“You going to tell me about the kissing thing or not?” He exhaled audibly. “I suppose it was too much to hope that you would forget that. Kissing is not a Sadiri custom. To us it seems … unhygienic. And yet much of Terran romance appears to center around the practice, to the point where potential partners may even be rejected solely on the basis of a lack of proficiency in this area.” “Well, it is rather unhygienic,” I admitted, “but there are variations, you know, ranging from a kiss on the cheek to the full-on, bite-for-blood kiss. There are plenty of Terran cultures that don’t find the
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