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This section covers the queries received by Undepoldus from Mr.
Robinson's staff.
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What Do Spacers Do?
The three returned to Undepoldus House to tell Undepoldus of their
experiences.
Undepoldus greeted them with a smiling face. He said. "I
have received a lot of calls from Mr. Robinson's construction
company. They were all about things that the people did not feel
able to ask you personally. To answer their curiosity I have shown
them recordings of you making use of hygiene stations and sharing
comfort with each other. Every one of them insisted that I should
treat the recordings I showed to them as a private and confidential
communication. They were all pleasantly affected by the recordings."
Kerstin said. "That shows that we were performing properly
Undepoldus. I am glad that you were able to satisfy their curiosity."
"They asked me how often George shared comfort with you.
I said that as far as I knew George shared comfort with both of
you twice nearly every night."
Kerstin said. "Undepoldus, you should have said that it was
three times a night on average. You should not have given them
the impression that George was inadequate."
Marita asked. "Did any of them make any comment on what you
showed them?"
Undepoldus said. "They all wondered how George was able to
share comfort so often. I told them that all Spacers are trained
in giving and receiving comfort. Male Spacers have to learn how
to share comfort at least four times a day on a regular basis
in order to graduate from the Spacers College."
Kerstin asked. "Did they want to know how the training was
carried out?"
Undepoldus said. "I showed them excerpts from the recordings
used at the Spacers College. I told them that it was a part of
the training for all Spacers to get used to the idea of being
studied while sharing comfort and also to study the ways in which
other couples shared comfort."
George asked. "Did you tell them about the supervisor arrangements?"
Undepoldus answered. "Yes. I said that every male Spacer
cadet is cared for by a female Spacer who acts as his supervisor.
The supervisor's job is to examine the cadet in her charge after
he has shared comfort and to prepare him to share comfort again
as soon as she can. She also selects the female cadets that the
male cadet shares comfort with."
Kerstin asked. Were those answers enough to satisfy their curiosity?"
Undepoldus said. "No. It seemed that the more I told them,
the more they wanted to know. They asked me where they could get
the training that Spacer cadets received. I told them that the
only place I knew of was the Spacers College. The best thing that
they could do would be to set up their own training program. I
could supply them with recordings to guide them if they wanted
them. I advised them that they should have regular medical checks
and not to expect instant results. They should spend as much time
as possible in nude groups so they could become as used to seeing
genitalia as they were used to seeing noses. I said that it should
also become routine for them to assist each other in matters of
hygiene."
Marita said. "I think that many of them would find that hard
to get used to."
Undepoldus said. "I think that they might find it hard when
they try it for the first time but they will soon realise that
it is a better way of doing things."
Kerstin said. "Would you show us the recordings that you
sent them. I would like to know what they saw of us."
Undepoldus said. "The recordings I sent were mostly those
which I thought would make those who saw them want to copy your
examples as soon as they could. I think that they may well have
the same effect on you. I know that the recordings are likely
to have less effect on you than they would for non-Spacers but
you will be able to give me an indication of their effects."
George said. "I will be interested to see how others see
me. Marita and Kerstin have effectively seen what they look like
when they are with me."
Undepoldus said. "I will make a recording of your reactions
which you may want to see later."
Undepoldus began the display of the recordings in a life size
view. George sat on the settee between the two girls. Undepoldus
had chosen his selections well and they soon had the effect that
he had predicted. The three spent a very enjoyable afternoon together.
Undepoldus received a lot of calls from Derek during the next
few days. Undepoldus agreed to do a trial run at tunnelling and
gave advice about the way a new recreation centre for the construction
company should be built and furnished.
Undepoldus also received the news that his planned programme of
concerts could start on the 30th of November. It was later than
he had hoped but it left him with plenty of time to try out his
tunnelling ability.
On Wednesday the 11th November Undepoldus had his first tunnelling job. During the night of the 10th he was able to use the freight transporter to take him to Brentwood. The job was to make some tunnels under a moveway to enable wildlife to get from one side to the other. The plan was for Undepoldus to make a tunnel while he was closely followed by a shuttering machine. Undepoldus was asked to slow down several times because the supply of shuttering could not keep pace with his progress. Even so, he was able to make four tunnels in five hours.
Derek had estimated that the jobs would take three weeks using normal methods and had quoted that he could complete the work in three days. Undepoldus himself checked the shuttering for stability. The tunnels he had created were many times larger than the minimum size specified but the construction crew were very happy with the result. The tunnels were easily big enough to accommodate a standard city strip.
During the breaks in the work Undepoldus answered a lot of
questions about the lives of Spacers. One of the workmen asked
if George, Marita and Kerstin were happy about the recordings
that had been sent to Derek's staff.
Undepoldus said. "I have not asked them directly what they
think but they were quite happy when I told them that I had sent
recordings of them to you. I can say that they enjoyed viewing
the recording of themselves very much. The only problem is with
the attitudes of some non-Spacers. Many non-Spacers regard recordings
of sharing comfort as immoral or bad. Spacers consider sharing
comfort to be just as natural as eating. They find it a wonderful
way to help to keep fit."
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The next section covers the instructions
given by Undepoldus to Mr. Robinson's tunnelling crew, and later,
to the rest of Mr. Robinson's staff.
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section.
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