Transfer Points (Term)

On an infant, these are: head, throat, heart, and navel. From: Ambrov Keon, Ch 12. Litith speaking to Risa, ' "The draw will be through the umbilical, but the other points are necessary, just as a fifth point is for an adult. Do it before the child starts to breathe,drawing air into his lungs starts his child's metabolism, and his ability to assimilate selyn ends."
For adults the regular positions were for the four lateral tentacles to rest against the forearms of the Gen, with handling tentacles holding both the Gen's and the Sime's arms together to prevent dis-lodgement of the delicate lateral tentacles. The fifth contact point is best taken from the lip to lip contact for higher sensitivity, but it can be taken at any other point.
The laterals can also draw selyn from other parts of the body, such as the neck or shoulders. In First Channel, Rimon Farris witnessed a Kill where the Sime took the Gen from behind; the lateral contacts at the side of his throat and the fifth contact was lips to the back of the Gen's neck. This allowed for the Gen to be able to scream.
In Channel's Destiny, Zeth takes transfer from Owen by holding his shoulders and letting his laterals seek the right spots before making lip to lip fifth contact. Due to Owen's condition, this was their regular transfer position.
To figure out the possible variations, consider the human figure with chakras marked.  This provides the underlying structural pattern of selyn storage and circulation and explains why Need blocks out all sexuality.  Need is a phenomenon of the chakra at the very base of the spine. 
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