#that the whole landscape will have changed i think dslakfjas

[not-poignant]

I know this is getting so ahead of things but given the upcoming developments EFNISIEN'S NEXT HEAT IS GOING TO BE SOOOO WILD IM DYING

Tbh I don't even know what Efnisien's next heat will be like.

In an ideal world, I want Gary and Efnisien to be much further along sexually already before the next heat, and I haven't actually planned another heat (since they can be months apart and there's a lot of story happening pretty quickly, I don't actually know if Underline the Black will still be going by the time the next heat arrives - though it probably will, I just haven't thought that far ahead).

fdsjfdsa a lot of the upcoming developments will continue to develop pre-heat!

And I don't know how they will intersect with the next heat! Efnisien might crave being touched more, but he still might not crave sex during such a vulnerable time. He's in a unique position to elect to have his heat managed via pheromones while generally not wanting sex during a heat, so if he wanted, or if Gary wanted, they could actually be like 'right let's keep sex off the table during the heat and go to saliva management' (fun!) 'and make sure sex only happens when you're fully lucid and consenting.'

Idk, this story never quite does the things it 'should.' dslakfjdsa