 feet. Then, strange, looking back and up, both Py Nae Kot and Sunn could see the Crystal City and its cloud were gone... nothing but dark- blue sky and a few stars. They flew on eastward and somewhat southward, penetrating much further east than they ever have before. And that was just the beginning. The cathawks did indeed seem to know where to go, and Py Nae Kot and Sunn felt that the course was correct, somehow. Three-thousand and five-hundred years ago it was not yet known by the name Florida. But that hot, steamy land of lush jungles was their destination. Even Py Nae Kot and Sunn had no idea where they were going, although they felt the direction was right. The sky-chariots of Py Nae Kot and Sunn followed a route not unlike that which an airline-jet would essentially take flying non-stop from Seattle to Florida... just a lot slower! They flew as far as they could that day, then landed in a prairie like place for the night's rest. Cathawks under way do only about 30 to 35 miles an hour air-speed. If they can fly at an altitude of a wind going in their direction, they make considerably better time. Indeed, they vied for altitudes of favoring winds. Several days would pass before the trek to (what would be named later as) Florida completed. Py Nae Kot and Sunn noted the change of geography and weather. They passed over the high, rugged Rockies, then the central plains. They noted the dryness of Central Plains weather. Then on across the central plains to approximately the southern part of the Appalachian Mountains, then on into Florida and its "mountains" of clouds. During the trans-continental part of their journey, Py Nae Kot and Sunn noticed evidence of human settlements strewn, here and there, along the way. The settlements or villages of 3500 years ago were those of the various other Native American tribes that occupied the North American continent of that time. Py Nae Kot and Sunn took care to always land far AWAY from any human settlement for night time rests. As for eating, they ate frugally. They somehow knew what to look for in these strange new places. Perhaps THAT knowledge was placed by the Goddess also. The cathawks also knew what to find and eat. Once during the trek, the sky-chariots passed close over high ground; a very high hill or small mountain. It was in the area we know today as the Great Smokey Mountains. Their altitude, about 3000 feet at the time for they were still climbing out after a night's rest, put them about 200 feet over the hill. Two hundred feet is merely the height of a small sky-scrapper, allowing some very surprised Native Americans of that ancient time to catch sight of the chariots! Crossing a clearing atop the hill, a small contingent of them, mixed adult men and women, perhaps gathering fruit or roots, pointed frantically. Some scattered and took cover. "They see us!" Shouted Sunn. "Yeah! Perhaps they think we're an air-monster! Climb harder, we are not ready for contact!" They continued to point as the chariots climbed out and away. Those that dashed for shelter came hesitantly out. Later, they were barely-discernable dots on the ground when the sky-chariots passed through some low clouds. Breaking forth above the clouds, Py Nae Kot and Sunn lost sight of them; they were in a world of blazing blue with gleaming white, below. The last day of the trans-continental part of their voyage took them from somewhere in the mountains of what is now Central Georgia, to the east coast of Florida, about where present-day Daytona beach is. The sun was beginning to set amidst strange looking, piled up clouds. Py Nae Kot and Sunn never saw clouds quite like these. They glowed orange from the sunset. As they began their descent, the sun disappeared behind one cloud. The cloud seemed to posses a glowing border or edge around it. Beams of sunlight streaked away from it to overhead. Already, this place promised to be different. The sun and its glowing bank of clouds were way across the land- mass to the west. To the east, and their left since they were headed south, was an infinite expanse of water. They lined up and prepared to touch down on the beach, directly below. As they continued to descend this time, they noticed a marked change in the feel of the weather. As they came out of the cool, dry high altitudes, they descended into what felt like a wet, warm blanket! As the evening grew darker with the sun behind a bank of clouds, they touched down on the beach. The low tide gave access to the hard-packed wet sand for the landing-roll. In that condition, the beach provided an excellent landing strip for the sky-chariots. The inland areas were densely packed with vegetation, with almost NO place to land. As they rolled to a stop, Py Nae Kot and Sunn both could not help but notice the extreme dampness of the air. Fortunately, there WAS a good breeze, otherwise, the temperature would have been uncomfortably warm. After releasing the cathawks to forage for food then find places to sleep as they always do, Py Nae Kot and Sunn found a meal in the form of clams, mostly. Somehow, they knew to dig where ever they noted little dimples in the wet sand that bubbled. Cooking them over a fire from drift-wood, they had their first meal of some kind of meat in several days. While eating, Py Nae Kot and Sunn felt that their journey was about to take a different turn. "Is this it? This hot, sultry place?" asked Sunn. Py Nae Kot replied, "No... no, I don't think so. Search your knowledge, that which the Goddess provided. Tomorrow... tomorrow the journey continues. We will be flying over that ocean..." "Over the ocean!..." interrupted Sunn, "my goodness, it looks endless! Over the ocean to where!? When we were still in the sky, YOU saw it! There's no land on the other side... there IS NO other side!" "Shh, calm down, Sunn! Surely the Goddess would not have us flying over an endless ocean only to perish for lack of a place to land for rest and food." Py Nae Kot reassured. Py Nae Kot and Sunn looked out over the endless ocean. They looked down the beach, first one way then the other way. Sunn commented, "Boy, we sure are out in the middle of no where! I feel so isolated!" Py Nae Kot said, just a little impatiently, "Oh you of little faith! Do you not trust the Gods at all!? I feel that... I feel we are going to start across the ocean tomorrow then... then... well, I don't know, something strange, like we have never experienced before. I can't quite put it into words!" As darkness fell, Py Nae Kot and Sunn bedded down together in the same sky-chariot, as they always do, on side-by-side cots. When flying, they each sat in their own sky-chariot. But on the ground, resting, it would, of course make no difference if double the human weight was in one sky-chariot. It put Sunn in convenient reach of Py Nae Kot for when her libido got the best of her, which happened at least twice every night. But they were pestered this particular night by mosquitoes and a damp, steamy heat. Even at night, it would not cool down. What was worse, the breeze stopped half way through the night. It was so uncomfortable, they woke up and then had to walk around. After a couple hours however, the breeze picked up again, blowing from the land this time. They were finally able to get back to sleep. "I sure hope we don't have to live in a place like this!" muttered Sunn sleepily as he lay down. Sunn was awakened in the usual manner... by 250 pounds of 6 and 1/2 foot woman over him, nude and hungry for sex! All the while, the morning sun was breaking forth, seemingly, from that endless ocean itself. After Sunn thrust copious amounts of his Love into Py Nae Kot's furnace, she finally calmed down enough for her head to clear. Py Nae Kot stepped out of the sky-chariot and soaked in the scenery and morning air with a long, luxuriant stretch of her magnificent nude body. Sunn's eyes bugged out like the eyes of one of those crabs running around on the beach! He always enjoyed her "stretch- shows"! Big and tall, her muscles writhed up and down the entirety of her awesome body as she stretched. The sun, good and orange now, reflected beautifully off the ever changing reflective surface of the ocean's waves. Tall, puffy clouds, tinted orange, hung way out over the ocean. Py Nae Kot's beautiful skin took on an even redder glow in such light. Providing dramatic contrast, her long, smooth black hair lay freely down her back AND front, bunching up between her breasts. The hair on her front lacked only 12 inches from the top of that profuse bush of black hair between her legs and on her lower- tummy. Sunn's eyes feasted! Py Nae Kot commented, "You know, I wouldn't mind living here if it wasn't for being so hot and damp. Such beautiful scenery! But goodness, such dampness. If I did not know better, I would swear I'm dressed in clothes soaked with warm water! Really, I don't even feel that I'm nude right now! Not to mention, I feel sticky. And gosh! The mosquitoes!" Sunn agreed, saying, "You're not kidding! Those mudders feasted on me last night! My BITES have got bites!" After another couple of contemplative moments, taking in the scenery, Py Nae Kot announced, "Well, SOMETHING's going to happen with our journey today. We are going to take off and head OVER all that WATER, and.. and.. I really don't know WHAT will happen after that!" Sunn stated, "I just wonder where those people that are supposed to need our leader-ship are. From the air yesterday, I saw only evidence of OUR kind of people, scattered, here and there. I wonder how THEY stand this heat and dampness!" Py Nae Kot replied, "It is interesting how the weather changed as we traveled. It appears that each land has its own particular weather. Anyway, I would assume the people here are accustomed to this. Perhaps if they were to travel to OUR home-land, they would find it to be too cold. But anyway, those folks that need the leaders are not the inhabitants around here or anywhere we have seen. Those who we have seen so far are merely different tribes of OUR kind of People." Py Nae Kot looked over that great ocean, and continued, "I suspect that whoever it is, is out THERE, somewhere. And we are about to find out... perhaps today!" Sunn gazed at the two sky-chariots and the cathawks that were even now, beginning to gather from where ever they found to sleep during the night. He said, "I wonder what would happen, if after we take off, we simply commanded the cathawks to go back west... and home..." Py Nae Kot demanded, "You better not! I need your company. And the Gods ordered this. Do you dare defy the Gods!? Besides, the more I think about this, the more excited I am to get going and find out just what it is that we are to get into and do!" Py Nae Kot, without a stitch of clothes, beamed with exciting anticipation as she took some steps toward the ocean, gesturing toward the east. She finally said, "Times a-wasting! Let's clean up camp and get going!" Sunn was not to sanguine about this, but he was really in it now, like it or not! He helped Py Nae Kot clean up camp and reign up the cathawks. The shells of the clams they ate were buried just in back of the sand-dune. (The start of another ancient "Indian kitchen- midden?") They readied the cathawk-sky-chariots and took one last look around. Py Nae Kot announced, "Well Sunn, this is it... isn't that awfully hot?" she suddenly asked, noticing that Sunn had a rather heavy warm shawl over his shoulders. Sunn answered, "Well, we are about to take off, it will be cold up there." Py Nae Kot replied, "Come on, you can just lay that blanket beside you, like I did mine. I'm sweating like mad, I CAN'T wear ANY thing YET! I'm gonna wait until we get up there. THEN I'll put something on... you're just SO NERVOUS! That you're wearing is like a 'security blanket'! Come on, Sunn, relax! We're not being led to slaughter!" "Oh, okay," conceded Sunn, as he boarded his sky-chariot and took off the shawl. Py Nae Kot and Sunn commanded their cathawks to take off. They began the take-off-roll down the beach in a southward direction. They flared, and then were air-borne. As usual, with no command at all from Py Nae Kot or Sunn, the cathawks set themselves on a heading that only they knew about exactly. After gaining some altitude, say about 200 feet, sure enough, they banked toward the left which was east, and then they were flying OVER THE WATER! They could see it down there, the waves crashing to shore, and that endless expanse of water toward the east. They continued to gain altitude to the usual 10,000 to 15,000 feet that they usually fly. After a while, the shore was WAY BEHIND them, and they were definitely over a humongous body of water. Further and further they flew. Minutes ticked by, then hours. Noon time came and went. Then the hours of the after-noon began trekking by. With absolutely NO LAND in sight, either ahead of them, or behind... or to the left or to the right!... Sunn began to getting worried. Suddenly, he shouted to Py Nae Kot over the noise, "I'm getting out of here, I'm heading back!" "NO! You FOOL!" Py Nae Kot shouted out toward Sunn. But Sunn barked out the orders to his cathawks to turn around. Py Nae Kot once again demanded, "You STOP THIS! You're going to mess things up!" But she had no cause to worry. Sunn's cathawks simply ignored him. Shout orders to turn around though he may, they just ignored him! Py Nae Kot shouted, "You SEE, fool!? We ARE COMMITTED! Now DON'T CAUSE TROUBLE!" Sunn realized the cathawks were not going to obey him, but worried, he shouted to Py Nae Kot, "But what do YOU think's going on!? Look, the sun is setting, even if we DID turn around, we could not make it back before dark! How many days and nights do you think these cathawks can fly continuously before dropping into that.. that.. that POOL down there!?" Py Nae Kot demanded impatiently, "Will you PLEASE just have a LITTLE FAITH! As I said before, I DON'T think the Goddess or the other Gods are going to run us way out here only to perish! If they wanted to end our lives, they would just have us.. just would make us drop! Now just relax. I feel that REAL SOON now, within minutes or just one hour at the most, a great change in the nature of this journey is going to occur. I would come over there and RAPE you to get your mind off of all that worrying if it wasn't for the fact, that I know I better remain seated, for something is about to happen! Now CALM DOWN!" The sexually exciting thought of that big, 250-pound Py Nae Kot forcing him into sex occupied Sunn's thoughts, silencing him a bit. She has used that method before. Indeed, it IS a delightful way to be forced out of worrying about something! Sunn kept silent as they continued their eastward and slightly southward heading. The weather around them was peaceful enough. Way toward the west, a huge bank of storm clouds could be seen. But right around them, was only peace. The azure-blue water below was sprinkled with puffy white clouds, most of which they were flying way above. It was chilly, at 12,000 feet altitude, and even Py Nae Kot finally wore a shawl about her shoulders... but that was ALL! In fact, with Sunn quiet, and everything peaceful... nothing happening at the moment, as usual in such conditions, Py Nae Kot began to feel a gnawing, a burning urge between her big, muscular legs. She could not take her mind off how nice it would feel for "something" to be shoved up in there! She thought more about it, and the burning hunger continued to build. The area between her legs began to get wet. She spread her legs allowing the chilly air to blow it dry. Despite the chilly breeze, Py Nae Kot began to feel very warm and flushed, causing her to remove the shawl. The chilly breeze over her nude body felt invigorating, making her all the more hungry! She gazed over to Sunn's sky-chariot and Sunn himself. He was nodding off to sleep, wrapped up in blankets. Py Nae Kot's thoughts turned crude. "He's so cute and cuddly like that!... OH! How I would love to pull those things off him and RAPE his little tush! Boy that would be..." WHOMP!... Py Nae Kot's carnal thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a buffeting of the sky-chariot, causing her to grab tight hold of the guard-rail in front of her! Suddenly, looking around, she noticed everything was WEIRD! She heard, "Py Nae Kot!, what's GOING ON!?" hollered Sunn, frightened. His sky-chariot experienced the buffeting too. But the buffeting was only a piece of the weirdness! The sky looked awful! First of all, it had become a garish red! Py Nae Kot felt tingling and even stinging sensations over all her self. Sunn also experienced the same, hollering, "It feels like ants all over my body! Py Nae Kot, what's happening!!?" Py Nae Kot looked down to observe a strange florescence around her body... and the cathawks and entire sky-chariot! They experience more severe buffeting... the sky lost its garish red and became pitch dark. The only source of light was the eerie glow on their bodies, cathawks and sky-chariots, along with a generous sprinkling of tiny sparks, here, there, everywhere! The sparks just hovered in space. They could not see down, in fact, they could not tell WHICH WAY WAS down! A sensation of falling into a bottomless pit befell them. The buffeting had been tapering off only to start up again, suddenly... as if they smacked into a wall of freezing cold air! The buffeting turned them completely around, somersaulting end over end and cork- screwing. Then, as suddenly as it began, peace! But a weird peace. Pitch dark except for stars... millions of stars, like on a super-clear night, but, they were all around! No EARTH below! The florescence around their bodies vanished, and there was no wind, as if standing still. It still felt like they were falling, however. "SUNN!" Py Nae Kot called out. But no answer. She could not see if his sky-chariot was still with hers or not. It was so cold! Py Nae Kot wished to pull on some blankets or something, but dared not let go of the rail in front of her, for fear of more buffeting. And indeed, it came. BASH! As if smacked by a giant hand, they tumbled wildly again! Py Nae Kot thought she heard chanting, like a legion of people singing the same thing over and over again. It faded in and out over the noise of the buffeting... she wondered what was the source, spirits? Long departed? The buffeting worsened, Py Nae Kot wondered if the sky-chariots could hold together through all this! Light began to filter through what seemed to be mists... a ghostly bluish-green light. WHAP! The buffeting suddenly heaved the sky-chariot in another direction although Py Nae Kot had no idea toward where. At least it seemed to feel not quite so cold. Py Nae Kot noted the light became a more natural white or bluish-white... suddenly, she realized that she and the sky-chariot were tumbling end over end through a quite ordinary and peaceful sky! The cathawks finally managed to regain control and stabilize their flight. AT LAST it was peaceful. The cathawks' wings swooshing rhythmically, they banked into a turn as they adjusted their heading. Py Nae Kot looked around... there in the extreme distance and a little above her, was the other sky-chariot, hopefully with Sunn still in it. Py Nae Kot waited anxiously as the two sky- chariots drew closer together. Finally close enough... "Py Nae Kot! Are you okay!?" came the welcome voice of a concerned Sunn. "Yes!" hollered Py Nae Kot, then continued, "Boy! THAT was a trip and a half, wasn't it!?" Sunn answered with a question, "Yeah, what in the devil WAS all THAT!? WHAT did we GO THROUGH!?" Py Nae Kot answered, "Well, off hand I would say we just went through that change in the nature of our journey that I have been talking about!" "But NOW what? Where are we, and where are we to go? We're still over the ocean!" asked Sunn. Py Nae Kot replied, "Yes, I see! And at considerably lower altitude. It appears the cathawks are climbing to a higher altitude, back to where we normally fly." ..... * * * * * * * * Sound familiar? We stayed with them during the passage through the time portal to see how they would fare in cathawk-sky-chariots rather than an airplane as Py Nae Kot of our time did. But after this, the ocean, the direction of flight, the HUGE mountains that are "not supposed" to be there... they saw it all, but from lower altitude and a much slower air speed. Because of the much slower air speed, they can't travel as far. The EX-2000 traveled all the way to the Central Capital, the cathawks wafting along at 35 miles per hour barely made it to the first lower mountain ranges by dusk..... * * * * * * * * They drew close to a mountain ridge of about 8000 feet. They prepared to touch down on its east-side at about the 6000 foot level, in an open meadow. They made their approach. The cathawks circled around a bit giving Py Nae Kot and Sunn a chance to make sure there were no hidden stones in the meadow (often the case, when landing in the mountains). The cathawks themselves also needed to size up the landing. Finally they went in. Wafting gently down, the wheels of Py Nae Kot's sky-chariot touched down first. It was bumpy, but okay. Sunn's sky-chariot also made its touch down a distance away for safety. They both rolled to a stop. At last they were on the ground, or, on a mountain anyway. The scene was very peaceful and beautiful. They stood in the midst of a meadow of green and brown grasses and flowers of yellow and red. There was grand scenery to the east. It was pleasantly cool. Through it all, Py Nae Kot was still nude, having shed her shawl, and appeared to plan to stay that way. The breeze on her body felt good, it was just right. Sunn walked up to her saying, "Well, what about it, Great Leader!? Where in heavens ARE WE!?" Py Nae Kot just stood a bit, walked around a bit, stood again, looking around. She looked at the sky, the mountains, the valley down there, even pulled a hand full of grass and a flower or two. "What do you think of this place, Sunn?" Py Nae Kot looked pensive as she ask that question almost unconsciously. Sunn nervously answered, "Heh.. wh.. what do you mean what do I think of it? I think it's a swell place for a dinner-on-the-ground. But we're not on a simple day-outing. "Her forehead a bit wrinkled, her eyes still squinting in a pensive expression, Py Nae Kot replied, "No. I mean, what do you FEEL? This place, these mountains, everything here! It's... it's VERY DIFFERENT! Do you have the feeling that you are in another... another... uh... well, another whole set of... another world?" Sunn, nervous and not necessarily calmed by seeing Py Nae Kot like this replied, "Come on Py Nae Kot, you're freaking me out! Why don't we just..." Py Nae Kot interrupted, "Come on! Let's take a walk to the top of that mountain, see if we can see anything else... any thing else in the way of clues that is. Come on!" Py Nae Kot's big, long legs flexed their large muscles as she started an earnest hike up the mountain. Then just as earnestly, stopped suddenly and turned back to her sky-chariot. "You better grab your bow, string it, and bring a few arrows... JUST in case..." Py Nae Kot warned. Py Nae Kot grabbed her bow and strung it. Her bow had such a heavy pull, even most MEN in their home village could not pull it back all the way, or at least, not in a steady manner. Py Nae Kot's bow had the heaviest pull in the village. And the arrows matched the fearsome bow. They were extra long and heavy, with razor-sharp, two-inch wide cutting tips. If an arrow from Py Nae Kot's bow hits anything, it is going to have a big tear in it, that is assured! They hiked quickly up the mountain. Sunn had a hard time keeping up with Py Nae Kot. By the time they got to the top of the mountain's ridge, it was beginning to get dark. Brighter stars could be seen and the breeze became chilly. Their ascent up the mountain did not reveal much... except the other side of the mountain! Down in both valleys, it was already too dark to see much detail. "I was hoping, especially in this growing darkness, to see evidence of people, such as the lights of fires. But I see ABSOLUTELY NONE! It appears we are alone, at least, in this particular area!" After returning to the sky-chariots, they released the cathawks and looked for something to eat. Strange, even in this completely different, strange place, they STILL somehow, knew what to look for. Indeed, their brains had been infused with extra common-sense knowledge allowing their survival in all these new places. As they ate and sat in front of the fire, they discussed their situation... "Okay, Leader-Of-One-Person, so far that is, WHAT do we do NOW!?" asked Sunn in a flippant manner. "Despite all this strangeness, I still feel we are doing the right thing. Tomorrow, we continue going along with the cathawks and penetrate further west." Still nude, Py Nae Kot pulled a shawl over her shoulders to ward off the quite chilly evening mountain air. She continued, "We just have not arrived at where these people live, that's all." By and by, Py Nae Kot looked at the stars, looking for the big dipper and the North-Star that it points to. That is when she first noticed the condition of the "dipper"... "Sunn, LOOK at THAT! The BIG DIPPER!" Sunn looked too. The "Big Dipper" constellation of stars was quite different from what they had ever seen before. The familiar dipper-shape was severely distorted, as if stretched out of shape! Aghast, Py Nae Kot exclaimed, "Now WHAT about THAT!? EVEN the STARS are out of place!" They looked for other familiar constellations. None were as they were before! It was as if the stars had been re-arranged! Now both Py Nae Kot and Sunn had been taught the arrangement of the stars and their various meanings. But NO ONE, no Elder, no Parent, NO BODY AT ALL had EVER mentioned ANYTHING about the stars moving at all in their life-times or the life-times of all the ancestors before them! "What do think is going on, Py Nae Kot? What's with the stars?" asked Sunn, totally awed. After some contemplation, Py Nae Kot produced a theory... "You know, NOTHING in this universe is completely static. There's movement and change in everything. However, some movement and change may be VERY, EXTREMELY SLOW! It could be that our Parents, Grand-Parents, Great-Grand-Parents, and on and on and on before that, for maybe the past 500 years, NEVER noticed any change in the stars. But that doesn't mean it doesn't happen! Perhaps VERY SLOWLY, the stars move. If you go back in the past or forward to the future, NOT 500 years, or even 5000 years, but maybe, 500,000 years, or a few MILLION years, THEN you will see a CHANGE!" Sunn, not quite sure of Py Nae Kot's point, asked, "Just what are you saying? WHY are the stars not right?" Py Nae Kot continued, "You KNOW we went through some kind of TOTALLY BIZARRE... something-or-other over the ocean! I think what we went through is some kind of TIME PASSAGE... a GATE-WAY to ANOTHER TIME! Just judging by the stars, an EXTREMELY LARGE TIME SHIFT is indicated!" Both Py Nae Kot and Sunn looked up at the rearranged stars and said in unison, "WOW! HEAVY!" They were both lost in thought for some time. Finally, Sunn asked, "Are we a great long time in the past? Or the future? Can we go back?" Py Nae Kot replied, "If indeed we came through a time-portal of some sort, I would assume we can go BACK through it. As to 'is this the future' or 'is this the past', I do not yet have enough clues to make a guess. The next few days, perhaps, will give us the answer as well as proof as to whether or not my theory is correct!" Now they had reason for a LOT of heavy thinking for a while! At last they prepared to go to bed for the night. Retiring to one sky- chariot, Py Nae Kot and Sunn kept both their bows strung and the arrows near by... JUST in case. Such heavy thoughts are enough to totally occupy almost ANYBODY'S mind, driving out all other thoughts... except for Py Nae Kot. Even SHE was preoccupied with those thoughts most of the night. So Sunn did not get his usual mid-night interruption from a big horny woman straddling over him! But he did NOT escape the usual "sun-up" session! With the sun peaking over the ocean and lower mountains toward the east, Py Nae Kot woke up with an intense, almost painful gnawing hunger between her legs that just HAD to be gratified! So once again, Sunn was rudely, crudely and brutally awakened by a sex-crazed mega-woman over him! After Sunn dumped considerable amounts of Love-Juice into Py Nae Kot's ever-empty sex reservoir, they proceeded with breakfast and preparations for that day's flight and exploration. To fend off the chilly morning mountain air, Py Nae Kot wore a large shawl about her shoulders. Sunn noted the trend here lately, asking, "Aren't you EVER going to wear any clothes again?" "What do you mean? I'm wearing some now!" replied Py Nae Kot. "No, I mean regular clothes, you know, around your.. your.. uh.. " Py Nae Kot interrupted Sunn and finished his question, "You mean around my CUNT? My CUNT is NOT what's chilly! It's NEVER chilly, man! When I first get up, in this chilly air, my SHOULDERS are chilly! I NEVER have quite understood why it's the CUNT, or for a man, the cock, that always is the VERY LAST part of the body to have clothing removed off of! I don't know about you, but my cunt is the very FIRST place on my body to want to have clothes removed. My cunt has never been chilly, not for all my life! On these cold nights and mornings, my shoulders feel chilly, so THAT'S where MY clothes go over. That's where I NEED them. The only thing I can figure, is that people have some silly ideas or feelings about cunts or cocks being uncovered. It's all quite illogical to me! Now that we are out here, by ourselves, away from those silly ways, I put clothes on the parts of my body that NEED them, and only WHILE they need them. Otherwise, forget about clothes! It's more comfortable and convenient to just do without!" Py Nae Kot's reasoning sounded good enough for Sunn! But he had to ask, "Well, that's all very well, but what if the people you are supposed to lead, have silly ways about that too?" Py Nae Kot replied, "Well, if I am their leader, I will command the removal of such taboos! I will teach them to be comfortable with their bodies. So that will be the end of that!" It sounded logical to Sunn! After preparations, they finally took to flight off the mountain. Sure enough, without any commands, the cathawks assumed a heading on their own. And, sure enough, it was toward the west and slightly to the north. As they flew during the day, they penetrated bigger and bigger mountains, until they had to fly AROUND the high peaks, rather than OVER. OVER the peaks would be quite impossible due to their tremendous altitude! Py Nae Kot and Sunn both had eyes scanning the ground, especially valleys between mountains for any sign of human habitation. But they observed none. Actually much of the time the COULD NOT observe any simply because the valleys were veiled by cloud cover. The end of that day was approaching with out any signs of humans seen. In the midst of the rugged peaks, they searched and found a place to land, then landed for the night. They touched down on a rocky protrusion from a mountain that was large and level enough to accommodate their landing. They were at about the 12,000 foot level, so the cathawks did not have to descend at all before landing! They purposely landed on the west side of this set of mountains so they would have access to observation of the valley to the west. They already examined the valley to the east. Below, the valley was dark and lonely looking. It seemed enveloped and sealed away from the rest of the world by a veil of stratus clouds. As Py Nae Kot and Sunn set up camp, released cathawks, found fire-wood and food, the veil of clouds began to dissipate as part of the normal processes of the meteorological conditions of the region and time of day. Sunn, jokingly said, "Well, looks like we have one leader, and one common folk in this new land! You, and I, respectively. All day and not ONE sign of any people at all!" Py Nae Kot replied, smiling, laughing a little, "Patience, Sunn, patience! I feel we will encounter somebody sooner or later." She thought a bit then said, "Interesting, however... this land does indeed seem very sparsely populated. As we made our way from our home-land to that hot humid land... the one just before we went through what I think to be a time portal... we noted human habitation here and there pretty much evenly distributed. But THIS place... Sure does seem like there's nobody home!" Sunn half jokingly asked, "You suppose we made a wrong turn some where?" Py Nae Kot replied, "No, I don't suppose we made a wrong turn... you forget, all during this, we have merely been commanding the cathawks when to take off and when to land. But our heading and in fact, where we are now, has been solely determined by the cathawks. It's the knowledge the Goddess put in..." she stopped talking suddenly... Something caught Py Nae Kot's eye as she said, "Say, do you see it? Come here, look" she pointed, "there! Do you see it?" Sunn saw it too, replying, "Yes.. Yes! By golly, a weak, yellowish sparkle from deep in the valley... Yes! I see it! You think that's people?" Py Nae Kot replied, "I don't know what ELSE it could be! It's too dark to fly now, besides the cathawks are already sleeping for the night. Lets mark on the ground..." Py Nae Kot scratched an arrow pointing out the direction of the weak yellowish twinkle in the valley. The shimmering speck of light was surrounded by a vast sea of darkness. It seemed lonely down there, all by itself. But small and weak though it was, it was monumental in importance! Here was a first sign, a first indication of human activity in this wild, strange land! Py Nae Kot and Sunn kept their eyes fixed on that singular little twinkle. They scanned for others, but that one was it. After finishing their meal, there was little else to do but bed down. There was a small repair to one of the landing wheels of the cathawk-sky-chariot that she wanted to do. By the light of their fire, she did the work. It took a while. Sunn went on to bed and to sleep. Every so often, she stopped and looked toward that light in the valley. It was steadfastly there all right. Even after she completed the repair and went to bed herself, she got up every once in a while to check on the valley's lone twinkler. Once about midnight she checked... oops! Gone! Py Nae Kot thought to herself, "Who ever that is, they just went to bed, that's all. Even OUR fire is fading out!" When morning came, Py Nae Kot started her day in the usual manner quenching the fires between her big strong legs by demanding sex from Sunn. Then she remembered the light in the valley. She ran out to check on it. But the sunrise already lit the valley so that the light would not be visible. On top of that, a layer of very low clouds hid the valley floor. And, around their own camp, she noticed that any vessel that contained water had a thin sheet of ice on it. So it was indeed a chilly morning. Py Nae Kot could hardly wait to eat breakfast, ready the sky- chariots, yoke the cathawks and GET GOING! The valley was definitely most important on her itinerary of places to go today! Sunn shared the excitement. They took off from the rocky protrusion that they camped on. They flew over the valley, flying along the length of it. They flew southward, in the direction of the twinkling light observed the night before. They descended into the valley. As they descended, they passed through many layers of partial cloud cover. They felt the temperature becoming warmer. The very lowest clouds turned out to be fog, a cloud right on the ground. That would have hampered their search, but fortunately, the fog was breaking up and dissipating. Then Py Nae Kot noticed an interesting feature on the ground. "Look at that!" she shouted to Sunn above the noise. He replied, "Yes, I see it! Tilled ground!" "Yes!" agreed Py Nae Kot, "looks like we have some crop growers here!" The tell-tale "checker-board" pattern of land below was a sure sign of humans. The tilled ground continued below them as they flew. Patches of fog obscured much of it. "Hey look!" shouted Py Nae Kot. Sunn looked too. There in the midst of one of the tilled fields, were two figures, people, the farmers of this land! Excited by their find, Py Nae Kot and Sunn set the cathawks to a circling pattern. They were still over 2000 feet up, so the two figures were barely discernible. They descended by "spiraling" downward. As they drew closer to the ground, they could make out dirt roads between and on the side of the fields. At about 500 feet high, Py Nae Kot called to Sunn, speaking as low as she could and still be heard. "They're going to notice us in a minute. I'll land first. Have your bow ready but KEEP IT OUT OF SIGHT! I just wanna be cautious, that's all. After you see from above that they are not hostile toward me, you land too. I'm gonna land on that road down there, near where they are!" Sunn replied, "Okay! Be careful! We have NO idea just what kind of people these are!" Py Nae Kot wore not a stitch! She was so excited, that she just did not think of clothes. She DID string her powerful bow however. She placed the bow out of sight but where she could get at it quick. She continued the spiraling descent. Closer and closer to the ground she descended and the two individuals became a little clearer. Now, just 100 feet above the ground, she could see that one was a woman and the other a man. And she could see, they had on little, if any, clothing! On one more circle around, she noticed them suddenly turn and look up! So, her presence in the sky had been noted! She carefully watched the two of them to see what they would do! They were doing a lot of gesturing and pointing, obviously surprised at what they were seeing. Eighty feet.. 70 feet, 60, 50, 40, 30 and on to 20 feet high, no more higher than a house. Py Nae Kot came out of the series of spirals to line her sky-chariot with the road next to the field. Those two people looked and pointed with great excitement! Now over the road, Py Nae Kot ordered the cathawks to do the final approach. They floated down, ten feet, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, the cathawks began the landing flare, 3 feet, 2, 1, then KA-CHUNK went the rear wheels onto the road! It was bumpy, jarring Py Nae Kot around so that it was difficult for her to see what those two people in the field were doing. The front wheels wafted down next, and with a solid, grinding WHOMP!, all four wheels were on the ground. Py Nae Kot then applied the hand brake to slow the sky-chariot to a quick stop. After the sky-chariot rattled and shook to a stop, Py Nae Kot could here crickets buzzing, birds whistling or chirping, and gentle rustle of road-side bushes' leaves. Py Nae Kot saw the two people coming toward her. They were coming slowly, obviously squinting to see just what this was that landed. After all, how often do YOU see a chariot with cathawks yoked to it land!? They were cautious. And indeed, they were nude or near nude. The farmer-woman lead the man. She was "clothed" only in her own golden-tan and auburn hair... both that on her head AND between her legs! Py Nae Kot finally remembered she TOO was bare! Had this been a situation with one of her own people, it could have been awkward... for the other people... Py Nae Kot does not care for clothes. The farmer-man trailed behind the lady. Py Nae Kot could make out something white situated in his crotch, apparently some kind of minimal clothing. Slowly, Py Nae Kot climbed out of the sky-chariot on the side facing the two approaching farmers. By this time, Py Nae Kot could see that, although not easily frightened, they were NOT violent. Py Nae Kot waved at them, smiling. They waved back, then began to come a little more quickly, apparently assured themselves that this strange contraption from the sky was not hostile. At least they dressed the same! That perhaps, was reassuring to the two farmers. As the two approached, Py Nae Kot began to notice something not obvious before. The two farmers, although both exactly the same height, were huge! Closer and closer they came, by this time the woman lead the man. As they approached, Py Nae Kot could see the woman was not entirely naked... The woman wore two sets of beads! One bead-string was about her neck; a necklace. The other bead-string was around her waist. Her big, well muscled hips held it up. Both were excellent physical specimens! Of equal robust build, they were golden-tanned, and heavily muscled... the woman too! As the woman drew closer, Py Nae Kot could see big muscles in her legs rippling with each step she took. The farmer-woman smiled sweetly. Her face, rugged and strong looking. And her eyes were a lovely shade of blue, an eye-color Py Nae Kot had never seen before. Both of the farmers had lovely auburn hair. The farmer- woman had a big, thick bush of reddish-brown hair between her legs and on her lower tummy as well! So dense was this pubic hair, the farmer-woman could have been considered minimally clothed... her pubic hair concealed her vagina! Whether between her legs, or on either of their heads, the auburn hair impressed Py Nae Kot. She never saw such hair color. And the farmer-woman's hair-style was notable. Her hair was pulled into a pony-tail on the right side of her head, while the hair lay free on the other side. Py Nae Kot thought the hair arrangement strange but interesting. She wondered how it would look on herself. The man seemed satisfied hiding behind the woman, as if he were very shy. "Man, is he ever a squeeze; a hunk!", Py Nae Kot thought. He had a nice big chest, with big, hard, well "ripped" muscles! He also had dreamy blue eyes! And a cute smile! He was nude except for a super-brief little thong of white material. Py Nae Kot could not help but look over between his legs. It was difficult to see because he kept hiding behind his woman. The tiny thong barely contained his ample, now relaxed, penis. It lay there, inside the thong, pushing the upper hem of the thong away from his hard, iron-plate tummy. If it became the least bit aroused, the farmer-man's penis would most certainly emerge over the upper hem of that thong... "And the protruding penis would be right there at her butt and crotch!..." Py Nae Kot lustfully imagined such a man behind HER! The woman too had a magnificent build. Her bust-line consisted of large, firm mammaries perched atop big chest muscles. If she did something that caused her chest muscles to flex, the breasts sitting on top would be jostled. Because her breasts possessed a small amount of "bounce", the effect was amplified, causing her breasts to appear to have a life all their own. And she possessed huge, sturdy muscles in her butt, and the thighs and calves of her legs. Her arms were every bit as big as the man's. As that farmer-woman drew closer, Py Nae Kot thought of something she had not thought of before, there might be a language problem - No time to think, she is almost there - Py Nae Kot ventured a "Hi!". The woman stopped about four feet away, towering like a giant tree, but with a kind and gentle demeanor. Her man came up behind her and stayed behind her. He shyly peered over her shoulder from behind her, his hands leaning on her broad, strong shoulders. Almost like a shy little boy, his head cleared over his woman's shoulders just enough for Py Nae Kot to see his bright blue eyes. "Hi!" , spoke the big farmer-woman, "I'm Cindy! Welcome to... to our home! Are you..." But before this Cindy could finish welcoming Py Nae Kot, Cindy's man interrupted her. He whispered something into her ear. He pointed sky ward. Cindy looked too. Then Cindy turned back to Py Nae Kot and asked, "Is that one gonna come down too? Why is that one staying up there like that?" Py Nae Kot thought Cindy might be a bit suspicious. To dispel it, she answered Cindy's question in not so straight forward and factual way, saying, "Well, I can see YOUR man is so shy, staying behind you and everything..." Cindy looked lovingly into her man's eyes, and smiling big, replied, "Yes! He's so bashful... come on sweety, stop hiding behind me, you shouldn't be like that. This is Timothy..." Cindy grasped his shoulders to force him out from behind her. "He's my man!" Py Nae Kot nodded saying "And WOW, WHAT a man! Well just like your Timothy, my guy is shy too. That's why he just stays up there. I'll wave him down." Py Nae Kot walked passed the farmer-couple into the field a bit. Their eyes followed her with much interest. Py Nae Kot's dark, reddish-tan skin and mid-night-black hair contrasted with the two big farmers. They were tanned, but a "golden" tan, lighter than Py Nae Kot. And they were impressed with such absolutely black hair. Compared to the two farmers, Py Nae Kot's dark, nude body appeared lithe and lean. Py Nae Kot waved and gestured toward Sunn to go ahead and land now. The farmer-couple and Py Nae Kot watched as Sunn circled in the manner of Py Nae Kot earlier. Sunn made his final approach onto that road. Sunn's sky-chariot came smoothly down, then to a smooth stop, ending up just behind Py Nae Kot's sky-chariot. "It's okay! You can come out and join us!" declared Py Nae Kot to Sunn. Sunn came out of his cathawk sky-chariot and approached them. When he beheld that gigantic, shapely, tanned, over 7-foot-tall, auburn- haired leviathan, he slowed to a stop, looking UP at her, unable to talk! "Oh he's so CUTE!" Cindy blurted out, "Golly, his hair is as black as the midnight and such gorgeous bronze skin! Man! He's PRETTY!" Cindy continued. Py Nae Kot said, "That 'pretty guy' is Sunn! He's MY man! Please forgive him for..." But Cindy interrupted saying, "Can I have him a few days? You can have my Timothy. Tim's cock will keep your cunt filled with lots o' hot love! Don't you worry! And I promise to be gentle with... what you call him again? Sunn? I'll be as gentle as can be with your Sunn!" While even the bold Py Nae Kot was temporarily arrested by Cindy's statements, Timothy whispered something else into Cindy's ear. "Okay, Okay" Py Nae Kot heard Cindy say, "You can stay here with me, I just meant you spend some time with that little gal there while I know Sunn, that's all..." Cindy then spoke louder addressing Py Nae Kot, "I was so taken by your man's looks, I forgot my manners... I invite both of you to lodge with us for a few days. Soon we will be having lunch in the field here, so you can lunch with us, and tonight, you can sup with us. Okay? So tell me, where are you journeying from... and to? And how, oh HOW did you train flying-cats to carry your carts like that? No one has EVER been able to even domesticate, let alone train, a flying-cat! They are intelligent animals with minds of their own..." Py Nae Kot did not think of it much at that moment, but there was absolutely no language problem. She felt her mouth and tongue moving differently though. With no time to give it much thought, Py Nae Kot merely assumed the Goddess gave her complete ability to speak their language, including slang terms and references to racial-memories. As Cindy asked question after question in rapid succession, Py Nae Kot could see that this culture that Cindy represented, was VERY different. Indeed Py Nae Kot was well matched to this society that the farmers were, presumably, representative of. They certainly DRESSED alike! Py Nae Kot would NOT have to dispose of any taboo against nudity, if she became leader of these people; somebody already accomplished that for her! And it seemed women lead in this new society. Again, assuming the two farmers to be typical representatives, the lady certainly seemed to be the one in control! Py Nae Kot finally replied, "Indeed, if I could spend a good bit of your time this evening, I have many questions too. We are journeying from, ... uh ... a place very unlike here. We are not from your nation at all..." + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +