“Listen,” I tell him, “can’t you give me one of those injections? Or implants or whatever? I don’t know, the thing that stops you getting pregnant.” He glares at me. “Can’t you just try using a fucking condom?” “Oh, yeah, because I’m going to try explaining that to a seven foot tall alien. ‘Hey, Tal’jen, just let me put this on your dick for a sec.’” I try to imagine it, and I laugh so hard I end up hiccuping. “Or maybe,” Mike says loudly, “you could try not having sex with him? Maybe you could try that.”
