The ploy is not working, Tikki realizes, and that is very aggravating. It’s what she gets for trying to get subtle. She’s seen this kind of thing work in practically every actionvid she’s ever watched: the female offers her body, the male gives the female whatever she wants. Yet this stupid fragging two-leg male sees her nude and thinks only of sex—right here, right now. She smells it in his scent. And she’s too short of time to try and take the tease any further.