Free Genus: Unknown Adaptation by Kaitlyn O'Connor

my memory! I know that! But the fathers before us never mated with any creatures like these!
    Frustration emanated from Rak. I know that, gods damn it! You are missing the point! The point is that they must mate differently and how are we to manage it when they do and we do not know how they do? Maybe we should ask one of the females to explain the process?
    Noo frowned. Too dangerous. We should know. If we give away the fact that we do not then they will know that we are not actually one of them.

    There is no reason for them to think that. Their senses are not keen enough to detect the difference and, as far as we know, there are none here able to transform their appearance. Why would it occur to them that we had?
    Noo flicked an impatient glance at Dae. You do not think they will be wondering by now how we managed to escape? Their senses may be pathetically inadequate, but they are intelligent and inquisitive. They will be trying to figure it out and they know that we are very different from them. We do not want to behave in any way that might alert them.
    I believe that I will follow the mating males and see if I can find out what we need to know. There are so many voices here that I cannot focus on the minds of the males.
    Should I stay to guard Kate, Rak asked?
    Noo glanced around and shook his head. She should be safe for now from mating minded males. They have all gone that way and if there are three of us searching, I believe we will find out what we need to know more quickly.
    * * * *
     
    "They scared the guy off!" Sissy said indignantly. "Did you see that?"
    Kate was studying the glass in her hand, trying to decide whether it was a very bad idea to finish her drink or not when she already felt as high as a kite. All she could say was that they either mixed some damned strong drinks in the place or she'd lost any tolerance for alcohol she'd ever had. She was sure she shouldn't be this drunk with only two drinks! "See what?"
    Sissy blinked at her. "Those women were huge! They looked like … bouncers in drag! How the fuck could you have missed them?"
    Kate stared at her friend hard for a long moment and finally snickered a little drunkenly. "They weren't transvestites? Are you serious?"
    "I'm seriously pissed off I didn't get a lap dance!"
    Kate considered it and finally sighed. "Just as well. I'm horny already. I'd just be more horny and I don't see a handy pole to climb."
    "Show's over. They'll let the men in now," Sissy said with a shrug. "Could be we'll find something worth taking home."
    Kate did a mental inventory and decided that she really was horny, not just wishful. "Ok! I'm in! Let's stay and see if we see anything interesting. I think I'll have another drink. I'm going to have to be really relaxed to hook up." She leaned closer to Sissy and lowered her voice. "I have this problem with strange dick."
    Sissy uttered a snorting laugh. "What kind of problem?"
    "Don't laugh! I'm serious here! I can't relax enough to enjoy it."
    Sissy nodded sympathetically. "That is a problem seeing as how you don't have a boyfriend."
    "Exactly! And seeing as how I haven't had a damned boyfriend in … Fuck! What year is it?"
    Sissy snickered. "I don't know …. Wait! How long were we on the space station?"
    "I should look up my ex," Kate said abruptly. "He won't mind giving me a little dick."
    "His companion might mind him giving you a little dick." Sissy snickered. "And that's all he could give you anyway if what you said about him was true."
    Kate frowned. "I told you that? I don't remember telling you that. Guess I was pissed off and felt like being nasty. It wasn't little. It was average. The dick just didn't know how to use his dick!"
    Sissy patted her hand. "Well, he's somebody else's problem now! Just as well you ditched him. I don't know why you'd want to look him up anyway if he didn't know how to please you."
    "Good point! Strange dick it is! Sort of a roll of the dice," Kate said agreeably.
    "Odds ought to be at