"Oh, didn't mean to make you uncomfortable." Akira said with a shrug, "just...um...testing the waters as it were." He said with a sly smile as the two sat down. "If you don't like to be touched, I understand and won't cross the boundary again." He hoped that wasn't the case, he was finding this Gen very interesting. He wanted to learn more, "what do you mean, change?" He asked quietly.
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"No!" Gen said quickly to Akira's apology.? Too quickly, the androgyne thought afterwards, chagrined.? "I mean, it's not that I don't like to be touched. I... I actually kinda like being touched.? ?Probably because I didn't get enough of it at the lab once I became conscious."? He chewed on his lip, trying to think how to explain it.? "They were studying me, trying to see how my body would respond to different stimuli in the ways they wanted.? So it was always, you know, controlled."
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"Like I said, I was designed with planetary exploration in mind, so they made my body adaptable to a number of different environments.? Including, well, social environments.? If I touch someone for a prolonged period, I... adapt to them.? My body picks up on little cues they put out and shifts in ways to become more... compatible." Gen blushed as he added "Like for, you know, intimate interactions."
