[Elspode]

As I recall, she sort of skillfully dodged the question, claiming that, yes, she did sometimes have bad dreams, and she hoped I wasn't scared. It was the subtext, her looking sideways at my stepdad and smiling, and later laughing when I left the room. I pulled all of that together years later, after I'd actually made a girl make those sorts of noises. Well, that is, I *think* I made a girl make those noises. Could be she would have made them anyway even if I hadn't been doing what I was doing to her. I'm not sure, because I couldn't hear very well with her thighs over my ears and all.