:34:09
But they stay through
the other's shadows...
:34:11
for it is not the shadows
they desire...
:34:14
but the companionship.
:34:20
And at the end
Of each night...
:34:22
they brush their lips against
the other's once more...
:34:26
and taste the other's tongue...
:34:28
growing closer to true mating.
:34:31
This time, the female allows the male
to touch her bulbous chest...
:34:35
which contains
the infant's milk.
:34:43
But no more.
:34:49
This time she allows him
to taste of the infant's milk...
:34:52
checking for poisons or impurities
on behalf of the child.
:34:58
But no more.
:35:04
The female must take things
in stages.
:35:09
It is her task
to test the male...
:35:12
to find the level of frustration
:35:14
Male frustration
being an integral part...
:35:17
of the life together
she calls "marriageĀ.
:35:23
The female is ready.
:35:48
The female removes all vegetation
from the male's body.
:35:55
He from hers.