And Angelo Quotes

“They had not been lied to. The men were gentle; when one leaned, moved, spoke, the other mirrored. She sensed it in the energy between them, their calm failure to react on any visceral level to her smile, the swell of her breasts, the curve of her lips-or to the more youthful charms of her security detail. She knew it as surely as she would have known fear or hunger. Not only were they gentle, they were together.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Carnival

“She wondered how old they were, with their strange smooth faces and silken skin, and the muscled hands that didn’t match their educated voices.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Carnival

“All right, they were cute. But she couldn’t afford to start thinking of them as human.”
― Elizabeth Bear, Carnival