After vigorous and ecstatic mating, Rhonda and his latest partner lay on the grass looking at the stars. "Iulius" Rhonda began. His mate responded "Please call me Iulia now."
"Iulia, can you tell me why you chose this? I mean, you were one of the toughest stallions around--I was afraid of you. What happened?"
"What happened" Iulia answered "Was that while I was looking at Ethel, after I had beaten her and she had changed into a female, I felt a strong emotion. It took me days to realize what it was. It was envy. I was tired of being a stallion. I was tired of having to beat up jerks who wanted to challenge me because they thought beating me was how to make their little reputations. I was tired of everyone looking to me to be dominant. And when I thought about it, really thought about becoming a mare and bearing new life in my body"--Iulia was crying now, something Iulius had never permitted himself--"I decided that that's what I really wanted to do, but I knew I had to have a good stallion, not some jerk, and that's when I thought of you."
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Time ran differently in the alternate dimension where Leila and Medeina were hunting. Three months experience for them would take only a week in their home dimension. (Medeina was hoping to get back before Rose foaled.) It was fun finding out about the slightly different types of animals that had evolved here. It was fun figuring out how to hunt them. It was fun building a fire and cooking their kill on sticks. It was fun spending hours just holding each other. Medeina had figured this was the acid test of their relationship, spending three months together with no other person present. So far, the relationship was passing the test.
"Wow" said Medeina, seeing a herd of animals slightly larger than earth mammoths pass by. She turned to Leila. "You thinking what I'm thinking?"
"Yeah" said Leila "No way wolves could hunt those monsters."
"But dragons could" Medeina finished.