normally aware of his lungs in thisway and it was peculiar, verging on actively unpleasant. He wasimmediately lightheaded, though, which felt sort of wonderful. Hecoughed, but not hard, the smoke coming out in puffs.Dontinhale too much, Jesse advised. Go easy on yourself. Hereached over and plucked the cigarette from Henrys hand. Imtrying to learn how to blow smoke rings. He drew on the cigaretteand made guppyish motions with his mouth, the shape of his lipsreminiscent of a mouth wrapped around a cock, and Henry drew in asharp breath, a wash of heat burning through his skin.Jessebeckoned Russ to sit beside him. Here. You, too. He handed Russthe cigarette and he obediently inhaled. He clearly had smokedbefore, and was much more practiced than Henry. Jesse asked, Doyou want Martin to have some?Ifhe wants. Here, Martin, come sit.Martinsat beside him, leaning heavily on his right hand, his legs out tothe side. He took the cigarette from Russ and said, I can blowrings, Sir, if you want to see.Really?Jesse laughed. Yes, show me!Henrywas surprised. He didnt know Martin had ever smoked, much lesslearned tricks!Martininhaled, formed an O with his mouth, and pushed out a series ofdense, opaque rings that wavered and grew wispy the farther theytraveled from his lips. Jesse cackled with glee and all three membersof the audience clapped.Doit again, Jesse urged. I want to see how you do it. Hewalked on his knees over to where Martin lounged and stared intentlyat his mouth. Martin began explaining the salient points of blowingrings, Jesse listening avidly.Russsmiled at Henry. You didnt know he could do that, did you,Sir?No,Henry admitted. I didnt know hed ever even smoked. Werethere cigarettes around at Ganymede?Theadults had them, Sir, and sometimes theyd share.Soeveryone smoked from time to time, then?No,Sir, just the favorites. Martin was very well-liked by everyone.NowJesse was touching Martins neck and jaw as he blew rings. Henrybristled a little at thisJesse had not asked his permission, afterallbut told himself it was innocent enough, and even if it wasnt,he neednt let it go any further.Thefirst cigarette was entirely smoked, so Jesse lit a second to makeanother attempt at blowing rings. He was more successful this time,creating amorphous doughnuts of wispy smoke that seemed to give himgreat satisfaction, and the other three exclaimed over hisachievement. They passed the cigarette around the circle and when itcame back to Jesse, he tried again, his results at least matching hisprevious effort if not really improving upon it.Whenthe second cigarette burned down, they all agreed a third wasntnecessary. Ill get sick, Jesse said simply. He put thecigarette packet and the makeshift ashtray behind the dictionary andcame back to sit down close by Henrys side. He nudged Henry withhis shoulder and said, I remember what you said at Christmas, thatyou dont share Martin, and I wont ask you to do that, buttheres another thing I thought you might be willing to do withme?Wary,Henry leaned fractionally away from him, and said, What?Jesseleaned after him, his lips brushing Henrys ear, though he didntwhisper. I like to watch, he said, and be watched.Startled, Henry turned to look at him.