<strong>Lilith, with Dr. Mephiston, joining Selena and Daniel</strong><br/><br/>“I accept your invitation, most humbly,” Lilith said cautiously to Dr. Mephiston. She was rather pleased by his cordial request for a further social engagement, but she also remembered how few of such requests – in her experience – ever yielded anything that came to fruition. Still, the good Doctor’s enthusiasm impressed Lilith, and his words seemed genuine to her. “In particular, it’s good that your invitation extends to both daytime and nighttime parameters. I often am inspired for creative work at odd hours, which most people reserve for sleep rather than productive creation. Then again, I only sleep on average eighteen minutes per every twenty-four hour period, as I’ve found that proper chemical and sexual stimulation makes me more efficient and negates the need for sleep.”<br/><br/>Lilith found herself puzzled, at first by Dr. Mephiston’s outburst regarding the singing. It seemed to affect him in ways that rarely affected her. She noted that the singing was indeed in proper pitch, and rarely deviated from a specific beat. Still, nothing about it particularly seemed capable of affecting emotions, at least not to Lilith … then again, few songs did. But it provoked a visible and visceral reaction to Dr. Mephiston. That intrigued her.<br/><br/><em>I may have to keep company with this man, if only to better understand his illogical behavior,</em>Lilith thought.<em>I cannot fathom how a man prone to such emotions can yet be so scientifically gifted, yet he is. Curious …</em><br/><br/>Omega came up to Lilith. It slightly cocked its head at her, as if asking for further instruction, in much the same manner Lilith slightly cocked her head when listening to others. She beamed, somewhat pridefully, as the good Doctor came over and inspected Omega.<br/><br/>“Omega can obey up to one thousand and twenty four separate commands,” Lilith said to the Doctor, as he looked over her invention. “There are over three thousand cogs and gears in his cranial area, some no larger than a millimeter in diameter. It’s my finest construction to date in creating a fully functional artificial difference engine. Omega also possesses enough hydraulic strength in his limbs to lift nearly four metric tons, and can move at a rate of close to fifty kilometers an hour for over seven hours, if necessary. He is also equipped with a sophisticated sexual apparatus capable of bringing a woman to an intense state of peak sexual excitement.” Lilith frowned a little at that. “Possibly a man as well. I haven’t yet tested that possibility.”<br/><br/>“But I plan to properly demonstrate this all for Lee Chang, at his convenience. I trust you will all bear witness to this demonstration as well.”<br/><br/>Caught up in her own enthusiasm, Lilith found herself not objecting when Dr. Mephiston took her hand and brought her over to Selena and Daniel. “Yes, it would indeed be a privilege and a pleasure to … umm … my word …<em>mmm</em>…” Lilith brought her free hand up to her ample chest. She could feel her heart pounding as she saw Daniel kissing the nape of Selena’s neck, nuzzling and kissing the woman, sliding his hand along the woman’s chest. She watched wide-eyed as the woman not only seemed not to mind, but to encourage the handsome man’s amorous affections. She noted the woman’s soft moans, how her hands moved down and slid over Daniel’s rear, how she helped him … lift her skirts … his strong hands, wandering beneath …<br/><br/>Lilith blinked rapidly, and swallowed hard. She felt very faint. She squeezed Dr. Mephiston’s hand, very hard, barely noticing that she’d done so.