“Yes. I normally don't keep them nearly this firm.” Shia positively tingled with amusement as she noted the look on Brian's face. It would be quite unpleasant if she were to keep her breast this firm. As she spoke she softened them so they squished more against Brian's suit. She had to be careful when using this much force. If it wasn't for the suit she would have squished Brian' against herself. Even as her breasts compressed against Brian though she was able to maintain the force causing her breasts to spread out and deform even more of the armor. “This is the normal firmness I maintain. Naturally the more you compress them the more they resist.”

Brian wasn't certain what he should say. He had been so impressed whenever he'd seen the suit's attributes that he hadn't even imagined it being so easily defeated by a woman's chest. He had been caught off guard and his body was responding. For a moment he was grateful that the suit kept that hidden but then he remembered that it wouldn't be hidden from Shia's eyes. Before he could protest though Shia released and backed away. He could still fill the suit pushing into his body for a moment then he heard a slight pop like a dint being pulled out of a metal sheet. He heard it again soon after and the force reading rapidly dropped while he looked down to see his suit returning to how it had been before. “So um is that you?”

“Yes. The suit has a self repair feature but it would take too long to repair that kind of heavy damage. Now. How about we go down to the surface and you can watch the minerals being removed. It won't take long.”

“Uh yeah. I'm interested in seeing how you excavate.” Despite his words Brian was still looking down at the dints in his suit. They were mostly gone at this point which was quite impressive. Typically the stronger a material was the harder it was to repair when damaged. The feeling of his erection pushing against the inside of the suit was more then little distracting as well. Despite feeling a bit awkward he was still surprised how the suit seemed to make him weightless. “So you really could provide better protection then this with a light layer of your cells?”

“You wouldn't even be able to feel or see them on your skin without something augmenting your eyes.”

“Oh! So if I had a cyborgs eyes I could see them?”

Shia gave a chuckle as she began to stand up. Thanks to the protective suit she didn't have to worry about the acceleration harming Brian. The feeling and site of the acceleration on her smaller body was exciting in some ways even though the force was insignificant to her. “Unless I decided to hide them then yes. Now if I was just trying to outclass what you humans consider the top of the line then no. I don't believe I like the suit I gave you. Now there is a barrier between you and me and honestly I'm starting to find it annoying already. When I made it I believed it would make you feel more comfortable but now.” Shia gave a slight snort as she looked at the suit. She could improve the tech and make it thinner. That would provide less of a barrier or she could simply convert it into a shield generator that she could easily pass through so there wouldn't be anything between her and Brian. The problem with either plan was that Brian liked the suit in its current form.

Shia was right. The idea of going down to a hostile environment did worry him but knowing there was a few centimeters of material between him and the environment would help. Even if the protection Shia could offer with her cells was superior the fact that he couldn't see them would worry him. She seemed reluctant though and even to be regretting her choice. As Brian sat on her hand and realized that he couldn't truly feel her skin touching him he realized the problem. “You don't like there being this much material between yourself and your companion do you?”

“Not in the least. I should have just made your suit from my cells instead of with my cells. Then I could just tone down the performance so you wouldn't realize what it was.” Shia gave a slight sigh after a moment. Brian was giving her an amused look which was nice. “I'll regret that later while you're sleeping. For now are you ready to go down to the surface?”

“After we're done down there can I keep the suit?” Brian didn't know the attributes of top of the line space suits but he did know the one Shia had made for him beat them easily. If he was allowed to bring it home and solid it to the right company they would be able to research it and give their technology quite a boost. For this reason he doubted that Shia would allow him to take it home.

“I'll make you one just like it to take home if you remain with me for at least one year.” The shock on Brian's face was quite clear and Shia could easily feel his emotions. He had been expecting her to refuse his request but she had already planned to improve human technology. She intended to help them develop Kanson computers in order to improve their technology. With that improvement other technologies would change rapidly and Brian's suit wouldn't be so remarkable. A year would give them time to sell the minerals and to begin the technological changes.

For a moment Brian wasn't certain what to say. “Does that year mean no vacations?”

“Well naturally you get holidays and vacation time. I don't want to prevent you from seeing your family after all.” Shia couldn't help but chuckle. Brian was thinking on whether he should agree to remain with her for a year or not. That wasn't her goal though. The requirement was that he had to stay with her for a fear not that he had to agree to do so now. It would be easy to remind him of this but she wanted to give him a little more time to worry.

So far Brian had enjoyed his time with  Shia however things could change quickly. He did want to get to know her better. “I don't believe I can agree to that.”

“Agree to what? I wasn't asking you to agree to anything.” Now Shia gave a chuckle and stuck her tongue out at Brian for a moment. As she withdrew it she gave him a smile parting her lips slightly so that he could barely see her teeth. It wasn't a full smile but it was one that he found remarkably cute. She could see his body responding to this as his heart rate sped up. The visual stimulus, the revelation and his own embarrassment had combined to have a powerful influence.

After a few moments of silence and feeling very stupid Brian gave a slight nod and rubbed the back of his head. He actually regretted that he couldn't feel his hand touching his actual hair. “That sounds good then. Well how about we get down to the surface? Oh wait one thing. If I don't make it for an entire year but last a month can I keep one twelfth of the suit?”

“No. It's either the year, not including vacation periods, or nothing.”

Since he had met Shia Brian had found his responsibilities increasing. His official job as exploration officer included more responsibilities then he had prepared for. His unofficial roll as Shia's companion however was having even more responsibilities. He had to make a decision that would influence billions of humans. He doubted that the full effect had really sunk in yet and now he found himself being given another one. Just how much would it help if he was able to bring this suit back for them to study. How would he look himself in the mirror if he couldn't remain the entire year and gave up on some advanced technology?

“This suit isn't as advanced as you're imagining it to be. The reason I require you to wait a year is so that we have time to begin selling the magizon and for that to take affect. With a sudden boost to your economy and the new computers you will experience a technological surge. On top of that the amount you can learn and implement from that suit is very limited. For example. Even if you are able to determine what I made the armor from you don't have the manufacturing ability to produce it yet or even know how to begin. I'm telling you this because I don't want you to feel more stress then is fitting to your situation.” The stress leaving Brian had a visible affect on his body. Shia noted his heart rate calming and he would have slumped slightly if his suit hadn't been supporting his weight.

“Thanks for telling me that. It's not that I plan on leaving you anytime soon but.”

“To be honest the stress you felt over the suit makes no sense whatsoever. Do you believe that I'm going to require you to leave once we've found enough magizon to begin the desired development? I have no such intentions. If working with me for a few months can initiate a sweeping change in your technology how much more would your people benefit if you worked with me for an entire year? I have other plans then simply looking for magizon. This is simply one of the tasks I believe that is most suitable to your ability level. As you improve and learn to better integrate your mind with my own we can move onto more advanced tasks.”

Shia had lifted the pressure for a moment and then dropped it right back on his shoulders and then some. Brian felt like a fog had set into his mind as he realized the truth of what Shia had said. He had been with her for less then a month and they'd already found magizon and lots of it. Soon they would reach her goal. At this rate they would achieve it well before his contract with her was over with. If he could remain with her for a year working towards human interest how much would they gain? He doubted that he could truly imagine it.

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Brian hadn't said much as she had carried him to the exit and lowered her larger body to the planets surface with him riding in her hand. She knew that he had a lot to deal with. That was to be expected. Now she found herself standing on a charred gray and black landscape with small pockets of red where molten rock managed to raise itself from the planet's depths. The heat and radiation levels would require the humans' best mining equipment and likely the workers would be tweaked genetically to survive there. It would be worth it for them. Before they would be called upon though she intended to take a portion of the minerals to sell as proof of their find, an excuse to give Brian a portion of the wealth and a chance to better introduce herself to the human species. Before beginning she gently pushed up on the underside of Brian's helmet with the fingernail of her left pinky finger so that Brian was looking up. “I hope you're ready for the show.”

Brian didn't have time to comment. A sharp crack reached his ears while his suit registered a sudden warping in the local gravitational field. The decibel level reading told him it was far louder then he actually heard and then the ground searched upwards. A vast wall of stone was lifted from the ground as if it had been cut away. Clearly molten rock was held in place well above even Shia's massive body. Several more cuts soon appeared as if the stone was a cake being sliced into sections. These opened into gaps many times wider then he was tall. Rumbling filled the air as he saw tiny flickers of light beginning to be pulled from the stone. His suit reading confirmed what he believed. That was the magizon. 

There was no need for Shia to cause this much destruction in order to remove the material. It would have been easy to remove it atom by atom and caused far less destruction to the surrounding environment. Even holding up the mountain of stone and molten rock wasn't about efficiency. It was about putting on a show for Brian. It was one thing to remove a mountain it was another thing to remove it in one piece or several neatly formed sections. As she lifted the magizon towards their ship her larger body focused on Brian who was looking strait up. “I thought I would clear this region of all the magizon and leave the regions that have a high concentration intact. That should make it easier to retrieve and more cost effective. I bet they'll begin work on whatever section of the planet is opposite the star upon their arrival.”

Humans could move mountains. They could cut through the ground and lift them into the sky in order to relocate them. Some ships had large enough storage areas to even carry them. What Shia was doing was different then that though. She didn't have any energy anchors to direct the flow and the way she sectioned the ground was beyond anything Brian had seen. The fine control to section off such a massive chunk of earth into such fine sections and then extract only the desired minerals just wasn't there or if it was it would require quite a few ships. “Do you really dig like this?”

“Only when I have someone to show off for.” Shia couldn't help but giggle when Brian turned his attention towards her. “This would be a waste of energy if I was actually worried about such tiny amounts of energy. I could have pulled only the magizon from the earth even more easily then lifting this much of the continent. I just thought it would look impressive. Does it?”

Brian bit down on his lower lip for a moment then nodded his head. “It sure does.” As Brian turned back towards the mass of earth floating above he didn't notice that he was being lowered. Shia lowered her hand so that the next time he looked up at her he would be looking over the curve of her breasts. She wanted him to appreciate other mountains as well after all.

“This won't take long. Would you like to look around some?”

“No thanks. When you first asked if I wanted to go down here I actually imagined your bringing a pale and a shovel for yourself.” Brian couldn't help but imagine. “I thought you were going to pull some kind of giant sand box scene and put on a bikini probably with some kind of sift that looks like a child's toy but actually removes the magizone.” Brian couldn't help but chuckle at the image that formed in his mind. When he turned to look at Shia the fact that she had lowered her hand didn't register with him though the sight of the upper slope of her breasts did and made it somewhat difficult to look to her face. When he did he noticed a thoughtful expression on it.

“Darn it that would have been fun! I don't believe this planet would work though. It looks like something from one of your horror stories.” As she spoke Shia gestured with her free hand towards the rough, hard terrain all around them. The land looked far from welcoming and in truth was less suitable to life then it looked. Despite these thoughts Shia could feel her heat positively pounding inside of her chest. Brian had came up with his own suggestion and it was a good one it excited her. It would be simple to make use of it. If she had wanted to she could have rebuilt the world they were on now to fit the image.

It was strange but Brian felt a strong sense of happiness as if he'd achieved some kind of victory. This feeling grew as Shia smiled at him and he even wondered if she was tinkering with the chemicals inside of his body to make him feel pleased. He didn't ask her if this was the case but continued to watch her work. “Even after the equipment arrives I'm guessing it's going to take them a few weeks to begin really removing anything. The heavy radiation and molten rock are dangerous enough as is. Then there is the risk of a sudden pressure release. From the readings my suit is giving me there may as well be a few bombs beneath our feet.”

“It's going to take a weeks at the very least. They'll likely want to do the initial work during the night to protect them from the worst of the radiation. Once they put some radiation shields down things can speed up.”

“Well then. I suppose it's time to pick a buyer to sell to.” Brian took in a deep breath as he remembered that he was going to be involved in that decision as well. “Shia is there any chance you'd make that decision entirely by yourself.”

“I will if you ask me to but I'd prefer if you'd help me.”

“Huh?” Brian couldn't help his surprise. “Are you serious? I thought I had to help you.”

“You didn't even have to remain as my exploration officer. The contract does offer terms for your departure. If you don't help in the decision making process though you lose a percentage of your cut. It's a small percentage but a small percentage of a lot is well.”

Brian couldn't help but grin. “Still a lot. At least I imagine it is in this case. Is that really the only thing I'm at risk of losing?”

“Well there is the opportunity cost.”

That's what Brian had been expecting. Shia didn't seem to ask him to do anything without some greater goal in mind. What could she be moving him towards by having him make the decision as to who they would sell to? Was she perhaps preparing him to take over the job of managing the finances for their exploration or a portion of them? Perhaps she would let him choose how they stored the money. Considering the value of the materials any bank would be delighted to have their profits stored there. “I'm thinking how you might punish me for refusing to help in the decision making process.”

“Punish is such a harsh word.”

“What would you call it then?”

“Is it a punishment that I let you walk the road more slowly if you prefer? Sure it means you get to the berries more slowly which means it'll be longer before you can share them with your fellow humans but you'll still reach them. As long as you continue to work with me.”

“Then where does this road lead?”

“Well I don't need the money from this sell just setting around. I was thinking if you did a good job of making the sell you could help me choose where to invest the money. Naturally if you can't even handle helping with a small sell I don't believe you'll be able to handle investments.” Shia wasn't about to mention that she had no intention of allowing Brian's choice to be a failure. She had carefully researched all the options she was giving him and all of them were wonderful choices. She had done the same thing for the investments as well. She wasn't interested in the profits but rather those investments that would benefit the development of humans and their allies in the right direction the most.

For a moment Brian said nothing but looked back towards the mass of stone floating in the sky. The sound of the magizon being ripped from the earth had quieted now. Shia had already removed the majority of it. At least that is what his suit indicated to him. “Am I going to have to speak with anyone?”

“That would be delightful! I would love to see how you actually handle the sell and don't worry about talking them into giving the best price. Even if you let them rip us off we'd both still gain a considerable amount of money and I'm not worried about the profit. After all our fuel and material costs are both zero. The only thing that I'm actually having to pay for is manpower and honestly that's very cheap as well with only one crew member.”

“Having an infinite source of energy makes exploration really cheap!”

Shia gave a delighted giggle and nodded her head. “Yes it does! So how about it?”

“I don't even know if they'll be able to take me seriously.”

“They might believe it's a prank until we actually make our delivery. Just remember I can't actually deliver anything to the planet itself. There is no way they're going to allow an unknown ship the size of the one we're using with this level of advanced technology anywhere near a settled world. We're going to have to make use of a supply station. Likely it's going to either have to be a well defended supply station or a very isolated one.”

“It's a wonder they let you so close to an orbiting station even with the smaller body you were using before. I can only imagine how alarmed they were when they scanned you can couldn't find anything. Did you send them false data?”

“No. I blocked all their scans so they didn't know a thing about me. You should hear all the chatter that was going on as they scanned me again and again trying to discover something. Then I stepped out of the ship in a humanoid form and made my way to the waiting area. There wasn't a moment they didn't have a gun pointed at me but they were very polite about it.”

Brian's brain locked up for a moment. How could you be polite and point a weapon at someone? He didn't care how well someone talked. “How do you do that?”

“You try to hide the fact that you're pointing a weapon at them and you don't make any mention of it either.”

“Oh! So assassins are polite?”

“No! Shooting someone or stabbing them is just rood and downright inconsiderate in most cases.” This time Brian laughed along with Shia. She was glad to see him relax. “I really wish I had thought of mining the materials like you imagined. I could have reshaped all of me I brought with us and brought it down to the surface.”

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InCon, Intrex and Cytran were the three companies that Brian had narrowed his choices down to. InCon was a software and hardware production company that tended to specialize on planetary systems. The environment of his birth world was actually moderated by InCon systems and in truth Brian had a rather high opinion of them from first hand experience. He did get a bit upset whenever it rained despite not being scheduled to but at times nature got the best of even modern systems. At least that's what they said. At times he felt like that was just a cover story for when they made a mistake and the system got out of control.

Intrex was similar to InCon in many ways except they didn't do much work planet side. The majority of their work was done on space stations and large ships meant to carry large numbers of living organisms from one location to the other. They had transplanted entire forest to new worlds once they were made suitable. When he had been training for his roll on a ship he'd seen their logo on more then a few life support systems. You didn't see much of them on none human vessels which made them a medium sized or perhaps even a small company on the grand scale of things but they were important in human controlled space.

Cytran was a different story. They didn't build life ships or rework planets they reworked people. Cytran was rather young but they had been gaining notoriety thanks to their success in heavy augmentation sports. Those athletes equipped with Cytran parts had been dominating the field for three seasons now while others scrambled to catch up to them. They dealt in every form of tissue replacement inorganic, semi organic and organic as well as all their subcategories. They didn't just grow you a new leg when you lost one though. A Cytran developed leg was nearly impossible to tell apart from the one you'd lost.

All of them had a vested interest in computers with better processing power. The only difference was that while the computers InCon or Intrex would be outside of your body the ones produced by Cytran would be liable to end up inside of your body. What would it be like to have a implant that has the same power as his desktop?

Shia was a bit sad. She had hoped that Brian would give Vesture a closer look but he had quickly removed it from the list. It wasn't that it was a better choice then the other companies but the speed with which he rejected it told her that he didn't see it as such. Despite that sadness though she felt excitement as she watched Brian trying to resolve who he should contact. “You know I can do that for you?”

“Huh? Do what?”

“You were just wondering what it'd be like to have a cybernetic implant with the same processing power as your hope desktop. I could give you one right now.”

Brian was about to ask how Shia knew that but remembered he had networked his mind with hers to help him decide. This granted him knowledge about all the companies that he wouldn't have otherwise and sped up the process. Naturally she also knew what he was thinking as well. At least she knew his surface thoughts. She didn't need that connection though and he knew it. She could determine what he was thinking simply by observing the activity in his brain. “I might take you up on that offer. I've considered them before but then you hear about the risks and well I'm not comfortable enough with that just yet. External neural interfaces work fine and you can end them by taking them off.”

Shia chose not to respond to Brian's last statement. In truth there was a pretty big difference between an external interface and a cybernetic one. It wasn't an overwhelming difference but the cybernetic ones did offer several large advantages including superior speed. If the human reaction time and thought processes hadn't been slow the delay would have been crippling. “Well I can assure you any cybernetic interface I make for you will be very secure. It's true Intrex is better situated to actually retrieve the magizon. Incon is pretty well prepared to of course given that they work on making changes to planetary environments.”

“Cytran doesn't have much of a fleet do they?” The answer automatically came to Brian. Of the three companies they were the one that would have to outsource to actually retrieve the minerals. It was likely they would even outside to Intrex.

“That isn't their type of business after all.”

“That would mean they'd do the most to spread the wealth around.” Brian took in a deep breath as he continued to look over the data. Incon would be the most readily available to pay for the materials. “Shia I don't believe I want to cell to cytran. Their just wouldn't influence as many people as Intrex or Incon would. Of course. Their work does benefit the medical industry more. An improved control console could do a lot to improve the performance of nanotech. Then again both Incon and Intrex use nanotech for environmental control on a ship or even on a planetary scale.”

“Indeed and the better the environment is maintained the healthier it is going to be.” Shia quietly giggled to herself. She could feel Brian's frustration as he once again remembered the information relating to each company. All three of them had very good records both in terms of their products and their business practices. Brian was naturally looking for things that would make him dislike one of the companies so that he could cross it off the list. It was impossible for her to keep from giggling as Brian's mind turned back to one fact again. “Brian if you want to make the decision between the three based on money that's fine.”

“I want to base it on what one will help the most people. I'm just having a very hard time determining which one would do that. If I.” Brian suddenly felt very dizzy as new information flowed into his mind.

“Careful! Let me make the information simpler for you.” Shia hadn't expected Brian to dip that far into her memory. The amount of data he had began to pull out would have taken him several minutes to process and during that time his brain wouldn't have been able to regular his body functions. Naturally she was prepared to do that for him but she preferred if things didn't reach that point. “Is that better?”

Brian didn't understand why but he knew that Intrex would help the most people. Then he knew why. Helping Intrex would mean helping the exploration and travel industry as a whole. Better equipment would mean more discoveries. It would mean more resources flowing into terran space and that would help the other industries as well. The improvements to the life support of the larger ships could also be used in the maintenance of planetary environment and while not as focused on it as cytran Intrex did develop medical technology for interstellar ships. “What did I try to remember.”

“You tried to remember why one company would be a better choice then the other and delved way too deep into my memory to handle at your current level of experience.” Shia had been rather surprised by the question and responded to it a little too readily. She knew better then to allow Brian that deep into her mind. The feeling of his mind delving into her own was so delightful that she had allowed herself a momentary lapse of judgment. Brian hadn't bee in any danger due to her monitoring his health but it could have been very unpleasant for him.

After a moment of silence Brian gave a nod. “Okay. So I imagine that it's time to make the call.”

“One moment. I'll let you make the call along with my smaller body. They might have trouble taking us seriously if the first thing they see is an image of you standing in my hand. We can save that for when they know that we're serious whenever we say we have materials for sell.” A delighted giggle came from Shia. “Imagine them trying to decide if what they're seeing is real or if we're just sending them some bad visual information. Then later I could meet with some of their workers using this body and they'd really know I'm not a human.”

Brian could imagine that and he found the idea rather amusing. He didn't believe there was any known shape shifters the size of Shia. “It's not that I don't want to see that but I would rather not be seen when it happens. Oh darn. When we make this sell and people find out what's happened we're going to get a lot of attention aren't we?”

“Yes we are. Well any big sell like this is going to get a lot of attention. Okay do you want to walk to the communication room, be carried or should I just form one here?”

“I swear at times I wonder why you don't just have one room in this ship that you simply adapt to fit the situation.”

“I could! But this is actually easier on me then specializing my cells again and again. Those cells that are used for storage and those I use for communication are pretty different.”

“What about the cells you use to make my room?”

To this Shia gave a nod. “They're actually designed to help maintain and if desired develop less advanced life forms. So far you haven't permitted me to use their real functions but I'm hopeful that you will. They're actually designed so that they can't radiate as much energy as my other cells and act as an insulator. In the event that something goes wrong it's the safest part of the ship for you to be on. I also used some of those cells in the making of this body.”

“Where?” Why had he asked that? Brian actually felt rather foolish as he risked a glance towards Shia's chest and then her face. She was giving him a positively massive grin. Her lips parted to reveal her pearly white teeth. The freckles on her face seemed to positively glisten and he braced himself for the answer.

“Guess.” There was a good chance that Brian would refuse to do so. If it had been five days ago he would have. However, he had become more comfortable with her as they spent time together. She couldn't be certain what he was going to do but if he did guess she was certain that he was going to guess wrong.

“Well. How about your breast?”

“No! My womb.”

Brian grinned and felt embarrassed at the same moment. He hadn't even imagined Shia as having a womb thinking of her humanoid body as human in shape only. That was likely still accurate. She might have used a similar layout and called certain chambers the same thing but he knew a human body couldn't survive at that scale. “So are your breasts specialized to do anything?”

“Can't you tell?” As she spoke Shia chose to actually swell her breasts rather then just squeeze them together. A human female could strike a pose to make her breasts appear larger she could actually make them larger. This would push them beyond the optimum level for dealing with Brian but she could make them smaller later. For now the affect was what was important. To that end she opened up her shirt as if it had been popped open allowing Brian to see the underside of her lightly freckled breasts. “They're specialized for the production of nutrients naturally. That is what they're meant for after all.” As she spoke Shia leaned back slightly noting the affects her actions had on Brian. Unlike before she did nothing to repress his sexual desires. He was regretting that he was still in his suit.

If he had been in a position to Brian might have dived between Shia's breasts. Part of him wanted to try scaling her right now to get to them. The drive was so powerful that he actually found it shocking. He didn't know if he could resist the urge if he had been in a position to do so. That worried him a bit not because he believed Shia would mind. She had been very clear that she's fine sharing her body with him. It was how close he was to losing control of his desires that was what worried him. He could actually feel himself growing light headed. He didn't know if he was glad or angry whenever Shia straitened up and her shirt fixed itself.

“I see the beauty of my architecture has left you speechless. If you'd like to perform a closer inspection later you're welcome to. For now we do have some business calls to make.” She needed to change the subject or Brian might retreat. Shia was certain that his defenses were being worn down as his desires grew more intense. Being allowed to tinker with her body again helped as well. She hadn't changed any aspect of her voice in the last five hours and was beginning to believe she'd found the idea general purpose voice for working with Brian. She had also began to work on different tones. A constant lustful tone wasn't as effective as a more relaxed tone for general conversation and a lustful one for teasing. She had began to wonder how well a business tone during sexual teasing would work with Brian. From her first test it seemed the use of art or structural terms when referring to sexual matters worked well on him.

Despite Shia covering up Brian could still her cleavage far above him and hear her voice. The experience seemed burned into his brain. He knew that he'd be seeing it again whenever he closed his eyes and likely whenever he was alone. He'd seen a lot of things with Shia that he doubted would ever be leaving him. It took him a few moments to bring himself back to reality and realize what she was talking about. “Oh yeah. We should get to that.” Did he mean the inspection or the business calls? Brian didn't know that himself. How long could he stay here before he took Shia up on her offer? She was a good friend after all. “Let's go to the communication room. Actually. I'm just going to walk there okay?”

Shia gave a nod and lowered Brian to the ground rather then standing up. She placed him some distance away from the exit to give him more time to walk and cool down. As he walked away she found herself rather glad that he didn't look back. He would have seen the massive grin on her face. The grin that seemed to say that she's won and she knows it. Brian seemed to like that confident and perhaps even a little cocky grin. “Brian I'm going to change your clothing to an officers uniform for the call alright? I don't believe your current attire is suited to a business call unless we're in combat.”

As Brian walked he was trying to calm himself down. He was also considering asking Shia to make sure the communication didn't show his erection though he hoped to be rid of it before then. So much of his attention was taken by his situation that he didn't notice the door to the walkway opening a full meter away from where it should have. He didn't realize Shia had seen him about to walk into a wall and quickly adjusted the layout of the ship to avoid that. He didn't even notice the walkway beginning to accelerate once he stepped onto it. Rather he continued to walk barely paying attention to where he was going. Unfortunately his attempts to remove Shia from his mind weren't working very well. His usual attempts to redirect his thoughts weren't working well at all. Even the sudden restructuring of his clothing and the realization of what Shia had been holding was only a momentary reprieve.

Shia didn't have the walkway moving at anywhere near full speed. She needed to give Brian time to relax and was indeed tempted to help him do so. She judged that he would be mostly relaxed upon his arrival at the communications room though she could have done the same thing on the bridge of the ship. Brian was more comfortable with the communication room that joined with his living area though and he needed that now. To avoid antagonizing him she had also dressed her smaller self up more then usual. The uniform she wore said ship officer quite clearly as did her stance. Had someone looked at her they would have easily mistaken her for a navy officer about to meet a superior officer. As Brian entered the communication room Shia gave his a friendly but not a seductive smile. “Are you ready?”

“Yeah. How do we do this though? I studied how to handle smaller sells in my business classes but a sell this big goes beyond that.”

“First you flash your ships qualifications. I'll be taking care of that. It'll let whoever receives the message know that we have the needed qualifications. Don't worry I already took care of the licensing and the history. I'll also be including that I'm a high threat deep space species that has recently began interaction with the human species. I really don't like that first part though. I'm not a threat.”

It surprised Brian that Shia actually sounded a bit hurt. He didn't know if she was serious or not but before he even knew what he was doing he'd put his right arm around her shoulders. “I know but you know it isn't determined by how kind of a person you are. The HT rating is based purely on your destructive ability and yours is well really high. I really don't believe they would have a place for you on the scale if they knew your true abilities.”

Shia responded by leaning against Brian for a moment. This was the nice thing about having two bodies. “I know. I still don't like using that in my name though. I wish that we could settle on a name we're going to use while interacting with the humans. I mean a species name.”

“We?”

“My sisters and I have been arguing about it for three days now. I know what you're thinking. If we can think so quickly what is taking us to long. We still have opinions though and preferences. Plus when everyone thinks rapidly it means they can come up with a counter argument very quickly. We had best settle on a name soon though as that's the one we're going to use to identify ourselves when communicating more openly with your allies and some of your less liked neighbors.”

“Are you serious?”

“They are some good Yazen you know.” Shia couldn't help but giggle in delight as Brian gave a sharp snort as if he'd just heard a dry and somewhat insulting joke. “You don't need to worry about that.”

“I do if they're going to help the Yazen the way you're helping me and the other humans.” Brian was made to shiver as he imagined what it would be like if the Yazen gained a technological edge on the humans and other races. They could be very difficult to deal with as is. Yet when he thought of that something seemed out of place. “Except you wouldn't help the Yazen the same way you're helping the humans. You're not going to make it easier for someone to abuse other races when you believe they will.”

“I'm glad you understand! That's true. Not all of us secure companions the same way either. That isn't to say that we wouldn't help them. It's just the help I'm giving you and the help we'd give them is different. You don't need to worry about that though. You've already given humanity a nice head start in this sector. Now are you ready for that communication?” Shia could see that Brian had relaxed. He didn't have an erection any longer but she hoped it would return when he was free to think freely. She had hoped that the impression would remain with him for some time.

To this Brian gave a quick nod. “Okay let's begin.” Even as the words left his mouth Brian was regretting them. The fact that the communication didn't open up right away was a relief. A display was projected before him. It was the Intrex logo. He heard a message soon after.

“Greetings. You have reached the Intrex office of priority purchases. Please keep in mind these offices are for handling business transactions of industrial material. If you wish to continue or would be better served in smaller purchases please say so now.”

“I'd like to continue.”

“Excellent from your transmission you are prepared to sell three hundred thousand kilograms of magizone and.”

Brian nearly jumped out of his socks as the transmission ended and a human woman appeared on the screen. She wore a sharp black business suit and had her raven black hair tied back in a bun. Her eyes were positively piercing and she had some age on her. Likely the age was artificial in terms of genetics. It was at times used to give a person a more dignified or imposing look and in this case it worked. “Hello I am Brigitte Atrove  of Intrex industrial acquisitions and I see that you're Brian Andel and Miss Shia a HT DSS.”

“Yes that is correct.” Brian couldn't bring himself to say much more. The woman looked at them as if they had done something to insult her. He was grateful when Shia spoke up.

“Hello Miss Atrove may I call you Briat?”

What was Shia thinking? Brian didn't know where that name had come from but much to his surprise when he looked back to the screen Brigitte seemed to be in shock. Shia didn't let her wonder for long.

“I investigated Intrex and it's employees carefully before we chose you as one of the companies we might sell to. Your nickname was included in a post you made on Rayline.”

“You know I have a. I mean that is very thorough.”

“I try to be. I understand that our claims are suspect. We are prepared to put forth a fifty thousand credit security fee to be returned to us upon successful delivery right now. Naturally it is not to be taxed.”

Brian didn't know what had happened. Shia's tone had suddenly changed and the way she was standing as well. He didn't know when when she had changed her body but it was clear she was a good bit taller then him even with her human sized body. When had she done that? If she hugged him now it would have resulted in his head being buried in her chest. Wasn't he the one that's suppose to be handling this talking? As this thought made its presence known he felt Shia in his mind.

“I didn't like the way that woman looked at you or was preparing to speak to you. She needs to know that we're serious.”

As the words ran through his mind Brian was yet again surprise. He could swear that he actually felt Shia's anger. Brigitte had looked down upon him and it had made Shia angry? Then again perhaps Shia became angry when Brigitte looked down on her? He could liken it to an ant looking down on an elephant except that the difference between Brigitte and Shia went far beyond that. He didn't know if an accurate comparison existed in the animal kingdom. He had seen Shia's true body or believed he had and a few glimpses of her power. A human was less then an single bacterial cell to her. Brian was surprised whenever sadness tugged at his mind and he heard Shia's voice again.

“Please don't demean yourself like that especially when we have a mental link.”

Brian straitened up immediately and prepared himself to join Shia. He didn't know what it was but after noticing the tone of Shia's voice he felt like he had to do something. “That should be sufficient to cover your cost to have one of your transportation vessels meet with us. However, as the crew is partly made of high threat species our meeting grounds are somewhat limited.” Brigitte had looked surprised for a moment but apparently she had recovered by now.

“Yes that is understandable and your terms are acceptable. Now about price.”

“We want sixty five thousand credits for each kilogram magizon. That's pure magizon not ore.  We also are willing to sell you the location we found the magizon.” He got Brigitte to backup for a moment. Brian felt a slight victory and could swear he felt Shia smiling though it didn't show on her body at the moment.

“That's rather expensive. Would you consider thirty five thousand credits for each kilogram?”

The magizone was worth nearly double that and Brian knew Brigitte had to realize that. Before he could comment he once again felt Shia's thoughts.

“You're thinking of the retail market or what Intrex would sell the magizon to you for.”

“That's fine if you'll handle all the taxes.” Brian had seen Brigitte’s face light up for a moment when he agreed but then it dimmed the moment he mentioned them shouldering the tax burden. Yet his victory was short lived and Brian could swear he heard Shia's laughter in hid mind.

“Now she's going to have the transaction handled somewhere that they can greatly diminish the tax burden. That just makes the cost of pickup greater. You did really well for your first time though and dodging the tax cut was very clever of you.”

Brigitte, “Your conditions are acceptable. I hope I do not overstep myself but Mister Andel. Is this your first assignment to a working crew?”

“Yes I am newly graduated.”

Shia, “You're right he wouldn't have normally been in his position without several months if not years of experience under his belt. I chose him as the human I believed was best suited to work with me and so far he has exceeded my expectations. My people are interested in yours and he has represented you well.” As Shia was speaking she was already sending the official contract using the numbers that Brian and Brigitte had agreed upon. She knew the woman meant a slight insult towards Brian. She meant to suggest he wouldn't have his current position if anyone qualified for it had wanted it. This upset Shia and she was debating on exacting a price on the woman for viewing her companion in a negative way.

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As the communication ended Shia opened up the roof to the communication room allowing her large self to look in. Without any prompting she turned her attention to Brian. “I do not like that woman.”

Brian was actually a bit surprised. Shia had been right about the chosen drop off location but he knew that wouldn't be a problem for Shia. Brigitte had actually seemed shocked whenever Shia had told her to send their reception ship as quickly as possible as they would be waiting for them. “She seemed professional to me.” Brian was quite surprised whenever Shia's larger body turned her smile on him and her smaller one hugged him.

“You are so sweet to say that! I'm glad you didn't notice the insults.”

“Insults?” Brian gave his head a slight shake and instead rapped his arms around Shia's smaller self suddenly realizing that his head was not buried in her cleavage. “You made yourself taller for the conversation!”

“Naturally. Even if we're not in the same room you humans find significant stature imposing to some extent. By having you as a reference I was able to make myself appear more threatening to Brigitte which helped with the talks. Now as I know you're wondering yes I knew about Brigitte at Intrex. I knew it was possible that we would end up talking to her. I didn't know it for certain. I also know that she is a much nicer person ninety eight percent of the time. Once I decided on the companies that would be best to sell to I started watching them more carefully.”

“I see. Does that mean she has something against HT species?” Brian could imagine it. Few would meet a high threat species especially a deep space high threat species within their life time. Those that did tended to have some horror stories. There had even been a few colonies lost due to encounters with high threat species though that was rare. None had been lost during Brian's life time at least.

“She's weary of us but no. She's been having a real bad day.” It was this had made Shia decided not to punish Brigitte for using a few veiled insults on Brian. She still wanted to make the woman's day worse. Perhaps she could trip a few security features in her bank account and put her through the hassle of reopening it. That or she would change her lunch order or perhaps delay her return trip home. That was the anger speaking though. Besides if she was going to punish the woman she would need to know why she was being punished.

For a moment Brian was silent. He had no doubt what Shia said was true though he had a few guesses as to what she did to obtain the information. He wasn't going to pry into that though. One thing did finally manage to sink in. It seemed like feeling had left his arms for a moment. They were currently wrapped around Shia returning the hug she had offered him. It had happened so naturally that he was taken back by it. There was a concern though but he didn't have time to open his mouth.

“That was all you.” Shia gave an amused giggle as Brian finally seemed to notice his arms. “You didn't notice you put your arm around me earlier as well.” Rather then wait for Brian to respond Shia brought her face closer and planted a warm kiss on his cheek. She would have preferred to place it on his lips.  She knew that signaled an even greater affection and level of intimacy. That had the potential to have a negative response while a kiss on the cheek would have less influence she knew it would be positive. When she looked him in the eyes using her smaller body she noted that he was still hugging her though he was looking between her smaller body and larger.

It didn't seem like Brian's arms wanted to let go. The reason why was simple. Having Shia's smaller self pressed against him felt really good. Her warm breasts pressed into his chest allowing him to get a better feel of their texture. They were so soft but not soft that they would droop without assistance. His hands and arms pressed against her back allowing him to feel the well developed muscles there and a slight expansion each time she inhaled. The scent of her hair was carried to his nose. It was sweet reminding him of flowers though he couldn't place what type. When she would speak he would get a light hint of mint on her breath. Then her lips touched his cheeks and it felt like his head was fighting to keep his lips from chasing after hers.

“You don't need to hold back. I put a lot of work in this body you know. I want you to enjoy it. I want to enjoy you as well.” Shia wasn't certain if Brian would be comfortable involving her larger self which she had used to speak the final words. For Shia though the larger body felt more natural and she had noticed Brian turning his attention towards it several times. She would gladly use both bodies at once or several bodies at once. Having more bodies just made exploring him even easier.

Brian took in a deep breath of air. He wanted this so badly it actually hurt. Sex wasn't a game to him meant to be performed casually yet when would he have another chance to be with someone like Shia? Even with modern beautification techniques he couldn't think of anyone who had came to represent his idea of beauty so well and she wasn't limited to just one body either. He had to remember that. Not only could she be several women but she could be several different types of beauty at the same time. If he left her this situation probably wouldn't ever come again. “Can. Can we start off with something slow?” Brian felt like pure energy and pleasure surged through his body as Shia suddenly pressed the lips of her smaller body against his own. He didn't even notice her larger self reaching for them.

Companionship came in many different flavors and each one of her sisters preferred a different flavor of some type. Passion, intimacy and commitment all three contributed a great deal to the flavor of a companion. Some of her sisters hungered only for passion so that they required a great many companions they quickly went through. Some thrived on intimacy and commitment making long term friends or even acting as parents to their companions. Shia positively thirsted for all three though. No other combination provided her the same rush and exhilaration. When Brian had responded so much pleasure had burned within her core it was hard for her to control herself. Even her mind that wasn't tied to her human bodies had felt the influence. She positively burned to drink Brian down and bring him more into herself. 

This wasn't what Brian had expected. Yet he remembered the first day he had met Shia. She had began to tremble with excitement and even began sweating. As he pulled his lips away he was greeted by a massive smile on both her bodies. He could swear that he could feel her heart beating inside of her chest. Indeed he could swear he could hear the heart beat of her larger body as she smiled back at him. “I take that is a yes.”

“You are such a delight! Your constant denial of my and your desires frustrates and excites me so much! I just imagine when I finally manage to make you comfortable enough to freely enjoy one another and I get such a high. Then when I know all your impulses are screaming for you to accept my offer you control your desires without calming them but then when I expect you to simply reject an idea you expand upon it making it even better! When I think about your suggestion as to how I should have gathered the minerals.” Shia knew this was being a bit aggressive but she couldn't help but press the lips of her smaller self against Brian's once again. At the same time she'd carefully lifted them from the ground using her larger body.

As she ended the kiss Shia didn't give Brian time to speak. She could feel his excitement but also concern building within him.  “Don't worry. You're not in any danger of me forcing anything more then a kiss on you. I promise. I know my composure right now is a bit limited. I just.” Shia was very happy that Brian wasn't trying to resist her right now. If he had tried to pull away she would have released him but she knew that it would be more then a little painful. “Please just give me a moment.”

The reason Brian hadn't spoken was that Shia's kiss had taken his breath away. It wasn't just her lips though. He could swear that he felt her nipples pressing into him now and her right thigh had been lifted and brushed against his leg. The affect had left him dizzy. He had been aware of them being lifted upwards but he couldn't think about it at the moment. “What was that? I mean. I thought I saw it happen before.”

“Yes. Yes you did. I'm just so excited and well you'll need more then that.” Shia's mouth came close to Brian's as she prepared to kiss him again. Perhaps she could use her larger body to explain. Her lips positively quivered as she pulled her face back and began to settle them down in the palm of her larger body. “I'll explain better later I promise but for now. Me and my sisters have a very positive response to companionship we crave it. Well I explained that to you earlier. They are different types of companionship though we respond to more then others and well. Oh if only our minds had been networked! That would have been.” Shia had to quiet herself down for a moment.

Was Shia that into the conquest? She sure seemed motivated by her goals but that didn't seem right to Brian. Sure she had enjoyed the progress but he didn't imagine her as being the type that liked to conquer. So what had he done exactly? He didn't know if he could get a clear answer from her. He just couldn't bring himself to treat sex casually. He required some level of dedication to one another at least. Brian actually felt light headed as he came to a simple realization. “You want a dedicated relationship!”

Shia couldn't help but verbalize her delight! “Yes! I can take on any form my companion likes. I can change how I talk, smell and even behave. Passion is easy. Intimacy takes more time as I come to trust someone and they trust me but it can be done. To have dedication with both though is so much harder and that's what you seek! I don't know how long it'll last. I've seen it fade in weeks but you're actually seeking it. I just. You do a wonderful job of meeting my needs. I fully intend to meet yours.”

The last few words Shia had said had involved a shift in the tone of her voice. A shift that rather excited Brian. What Shia had said had been true though it wasn't the full story for him. How could someone as powerful as Shia be dedicated to him? She could easily have a relationship with others and keep it hidden from him. He knew that would have to be something he'd have to trust her on. “So something a little slow?”

Despite her abilities Shia couldn't have removed the smile from her face without removing the ability to smile as she relaxed her grip on Brian and took a step back. “Yes. How about we start with a proper kiss and then enjoy some nice cuddling? We could enjoy a movie together and some drinks. Would you be comfortable with that. Perhaps we could even enjoy some petting.”

That wasn't quite what Brian had expected. “That sounds like a good place to start.” It was impossible for Brian to hide the shock on his face as Shia suddenly moved back rapidly. He could actually feel some heat on his fingers as her hand slipped through his. A gust of wind washed over his body that he hadn't been expecting. In his flustered state he hadn't noticed the shadow falling over him. As he looked up he found that his vision was filled with the site of Shia's lips. He felt them press into his body before he could even begin thinking what to do. Had it not been for the softness of Shia's lips the impact would have been more then a little jarring. He had but a moment to appreciate how Shia's warm lips conformed to and engulfed his body before he found himself being forced to the ground.

She should have made her body larger. As things were now Shia's lips nearly engulfed Brian's entire body. Her upper lip covered his face, shoulders and the majority of his chest. His pelvic region was lifted slightly and pulled into the valley created by her two lips while her bottom lip covered much of Brian's legs except for his feet. That wasn't how it was suppose to be. His entire body should have been engulfed in her lips. She could have made her lips fuller of course but that would have upset the ratio between the size of her lips and her face taking it away from Brian's preference. Making her entire body larger was the only true choice but for now she would make do with her current body. Her soft warm lips conformed to Brian's body as the suction generated by the kiss pulled him against them.

The tactile pleasure of Shia's kiss had overwhelmed Brian. Her warm lips engulfed his entire being and if he hadn't been pulled into them so firmly he surely would have pushed into them. He could feel their soft warm embrace over the front of his entire body and even his legs. Those lips were more then just soft though. He could feel them pulsating around his body lightly sucking upon all of him. The soft embrace of her lips changed from moment to moment and region to region. It massaged the entire front of his body except for his feet and much of his sides. The air he took in smelt of flowers and even the moisture on Shia's lips brought pleasure. As the pleasure fogged his mind instinct took over and he pressed his lips against hers. For a moment his tongue came out and tasted of her flesh. It was a sweet honey flavor a reminder that Shia was not human. As he pulled his tongue back in he didn't just kiss her back but lightly sucked on the soft flesh of her lips.

As Shia kissed Brian she made sure to adjust her lips from time to time to allow air to reach him. She didn't want there to be any discomfort for him. As she kissed him she sorely missed having a mental connection but the ones she might form with Brian now would either do little for her due to being too incomplete or would be overwhelming to Brian. There was pleasure in this moment though. Brian's positive response to her affection filled her with joy and the lips of her human body provided her with tactile delight. The feeling of Brian's healthy body beneath her lips brought excitement and then she felt him kiss back. A sharp gasp escaped Shia without thinking and she lifted her head for a moment as she felt her body trembling with delight. The way he had lightly tasted and even sucked upon her lips had brought a thick wave of pleasure that left most of her thinking capacity consumed with pleasure. Brian was so unfair to her. Asking her to take it slow when she had so much of what she desired. Only the thought of what he may provide if their relationship continued to mature and her fondness for the human made the wait seem worth suffering through.

Brian could feel his heart positively racing as he tried to organize his thoughts. Was that what Shia had meant by a proper kiss? Despite having had no trouble breathing his head was positively spinning. If he had looked down he would have noticed his pants had also been dampened and not just by Shia's saliva. He didn't have time to notice that as he looked forward. Shia's smaller body stood there but no longer in her officers outfit. She stood there in a t-shirt that was drawn tight against her chest and some blue jeans. What was even more shocking was that she wasn't alone. Brian failed to notice his jaw opening up as five over women stood with her. Each one of them was Shia but each one of them was different in both their clothing and their appearance.

Standing two and a third meters tall one of Shia's bodies was a massive brunette. The figure had an exceptionally well developed build with triceps that easily surpassed the size of her head and thighs that looked like they could crush tree trunks and boulders. Her curly hair was a bit of a mess. She wore a short simple dress decorated with flowers while her skin was a soft brown as if it was used to being kissed by the sun. Her emerald green eyes seemed to flash as she moved with a speed Brian hadn't been prepared for. In an instant she seemed to be behind him. He couldn't turned to see her though as he felt something lock onto each of his arms. On the right he saw the body Shia had been using for a while now the one that had the same look at her larger self.

On his left arm he found a red head with strait hair. Her build wasn't as bulky as Shia's standard body but showed more definition in her muscles. Her mouth was a bit wider and her smile imparted a wild quality that seemed to match up with her clothing. Her clothing was such that all she needed to do was remove her shorts and he imagined she would be ready to go swimming. Her tube top looked as if it would function just as well in the water as it would on the land. These two Shia's wasted no time pulling him towards the one behind him and he found himself falling backwards onto the largest of the six if he didn't count the giantess who's hand they were in.

A series of excited giggles greeted his ears and he felt his legs being taken hold of. Before he could look to get a better look at the bodies that were holding them something landed solidly on his chest. He found himself looking up into yet another smiling face. This Shia had the raven black hair he loved so much but it was short and wild. At one and seven tenths of a meter tall this was the shortest Brian had seen Shia make one of her bodies. This was probably for his sake as she was also extremely light having the least developed body of the group as well. Yet as he looked at this Shia there was a wildness about her that none of the others had. Her eyes danced rapidly while her giggles showed an excitement the others couldn't match.

“What's going on here?”

“We're cuddling! Well just about. There is one more thing to do.”

The voices all came at once and blinded together. Uncertain of what was going on Brian felt them being moved and saw Shia's free hand reaching down to lift the entire group. He felt the largest of the six bodies remain rigid as they were lifted into the air and by glancing to his side saw that the bodies on each arm had wrapped their legs around the lower bodies and were apparently using this to support them. His entire body tingled as he felt something warm and wet against his throat and looked up to realize that the Shia atop him had just licked his throat. Before he could comment she leaned forward and took the tip of his nose between her teeth for but a moment and much to his surprise purred. Outside of the corner of his eye he saw movement as the breast of Shia's larger body rapidly rose up on either side of the group.

With Brian and her six other bodies within the cleavage of her larger body Shia's giantess self smiled down at the group. “I believe that will do. Now let's find something to watch together.”

End Part 1