--- Lily ---
Marigold and Lily didn't stick around too long to bother Blue. Lily had all sorts of questions... but after finishing her 'argument' with Kat, she could hear what Marigold and Blue were discussing and well... Lily wanted no part in that at all. Plus, dragging Marigold away meant the fae could take a bit of a break from Marigold while thinking things through properly.
Of course, in retaliation Marigold was holding Lily's arm between her tits, but it was an acceptable loss. Lily just had to concentrate on other things... and not how nice it considering Marigold hadn't bothered with a bra. *Wait? Does she not bother with one to be indecent or because she's got regeneration to take care of an issues associated with not wearing one?
Wait do I even need to wear one now?* Lily ignored the small voice in her head trying to point out her tits where too small to need a bra. It was a liar anyway... especially after becoming a beastkin.
Lily shook her head to clear her thoughts as the came across march practising nearby. "Do you think it's worth interrupting March's practice to ask her questions? I'm not sure this is really her area of expertise..." wondered Lily aloud.
"Eh... March is smarter then she seems so she might have some unique insight... but probably not. I think with just Blue and I you've got the two main points. Sure I could be wrong... but if money is no object it's just a matter of which you want more, and Blue added in the idea of 'do you want it to be useful now or later' which I think covers everything?" elaborated Marigold.
"You know I can hear you both right?" shouted March.
Lily gave March her best confused glare. "How?" shouted Lily back towards March. "Sure we weren't trying to hide what we were saying... but we're not all that close to you either..."
Lily was correct in that statement. March was carrying a large boulder around in circles. She'd done enough laps to compact the sand around her and turn it into a circular path... more than ones. Remains of previous circles could be seen around the area. At the moment, March was heading away from the group and there was a good fifty metres between them.
"My hearing is pretty decent... and I need to train myself to pick up sounds over all the steam I generate. That and it's a quiet day and you were facing me so the sound carried," explained March.
"Right... well I do have some questions I guess... but first I want to know why you're carrying that boulder around on sand? Wouldn't you want better footing? I mean there's some dirt a few dozen metres away, and I can SEE that the boulder your carrying is from further up that way," said Lily.
"It's part of the challenge," stated March. "I don't just want to work out any one specific set of my muscles, I want to give my entire body a workout. Carrying a heavy weight around in circles while constantly adjusting my footing and ensuring the boulder can't fall is taxing on most of my body. Not everything sure, but for a temporary setup it's about as good as I can ask for,"
"I wonder if Nixilei's going to take a nibble of that ear?" whispered Marigold.
"Wouldn't that hurt?" asked Lily.
"Maybe?" returned Marigold.
"Maybe?" hissed Lily.
"Look, yes, maybe. Did I not mention this before? Elf ears have a bunch of nerves in them, which makes them very sensitive organs... but not necessarily erogenous ones. Some people love having their ears played with. For them, it can be just as intimate as proper sex, if not more so... on other people it's super uncomfortable like having someone else poke around inside your nose.
"It really depends what side of the line your fall on.
Elves have a good mix... but most common is that it's pretty uncomfortable unless you're already in the mood... but sometimes it's always uncomfortable... and there's this one story... I've never confirmed if it was real or not... but I've heard rumours that some elves have ears so sensitive that they can't even go outside on a windy day or else they're cream their pants," snickered Marigold.
"You know what? I think that's a bit much for me. So I'm just going to leave those two sleeping adorably and move on. Hopefully while finding a sufficiently interesting topic to distract you with," grumbled Lily.
"We could always talk about how hot Kat is?" offered Marigold.
"Look, even though I agree with you, I don't think I'd like to talk about that. Heck, I haven't even talked too much about... lewder things with Kat herself. I certainly don't want to talk about them with someone else," said Lily as the started to sneak away from the area. Pointedly not adding the 'especially when that someone else is like you' to the end of her sentence.
"Ah, but that's WHY you should talk to me about it. Kat won't take anything I say seriously and I'm sure I've got some advice for you tucked away in my brain..." offered Marigold.
"Perhaps... but as I said I'm not sure I really want to talk about it. The next step for us is probably sleeping fully clothed together, at night, while I'm in my human form... but it just feels like a bit step. The few times it's happened by coincidence I end up doing something... questionable with my hands," admitted Lily with a deep blush.
"See, that's your body telling your brain its ready! I feel like you could at least move up towards some heaving petting..." Marigold started explaining as she got closer to Lily so that she could occasionally whisper into the catgirl's ears.