Ray McCarthy
Sentient Marmite: The Truth may make you fret.
Personally I'd rule out rape, intercourse, erotic petting, descriptions of nudity, sexual practices, descriptions of 'french' kisses etc.
But how far description of pregnancy, babies, explaining to Aliens what breast are for etc?
I'd be happy with hugs, a brief kiss (lips or cheek), holding hands etc.
Setting is 10 year olds to Adults in SF&F story on an Alien world that has one Earth human woman (age 24), vaguely contemporary period (perhaps turn of 20th to 21st Century).
The Human's alien friend suggests she is naive and there are three ways she could get pregnant (without explaining), but admits it probably doesn't apply as she doesn't seem to be the sort of girl to have 'hanky-panky' before marriage.
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The 24 yo Earth Woman is put in with rather junior class a year previously (when 23). She also is ageing very slowly. They assume at first she is about 14 (She may live many hundreds of years).
Adept Mages can heal anything* and neutralise poisons
Some Adept Sorcerers can 'shape change' other people down to DNA level if they have a sample of suitable DNA (mass is conserved).
You are welcome to comment on the three possible ways of getting pregnant. One doesn't require a partner at all. The Human is an Adept Mage. If she has thought of it, that hasn't been mentioned, nor indeed would she consider any of the three methods. She would (if she wanted to at all) only have a family by the traditional methods. She certainly is the 'wait till after marriage' kind of girl.
[* even congenital defects or 'genetic' diseases if a really good 'Healing' Mage]
But how far description of pregnancy, babies, explaining to Aliens what breast are for etc?
I'd be happy with hugs, a brief kiss (lips or cheek), holding hands etc.
Setting is 10 year olds to Adults in SF&F story on an Alien world that has one Earth human woman (age 24), vaguely contemporary period (perhaps turn of 20th to 21st Century).
The Human's alien friend suggests she is naive and there are three ways she could get pregnant (without explaining), but admits it probably doesn't apply as she doesn't seem to be the sort of girl to have 'hanky-panky' before marriage.
[Edit added comment]
The 24 yo Earth Woman is put in with rather junior class a year previously (when 23). She also is ageing very slowly. They assume at first she is about 14 (She may live many hundreds of years).
Adept Mages can heal anything* and neutralise poisons
Some Adept Sorcerers can 'shape change' other people down to DNA level if they have a sample of suitable DNA (mass is conserved).
You are welcome to comment on the three possible ways of getting pregnant. One doesn't require a partner at all. The Human is an Adept Mage. If she has thought of it, that hasn't been mentioned, nor indeed would she consider any of the three methods. She would (if she wanted to at all) only have a family by the traditional methods. She certainly is the 'wait till after marriage' kind of girl.
[* even congenital defects or 'genetic' diseases if a really good 'Healing' Mage]
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