"About what?" Saffron asked, throwing Tanith a puzzled glance. "About sex? Of course not. I'm a nurse. I know all about sex. It did help pass the time, in-between my other duties. There isn't a great call for nurses in the Temple." Not ones who were as soft as she was, at any rate. Mostly she was an assistant to another nurse. Or a midwife.
Kelly went green again as she realised the implications of that coupled with Saffron's previous comment about this Quiver person not being interested in sex. "Saffron, were you--I mean--" She stumbled. How did Janet ever manage to ask this kind of question without messing up? Kelly took a deep breath and clasped her hands in her lap. "Did you have sex with anyone who ... asked?"
"Oh, no," Saffron said absently. "Most people didn't even know who I was enough to ask. I offered around a bit, though. It was something to do, when I wasn't working or studying."
So first Saffron was made to feel a nobody. Then she thought the only way to offer anyone anything was to ... to prostitute herself out. Dillon, Kelly thought darkly, I hope you kill that place dead.
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Kelly went green again as she realised the implications of that coupled with Saffron's previous comment about this Quiver person not being interested in sex. "Saffron, were you--I mean--" She stumbled. How did Janet ever manage to ask this kind of question without messing up? Kelly took a deep breath and clasped her hands in her lap. "Did you have sex with anyone who ... asked?"
"Oh, no," Saffron said absently. "Most people didn't even know who I was enough to ask. I offered around a bit, though. It was something to do, when I wasn't working or studying."
So first Saffron was made to feel a nobody. Then she thought the only way to offer anyone anything was to ... to prostitute herself out. Dillon, Kelly thought darkly, I hope you kill that place dead.