I Dream of DemieChapter 20 Molehill from Mountain
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--- I Dream of Demie 10 - The Cutback (MFF, caution, interr, magic, mc, oral, impreg?) by Krosis of the Collective --- 'We need to talk.' Those are some of the most dread-inducing words you can hear, or read for that matter, since they were written on the note that I found behind my apartment door. It was signed by Erica. She was my neighbor from down the hall. A few weeks ago I had pulled her into my apartment, thinking she was Demie trying to fool me with her shapechanging power, and...
--- I Dream of Demie 22 - Eroji (MFF, cons, magic, oral, impreg?, rom) by Krosis of the Collective --- We found a motel because it was late and we needed to park the car somewhere it wouldn't get towed overnight. Plus, we were exhausted from the drive. Well, Kate and I were, anyway. Demie never got tired, it seemed. Kate opened the Chevelle's trunk and shrieked. I rushed to her side. The trunk was just a trunk now; the portal to her lab was gone! "How did this happen?" she cried out....
--- I Dream of Demie 11 - Pipe Dream (MFF, bi, caution, cons, magic, mc, oral, impreg?) by Krosis of the Collective --- Two hours ago: "Princess!" I stuck my head out of my apartment window. What, the cat had escaped again? The old lady on the street had last been calling out for her lost cat a few weeks previous, when unexpected roommate Kate the witch had transformed the feline in heat into a sexy woman for me to fuck to power the witch's spells. The cat had slipped away and I...
--- I Dream of Demie 16 - Eudora (MF, MFF, anal, bi, caution, cons, inc, magic, oral, f-solo) by Krosis of the Collective --- Demie didn't come back for a full week. Kate was quite glad for the attention, though I was getting a bit tired of ass fucking. Gets your dick covered in shit, y'know? Had to shower every time. Demie stood in the apartment entryway as the door closed behind her, arms crossed. She looked at me, still seeming pissed. Knock knock! Annoyed at the interruption, she...
‘We need to talk.’ Those are some of the most dread-inducing words you can hear, or read for that matter, since they were written on the note that I found behind my apartment door. It was signed by Erica. She was my neighbor from down the hall. A few weeks ago I had pulled her into my apartment, thinking she was Demie trying to fool me with her shapechanging power, and had proceeded to ravage her hot little MILF body, blowing my load into her unprotected and fertile pussy. She had said she...
A week ago... Siobhan barreled out of the house, leaving the front door open. She held her arm where her stepdad had yanked on it. That had hurt! After a block the auburn haired girl rounded a corner and leaned back against a fence, breathing heavily and holding back tears. Her stepdad’s attitude toward her was getting worse, and she was afraid he’d do something serious soon. “You don’t have to go back,” said a woman’s voice. Siobhan turned to find a beautiful lady in a half-top,...
--- I Dream of Demie 13 - Lunch (MF, cons, oral) by Krosis of the Collective --- Once Kate had recovered from her anal orgasm she went right back to trying to get me to fuck her vaginally, thinking that she was actually in love with me due to her backfired love potion. I told her that I was totally cummed out, which was true. She wanted to stay and cuddle but I told her I had to go grocery shopping, not to mention grab some more weed. I showered and went to Monday's place. "Hey hey,...
--- I Dream of Demie 2 - A New Couch (MF, con) by Krosis of the Collective --- Previously, on I Dream of Demie: Hi, my name's Tom. I killed a man to summon a sex demon from Hell. She loves to smoke my pot, so she spared my life, stays with me, and occasionally we have incredible sex. Tonight she brought this hot chick home and we totally had a threesome...then she killed her. --- I sat there, shocked, my lap covered in feces, urine, and what was left of the semen from...
--- I Dream of Demie 23 - The Aftermath (MF, magic, mc, nc) by Krosis of the Collective --- I floated in darkness, disembodied, bereft of myself. Demie and I had been forced to kiss by the mind control power of her brother, Eros, who had somehow been trapped in a Playstation 4 as the video game Eroji. Someone was screaming. I couldn't hear it so much as feel it. Anger...no, anguish. If I still had my heart, it would hurt to hear this sound. It was Demie! I had never heard her like that...
--- I Dream of Demie 4 - A Tail and Two Titties (MF, anal, con, lac, nc, preg) by Krosis of the Collective --- Previously, on I Dream of Demie: Hi, my name's Tom. I killed a man to summon a sex demon from Hell. She loves to smoke my pot, so she spared my life, stays with me, and occasionally we have incredible sex. Demie kills people, but she can make herself look (and feel) like any girl I want! But is it worth it? --- Five weeks ago... Abe Sorensen walked into...
--- I Dream of Demie 27 - Song (MFF, cons, lac, rom) by Krosis of the Collective --- "Tom!" I started awake. I was lying diagonally across my bed where I had collapsed after having sex with my ex-girlfriend Laura, randomly somehow my next-door neighbor. I still felt incredibly tired. Kate was there, holding the baby. "It's your turn. I have to get some sleep." She handed me Amy and then took a second look at me. "You feeling okay?" "Just really tired," I replied. She continued...
--- I Dream of Demie 29 - Ron (MF, cons, lac, magic) by Krosis of the Collective --- I knocked on the door of apartment 1310. Ron hadn't given me his phone number when we met a few days ago, so I couldn't confirm beforehand if he was home. After a few seconds the door opened. Ron's handsome face flashed me a smile as he opened the door. "Tom! Good to see you, squire." He moved back to let me in. Again, I had trouble placing Ron's muddled accent. I entered to find a nicely furnished...
--- I Dream of Demie 31 - Double Your Fun (MMF, cons, magic, oral, span, viol) by Krosis of the Collective --- One of the coolest things about having a copy of you show up, but with only recent memories, is getting to re-watch your favorite older movies with him because he's never seen them. We had just finished watching Terminator and Terminator 2 (Director's Cut, of course) back-to-back. "That...was...awesome!" he declared. "Are there any more in the series?" I screwed up my...
by Krosis of the Collective --- Detective Aaron Bilson woke up to find himself in bed. He felt weird, like he wasn't all there. A female form rose from a nearby chair and approached him. "Mom?" he asked, confused. She sat next to him. "You've finally figured it out, master." He snapped back to full consciousness. "Eudora. You...why do you look like..." Upon smelling her perfume, his mind flashed back to a defining moment from his childhood: He was sitting on his mother's bed,...
--- I Dream of Demie 21 - Eros (M+F+, inc, magic, mc, nc, oral, impreg?, rom, f-solo) by Krosis of the Collective --- Author's Note: This crossover involves characters from another of my stories, Eroji. You may want to read that first. --- Hi, my name is Tom. I immolated a homeless person to summon a succubus to serve me, but I messed up the summoning. Instead of taking my soul, she stays here on Earth, killing the occasional person and smoking my weed. A witch named Kate lived in my...
We found a motel because it was late and we needed to park the car somewhere it wouldn’t get towed overnight. Plus, we were exhausted from the drive. Well, Kate and I were, anyway. Demie never got tired, it seemed. Kate opened the Chevelle’s trunk and shrieked. I rushed to her side. The trunk was just a trunk now; the portal to her lab was gone! “How did this happen?” she cried out. “It’ll take forever to set the portal back up. For fuck’s sake!” I rubbed her back, since there wasn’t much...
--- I Dream of Demie 25 - The New Digs (MF, cons, oral, preg) by Krosis of the Collective --- When we got back to town I went and saw Monday. Demie said that she had some things to take care of, and gave me an address where I could find her after I was done. What I found was astonishing. Monday had not only cleaned his apartment, he had painted it! There wasn't even one soda can on the floor. And it didn't stink! He saw the look on my face. "Oh, yeah, I kinda decided to stop being so...
I floated in darkness, disembodied, bereft of myself. Demie and I had been forced to kiss by the mind control power of her brother, Eros, who had somehow been trapped in a Playstation 4 as the video game Eroji. Someone was screaming. I couldn’t hear it so much as feel it. Anger ... no, anguish. If I still had my heart, it would hurt to hear this sound. It was Demie! I had never heard her like that before. Then the screaming was over and I continued to float. I felt cold. Wasn’t Hell hot?...
--- I Dream of Demie 17 - Conception/Inception (MF, caution, cons, magic, mc, nc, oral) by Krosis of the Collective --- Detective Dianna Shepherd awoke from...a nap? She was sitting on her couch, but hadn't she just been sleeping in her bed? She was wearing her robe... She looked down. The front of her robe was spattered with blood! "What the hell?!" Then she tasted the metallic tang in her mouth. She rushed to the bathroom mirror. What stared back at her was a scene from a charnel...
--- I Dream of Demie 8 - Prophet and Loss (MF, best?, cons, magic, impreg?) by Krosis of the Collective --- I looked out over the rocky terrain from my high vantage point. The parts of the land below that weren't pock marked with bubbling lava pools appeared to be ebony or some other jet black rock, as was the cliff I was standing on. The sky was full of red, angry clouds that I knew would never rain. A flash in the distance was followed quickly by a boom of thunder that seemed to...
I was fucking a woman hard from behind, feeling awesome, as you do when you know that your orgasm’s on its way, that telltale tickling at the base of your cock that lets you know that everything’s lining up perfectly, balls to shaft. Atomic batteries to power! Turbines to speed! I looked down, expecting to see Demie’s brown hair, but instead my sexual partner was blonde. As she turned her head to look back at me, a bored look on her face, I saw that it was Detective Dianna Shepherd I was...
Hi, my name is Tom. I immolated a homeless person to summon a succubus to serve me, but I messed up the summoning. Instead of taking my soul, she stays here on Earth, killing the occasional person and smoking my weed. A witch named Kate lived in my closet, which was actually a portal into her lab, and a backfired potion made her fall in love with me. If I take Kate’s virginity, though, she’ll lose her magic. More recently, Kate moved her portal to the trunk of Demie’s classic 1967 Chevy...
When Demie got back, I introduced her to Beatrice, who was wearing some of the leftover clothes that Kate had left behind during her hasty exit from our lives. “Pleased to make your acquaintance,” Beatrice greeted her as she curtsied, which looked odd in a t-shirt and sweatpants. I quickly explained to Demie about the 200-year-old ghost being stuck in Vicky’s body. Then I shrugged and explained Demie to Beatrice. “A demon!” Beatrice shied back. “I will have no truck with the devil!” I...
--- I Dream of Demie 24 - Recap (MF, cons, magic, rom) by Krosis of the Collective --- I rushed to Kate's side. She was naked, her usual state when alone. I had never seen a naked woman so pregnant...I didn't know where to look first. Her breasts had grown, and they had already been nice C cups. They must have been D's now! Her formerly flat tummy was very distended, with stretch marks. She looked beautiful, though really tired. I helped her to lay back on the bed. "Where have you...
Demie didn’t come back for a full week. Kate was quite glad for the attention, though I was getting a bit tired of ass fucking. Gets your dick covered in shit, y’know? Had to shower every time. Demie stood in the apartment entryway as the door closed behind her, arms crossed. She looked at me, still seeming pissed. Knock knock! Annoyed at the interruption, she turned and opened the door. She still looked human so she wouldn’t freak out... ... the demon on the other side of the...
--- I Dream of Demie 5 - Clucking Hell (MF, cons, magic, safe, viol) by Krosis of the Collective --- A week ago... Marsha Patterson walked along the park path, her poodle Mookie ahead on her leash, sniffing at this and that. Marsha was up early, getting her bit of exercise before heading to work. Nobody else was up so she had the park to herself. The sun was just beginning to appear on the horizon. She was lost in thought and didn't notice anything wrong until Mookie...
--- I Dream of Demie 3 - Thinking With the Wrong Head (MF, mc, impreg, slow) by Krosis of the Collective --- Previously, on I Dream of Demie: Hi, my name's Tom. I killed a man to summon a sex demon from Hell. She loves to smoke my pot, so she spared my life, stays with me, and occasionally we have incredible sex. The other night Demie killed a girl while we were having a threesome. It kind of fucked me up. I went on a bender and Demie, shapeshifted to look like Jessica...
--- I Dream of Demie 26 - Apartment 1302 (MF, cons, magic) by Krosis of the Collective --- There was a knock at the door, which was weird because visitors normally had to be buzzed up. Confused, I opened it to find an older woman with a leather-bound case and a businesslike demeanor in what appeared to be a hundred-year-old styled black dress. "Yes?" I asked. "Kate is expecting me," the woman said as she brushed past me. She paused a moment, orienting, and then turned toward Kate's...
--- I Dream of Demie 30 - Jenny (MF, caution, cons, humil, magic, impreg?, voy) by Krosis of the Collective --- Last night: We drank the tea that Ron had made for my visit. I hated tea, but wasn't going to let Ron know that. The guy had set out a nice spread, with some butter cookies, or biscuits, as he called them with his muddled, possibly British accent. We played some Rocket League, and even though Ron owned the game, he was terrible at it. I was about to ask Ron how long he'd had...
Domo arigato, Mr. Hard Cock-o! “What the fuck are you talking about?” Shepherd angrily demanded. “What do you mean, my son was the price for ... a prophecy? Do you think I’m stupid?” Demie looked at her. “No, just uninformed. You can believe it or not, but given that you came alone and without a SWAT team, I expect that your co-workers didn’t believe either?” Shepherd continued to look frustrated. “Nobody remembered that I had even been pregnant! All records of Seth were erased. That’s...
I was coming back from the store with more diapers for baby Amy when Tilly’s apartment door opened. I turned to greet the siren, but instead came face to face with myself. Other Tom froze. “Oh, hey, Tom,” he greeted me with an awkward wave. A moment later, the door opened wider and Demie was there behind him, clad only in a bathrobe. “Demie?” I asked, dumbfounded. She had walked out a week ago and never came back. What was she doing in Tillie’s apartment? “Demie?” she replied, confused,...
--- I Dream of Demie 7 - Kate and Cat (MF, F-solo, best?, cons, magic, impreg?) by Krosis of the Collective --- When I got home Friday evening I grabbed a beer and plopped my ass down on the couch. I was tired! It had been almost two weeks since Demie had come into my life but sometimes it felt like longer...months...years? I heard a cat howling outside. One of the neighbors hadn't gotten her fixed so she was calling out for the local toms* to come put some kittens in her belly....
--- I Dream of Demie 19 - Monday & Zee (MF, cons, impreg, magic, sm) by Krosis of the Collective --- Hepzibah, a harpy with a magical amulet that made her appear like an emaciated human woman, lay on my friend Monday's bed caressing an egg that was about the size of a volleyball. I turned to Monday. "Damnit, Monday, I told you to wrap it up!" He looked back at me, eyes wide. "My girlfriend just laid an egg, and you're going on about safe sex?!" --- Seven weeks ago... After...
When we got back to town I went and saw Monday. Demie said that she had some things to take care of, and gave me an address where I could find her after I was done. What I found was astonishing. Monday had not only cleaned his apartment, he had painted it! There wasn’t even one soda can on the floor. And it didn’t stink! He saw the look on my face. “Oh, yeah, I kinda decided to stop being so useless, in case Zee comes back with my kid. I wanna show her I’m ready to be a dad, y’know?” I sat...
One of the coolest things about having a copy of you show up, but with only recent memories, is getting to re-watch your favorite older movies with him because he’s never seen them. We had just finished watching Terminator and Terminator 2 (Director’s Cut, of course) back-to-back. “That ... was ... awesome!” he declared. “Are there any more in the series?” I screwed up my face. “Um, there are, but I think we should just stop there to avoid disappointment.” “Huh ... okay,” he replied, and...
Knock knock knock! After waiting a minute, I knocked at the door again, but there was no answer. I was going to peer in through a window, but... “Can I help you?” I turned. A short, curvy woman with brown hair and glasses was approaching the house from across the street. “Patty Calloway?” I asked her. She stepped up. “Yes?” I thrust the romance novel at her. “Just returning your book.” Her face broke into a grin. “Oh, I’ve been missing that! I ... umm...” Then her eyes went wide. “Umm,...
--- I Dream of Demie 12 - Backfire (MF, anal, magic, oral, reluc) by Krosis of the Collective --- I woke to the feeling of my dick being sucked. "Demie..." I moaned. Damn, that demon was insatiable! "Mm mmm..." someone hummed a negative into my member, which felt strange but also good. I sat up. Kate the witch in her new brown-haired and curvy 18-year-old body was sucking on me...and she was naked. "Kate, what...?" Her lips smacked as she opened her mouth to talk. "Please, Tom,...
Detective Aaron Bilson woke up to find himself in bed. He felt weird, like he wasn’t all there. A female form rose from a nearby chair and approached him. “Mom?” he asked, confused. She sat next to him. “You’ve finally figured it out, master.” He snapped back to full consciousness. “Eudora. You ... why do you look like...” Upon smelling her perfume, his mind flashed back to a defining moment from his childhood: He was sitting on his mother’s bed, looking at an old photograph of her....
“Tillie!” I pounded on the siren’s door. “Is Otie with you?” Her door creaked open. There was no one there. “Tillie?” “Let me go first,” Demie said, stepping in front of me before we entered Tillie’s apartment. “Tillie?” She strode forward carefully. We found the siren lying on her couch, her face locked in a familiar rictus of pleasure. Eros had kissed her as he escaped, sucking her soul from her body. Now deceased, her innate ability to appear as someone’s greatest regretful love was...
Previously, on I Dream of Demie: Hi, my name's Tom. I killed a man to summon a sex demon from Hell. She loves to smoke my pot, so she spared my life, stays with me, and occasionally we have incredible sex. Demie kills people, but she can make herself look (and feel) like any girl I want! But is it worth it? Five weeks ago... Abe Sorensen walked into his apartment through the damaged front door. Goddamnit! The place was a mess. He quickly grabbed the phone and called the cops. As he...
--- I Dream of Demie 14 - Giving Her What She Needs (MF, interr, mc, oral) by Krosis of the Collective --- I woke up, remembering what I wanted to say to Demie: She should call Dianna. Oh, and did she murder my coworker Carrie? But I was alone in the bed, and I was late for work. "Shit!" I gulped down some cold coffee and rushed out the door, not even having time to shave. I was late for my shift but not for our start-of-day standup meeting, so I doubt my manager even noticed. What I...
Previously, on I Dream of Demie: Hi, my name's Tom. I killed a man to summon a sex demon from Hell. She loves to smoke my pot, so she spared my life, stays with me, and occasionally we have incredible sex. The other night Demie killed a girl while we were having a threesome. It kind of fucked me up. I went on a bender and Demie, shapeshifted to look like Jessica Alba, took out a bunch of bikers that were giving us trouble. She can make herself look (and feel) like any girl I want! But is...
I rushed to Kate’s side. She was naked, her usual state when alone. I had never seen a naked woman so pregnant ... I didn’t know where to look first. Her breasts had grown, and they had already been nice C cups. They must have been D’s now! Her formerly flat tummy was very distended, with stretch marks. She looked beautiful, though really tired. I helped her to lay back on the bed. “Where have you been?!” She looked at me with a combination of anger and concern. I sat on the bed next to...
Kate and Monday were eating ice cream with Molly the receptionist when I barreled headlong into the kitchen. “RUN!” I yelled. Monday was immediately on his feet. “Why?” Molly asked, dipping her spoon into the box for another scoop. The door burst open behind me, revealing the huge, slavering hound in all its glory. “Dinkies!” Kate yelled, and all of us, Molly as well, ran for the other kitchen door. I grabbed a heavy-looking wrench that was sitting on the counter and threw it at the hound,...
My name’s Tom. I summoned... ... ah hell ... if you don’t know what’s going on after 45 chapters, then this will hardly help. The first thing I noticed upon entering the unnamed demi-plane was that my head cleared up; the dimensional pressure of Gehenna was gone. The second thing was the heat, and third was the occasional weird bubbling lava pool. I looked up at the dim sky, filled with red, angry-looking clouds, even though the air was dry. The ground was dark and rocky. I had a...
--- I Dream of Demie 15 - Pukwudgie (MF, anal, cons, magic, nc, oral, impreg?) by Krosis of the Collective --- I was sitting on the couch when Demie got back. "Have a seat," I said, pointing. Instead, she headed toward the volcano vape. "Need a hit first." I got up and blocked her. "Nope...talk first." Then as her skin turned red and her horns came out, I realized that I may have made a tactical error. She looked into my eyes, her own blazing a terrible light. I gulped but held my...
--- I Dream of Demie 9 - The Cutoff (MF, 1st, caution, magic, nc, spank) by Krosis of the Collective --- "Princess!" I called for the dozenth time today, this time down an alleyway. "I got your princess right here, Mario!" came a guttural reply from the shadows. "Oh, fuck you," I muttered, moving on. Princess, who I had originally named Selina, had been a black cat in heat that my unwanted resident witch had transformed into a human woman in heat. With Demie missing, she needed me...
--- I Dream of Demie 28 - Hot Water (MF, magic, mc, oral, impreg?, viol) by Krosis of the Collective --- I had wanted to try out the sauna in our apartment building since I had first seen it a few days ago. Clad only in my swim trunks after I hung my t-shirt on a hook outside the room, I opened the door. "Close it!" I heard a young female voice snap, and I quickly slipped in and pulled the door shut behind me. I turned, and through the all-pervasive cloud of steam saw a slim figure...
When I got home Friday evening I grabbed a beer and plopped my ass down on the couch. I was tired! It had been almost two weeks since Demie had come into my life but sometimes it felt like longer ... months ... years? I heard a cat howling outside. One of the neighbors hadn’t gotten her fixed so she was calling out for the local toms* to come put some kittens in her belly. The thought gave my dick a little pep. Cripes, my newfound impregnation kink knew no bounds! (* The irony of the...
I knocked on the door of apartment 1310. Ron hadn’t given me his phone number when we met a few days ago, so I couldn’t confirm beforehand if he was home. After a few seconds the door opened. Ron’s handsome face flashed me a smile as he opened the door. “Tom! Good to see you, squire.” He moved back to let me in. Again, I had trouble placing Ron’s muddled accent. I entered to find a nicely furnished apartment, similar to Demie’s, but less retro. Various potted plants hung from the ceiling...
Two hours ago: “Princess!” I stuck my head out of my apartment window. What, the cat had escaped again? The old lady on the street had last been calling out for her lost cat a few weeks previous, when unexpected roommate Kate the witch had transformed the feline in heat into a sexy woman for me to fuck to power the witch’s spells. The cat had slipped away and I hadn’t seen her again. I took the elevator down to the ground floor and jogged over to the woman. “Excuse me!” The...
Once Kate had recovered from her anal orgasm she went right back to trying to get me to fuck her vaginally, thinking that she was actually in love with me due to her backfired love potion. I told her that I was totally cummed out, which was true. She wanted to stay and cuddle but I told her I had to go grocery shopping, not to mention grab some more weed. I showered and went to Monday’s place. “Hey hey, Tommy!” Monday held the door open for me to enter. As I walked in I smelled pot,...
I was sitting on the couch when Demie got back. “Have a seat,” I said, pointing. Instead, she headed toward the volcano vape. “Need a hit first.” I got up and blocked her. “Nope ... talk first.” Then as her skin turned red and her horns came out, I realized that I may have made a tactical error. She looked into my eyes, her own blazing a terrible light. I gulped but held my ground. After a few nerve-wracking seconds, she turned and sat down in my spot. She crossed her arms, waiting, her...
“There, that will hold Eros,” Kate informed us as she finished the complex chalk circle around the demon’s head, which was now in the middle of the kitchen table. “I don’t need magic for a protective circle.” Demie chuckled. “Good, then I won’t have to keep swallowing him.” Eros stuck his tongue out as Kate headed back to her bedroom. I looked at Demie’s brother. “I can’t believe you perverted one of my favorite childhood cartoons. Fuck you, asshole.” He leveled his Fabio-like gaze at me....
Eudora began her story, “Since the beginning, there have been rules put down by the Creator, He Who We Cannot Name.” “God,” I added helpfully. I was sitting on one of the beds next to Demie, and the Enforcer was sitting on the other bed next to the sleeping Dianna Shepherd. Eros and his mother were sitting across from each other on the hotel room’s only chairs. Demie gave me a jab in the ribs with her elbow. “Yeah, dummy, obviously.” Eudora continued, “After Earth was created, it was found...
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Don’t trust the who in apartment 1302. This story is the property of the author. It may be redistributed, copied and stored without changes, though it is not to be used by commercial entities. Using this material in any commercial publication, including websites, without the express permission of the author, will be followed up with legal action. This fictional story was written for the entertainment of adults and should not be viewed by those under the legal age. This is a story of casual,...
I had wanted to try out the sauna in our apartment building since I had first seen it a few days ago. Clad only in my swim trunks after I hung my t-shirt on a hook outside the room, I opened the door. “Close it!” I heard a young female voice snap, and I quickly slipped in and pulled the door shut behind me. I turned, and through the all-pervasive cloud of steam saw a slim figure sitting off to the side of the hot rocks on the semicircular bench, wearing a towel. Not wanting to make her...