"But I don't know how to talk to girls!"

"Ah, no, see, that's where you're going wrong." Huinesoron leant back in his chair and peered at Voyd over steepled fingers. "You don't need to talk; you need to act."

Voyd actually stopped his fretful pacing and stared at Huinesoron. "Act? Like... a play?"

"... no." Huinesoron sighed. "Look. Imagine she walks through that door right now. What do you do?"

Voyd bit his lip. "I, uh-"

"Wrong." Huinesoron flicked a hand out dismissively. "The correct answer is, you kiss her."

"I... kiss her?"

"Now you're getting the idea." Huinesoron cocked his head. "Or just repeating things mindlessly, I suppose. Let's see... then you turn into a crocodile."

"I turn-?" Voyd managed to stop himself. "I mean... kiss her how?"

Huinesoron rolled his eyes. "With... your... mouth." He chuckled at Voyd's expression. "And I'm not talking about a peck on the cheek, either. I expect there to be tongue - lots of tongue."

Voyd flushed slightly. "I, uh, um, right. And then what?"

Huinesoron stretched his arms over his head. "That depends on how she takes it." He counted the options off on his fingers. "If she pushes you away - unlikely, but always possible - you should apologise and leave. If she seems vaguely interested, but not really into it, you should grope her a bit."

Voyd spluttered and nearly lost his balance. "I what?"

"Feel her up. Fondle her." Huinesoron waved one hand expansively. "Touch her in places you wouldn't normally touch someone. Do you need a list?"

Voyd stared at him. "I... are you serious?"

"Well, I'd have to write it on the spot, but that's no problem-"

"No, I mean... you actually expect me to... to molest her?"

"Expect? No." Huinesoron grinned as Voyd sighed in relief. "It's an option for if she's not very interested, but she should be. In which case, you should take her clothes off."

Voyd had started pacing again as Huinesoron was speaking, and this time he did fall over. As he levered himself up off the floor, he was spluttering with something between disbelief, bewilderment, and outrage. "You what?"

"I recommend starting with her top." Huinesoron's expression was calm and composed, his voice thoughtful. "After that, you'll have to play it by ear. You could take your own t-shirt off, but that might look a bit self-centred. You could go for her bra, which would make it easy to switch back to 'molesting' if you want to, but they're tricky if you don't have the practice. Or you could take off her trousers, but it might look like you'd lost focus."

Voyd's mouth was hanging open, and his eyes seemed to bulge out of their sockets. "You... you... I... you..."

Huinesoron cut over him in that same contemplative tone. "Ultimately, the goal is to get you both naked. Whether you try and make that simultaneous, or spend some time on her before you focus on yourself, is up to you - and her, I suppose. After you've both got your clothes off, that's when-"

The door creaked open, and Kaitlyn stepped into the room. Her long black hair was pulled back into a tight braid, and there was a smile on her face as she nodded first to Huinesoron, then to Voyd. "Hello, boys. Things going well?"

"Aha! Hi, love." Huinesoron beamed at her. "We were just talking about you..."