Wherever She Pleased

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no downer would work in springtime. mating consumed them. females left their burrows and took to walking, simply walking, wherever their fancy took them; and males followed them, far, as far as their resolve and their interest could drive them, until the last gave up, lost interest, resigned the Downer lass to his last rival, who had still to find a place, and dig a nest, and satisfy the far-walking adventuress of his craft and his passion and his worth. what need of nations or boundaries, or such territorial notions? the object of their desires went where she pleased. -cj cherryh, tripoint