Backintheroom,seeingmythingsbackinplace,CecilandBlakeweredeadlockedassoonastheysawme,andbothsmiled,lookingembarrassedandhappy.Irespondednothing,butcameinmotionless,stoppedinthemiddleoftheroom,pointedwithmyfinger,andsetthemonthebed,andbothdid,butbothstaredatmewell,waitingformetospeak.
"Ifyou'regoingtobewithme,youhavetobeinmycondition,remember?"
Afterawhile,IfinallyhuggedCecilandnoddedtoBlake.
"Letmetellyoutheconditionsofcohabitation."
Theyalmostreachedoutandinvitedmetospeak.Ithoughtforafewseconds,andthenIstarted.
"Firstofall...youcan'ttouchmeagain,evenifIagree,notlikethatnight."
CecilandBlackfinishedtalking,andtheirfaceslookedasiftheworldhadcollapsed,andtheirexpressionsandvoiceshaddisappeared.
"Oh,that'sapity."
"Thisisnotforced,youwill,itshouldbenatural."
"No,wecan'tbetogether."
Ithoughtitwasjustaquietvoice,andthenmyeyesturnedtocomplain.Ioverlookedthesecondcondition.
"Numbertwo...nomoreviolenceunderanycircumstances."