Date: 07 Dec 2011 08:12 Title: Chapter 29
Oh, drat! That's worse than I thought. I still wonder if Calafans didn't have anything to do with that. They are so...different and they know a lot of things. For them those things are natural, but for us--completely unknown and a mystery.
At first I thought Reed was very protective of Lili like an older brother, but it turns out that it's not exactly that kind of feeling.
But Treve's proposition? Oh, my...
But her reply isn't surprising at all.
Author's Response:
When I read your story, Three or Four, I thought of these scenes. After all, there's no reason to believe that different species' proportions will be at all compatible. For Doug, there's the testosterone spike, but there's also how things are in the MU - the women are actively choosing these men (with the Y Chromosome Skew) as mates. Both genders are driving evolution and are pushing the skew, which is why it is found in such a large % of their population, and so quickly (it's a random genetic mutation from the time of the Roman Republic - about 400 BC or so).
For Malcolm, he is beginning to see that vulnerability is not just something to protect, but also how you let your guard down. In canon, he's had hookups (both on and off screen, and both before and during the time frame covered by the series), but has never really gotten close to anyone. And he's learning that getting close isn't so terrifying after all, and that it's something that he wants. But doesn't know quite how, yet.
As for Treve, well, he's just doing what they all do. They are psionically gifted and they have active noctural lives.