When the girl and Sil reunited that night in their bedroom for the first time since they had been home, they started to talk a little first.

"What Human do with Scientist today?" Sil asked curiously.

"We talked about what he wants me to help him with, a new project under way. He also told me more about medicines and such that you have here on this planet, from what he knows anyway, should injuries or poisons happen." She explained.

"Hmmm, sounds good."

"What did you do?"

"Emperor has Chamberlain back as advisor again. Oversee other Skeksis jobs like tend to do on average day chores as well. Hmmmm."

"Glad to be home again?" she asked.

"Yes. Not like being away for such long times." Sil replied.

"Well, it doesn't look like anything was touched in here while we were gone."

"Yes. Kept door locked." Sil said. "But now, wanting to do deed here in own room." He began to get undressed.

"You really have been rather horny lately." She admitted. "I mean, so interested in mating so much."

"New mate and wanting to take care of urges in so long." Sil replied.

"Or are you absolutely really trying to go for a possible pregnancy?"

"Maybe both."

"Even if you do get me pregnant, I wouldn't know anything for at least a unum." She stated.

"Not even unum of after wedding. Now we do it." Sil ordered.

She knew he was getting carried away here but knew he was ready for it. Why not? She thought of it as celebrating their first night here back in the castle.

"Okay. We can also think of it as celebrating our first night here back in the castle." She gave in. She too got undressed. The Skeksis was immediately on top of her wanting to do her. He loved the sounds she made as they made 'love.'

At one point, she asked if she could be on top of him to make it interesting. It was in between their bouts. Sil thought about it and knew that things did need to be kept interesting. "Hmmm, yes. Human can try on top of Chamberlain. Just keep mating until through." He replied.

"If you allow me to have some charge first. Just see if I can pleasure you."

He gave up his control and laid on his back to see how his mate could pleasure him, to see if she could in fact. So far, in all their mating sessions, he had been doing it all. She guessed it was because he played submissive roles to his own kind more often that he just wanted to dominate others. But he got his way a fair deal of the time too, but usually more when the emperor was watching.

The girl guided herself down on top of him and she began to do own version of thrusting on him. His legs supported her as well as her own. It wasn't quite as pleasing to him the way perhaps another Skeksis might mate with him, but she did her best. Eventually, the pressure building from him got him moaning and he wrapped his tail around one of her legs in playfulness.

She jumped at that, but she smiled. She liked that gesture. She kept going until he had to pump her too and he got his seed into her once again. She rubbed his belly and he let her touch his nipples and private spots. His hands also found her back and his talons rubbed a few scratches on her but didn't entirely break the skin with her gown in the way.

On the last and third round, they both took the gowns off. The girl was already exhausted, but Sil went the last round. He liked going the three rounds. He had to expel seed from all three members.

Maybe he felt he was trying to impregnate her but likely that he wouldn't. He liked that he seemed to have someone here who seemed to take his side on thoughts. But he kept his darker side hidden still from her. He soon finished inside her for the last time and he bit her shoulder.

After the mating, the girl put some medicine on the wounds to not let them get infected and she laid down next to her love. It didn't take long for them to fall asleep from their workout.

…..

The Chamberlain was now completely back to his daily duties of what he did before for the emperor and his fellow Skeksis. His wife on the other hand talked to the Gelfling sometimes and helped in the Scientist's lab every day.

Tek saw how she handled the animals. She talked to them softly while feeding them and they even licked her hands. They allowed her to pet them. But when it came to him, she talked to him like an equal. She never insulted or hit him. Not that she would be allowed to anyway.

Tek could speak rather roughly sometimes but it was only because of the way he was picked on by many of the others. The girl often saw it from the emperor and the General the most. The emperor had some respect for his work but didn't like to be told he was wrong about something. The General called him a weakling, but he called the Chamberlain one too.

The girl saw that what Sil and Tek said about things was obviously true in most aspects of their world. They were the smartest ones here in the castle, with their realizing aspects compared to the others.

The girl was just one day entering the lab when she heard Tek cry out in pain. She hurried in there to see an animal on his left arm. "Let go!" He ordered.

The human hated hurting animals, but self-defense was sometimes necessary. She grabbed Tek's scepter and went at it. "Let go of him!" she yelled, hitting the animal on the head. It was one of the more unfriendly ones. This animal didn't even like her.

The animal yelped in pain and let go of the Scientist. He panted hard. When the animal came at her next, she had to hit it on the head hard with a rake and it collapsed, dead from how hard she hit it.

Tek held his painful arm while watching the human turn to him. "It's dead I believe." She said.

"Good." He growled. "That's what happens to anything that betrays us."

"That should be more what happens as a last resort." The girl told him. "But here, let me see your arm."

Tek was just grouchy this had happened. He reluctantly took his right hand off the wounds. His blood was soaking his clothing.

"We need to get this treated." She said as she grabbed a cloth to put over the wounds. Skeksis blood she saw was a bit darker than human blood.

Tek had to remove some of his robe on his arm so it could be treated properly. He winced as she tried to go about cleaning it for him. It was nothing that required stitches but just cleaning and bandaging.

"Watch it, Human!" Tek snapped.

"I am being careful. Wounds just naturally hurt. You gotta let me do this." She retorted. She patted the wound first, then got some medicine herbs on a cloth, then put it over the wound. It stung Tek, making him growl. "Just hold still while I get this on." She ordered him. She then proceeded to wrap a bandage around the patch on the wound to hold it in place.

He watched as she wrapped the dressing around his arm almost perfectly. She finally finished with tying it up in a knot. "There you go."

Tek looked at the bandaging. It looked good. It would have been harder for him to do it himself with only one working hand and his mouth. "Uh, good job." He said, his way of thanking her for helping with his arm. His other arms weren't working as well as they used to.

She knew that he might need some help more with his arm hurt. But he could make it clear that he didn't want much help. Partly maybe. He still had to use it. But it was hard to concentrate with the wounds stinging.

Sil later came into the lab to see how things were going. He noticed the bandaging on Tek's arm. "What happen to friend Scientist? Hmmm?" Sil asked.

"An animal attacked me." Tek replied. "The human helped take care of the wounds."

"That sound like Human." Sil agreed.

"Hey, Sil. What brings you here?" The girl asked, coming in from the other room. She had been cleaning up the mess of the animal.

"Seeing how Human and Scientist getting along." Sil stated.

"We've been getting along just fine. I had to kill the animal to get it off of him." She admitted.

"Is good job, Human. Emperor needs Scientist to be working on his duties for Skeksis." Sil proclaimed.

"And I have been." Tek replied.

"Will let emperor know of what happen here. See Human later." Sil said.

"Alright." She smiled and waved at him as he left. Then she turned to Tek.

"How can you stand to be around him?" Tek demanded. "He is most annoying with how he sneaks in and just manipulates us all."

"He has his ways that I just see beyond what he's doing. I just see things in a different way is all. Hard to explain. But then, you seem to see things differently from the other Skeksis too. You understand how to do things with machines that they don't and be their doctor too when they need you to be." She explained.

She had a point. But now, he had needed her to be his doctor since she had treated his arm. He was grateful to her for that. After that, he started to soften up on her. But he still treated her like a servant, but almost close to an equal.

….

In the coming days, the girl would change Tek's bandages and check on the wounds. They would heal in keeping the wounds clean and patched up.

Sil checked on things daily. He was just checking to make sure his mate and Tek got along. But he also wanted to make sure that Tek wasn't going to try something. Now that the human was his mate, he didn't want any other Skeksis claiming her for themselves.

There was even a time when he was returning Tek's arm robes to the lab from SkekEkt when he saw his mate changing the bandages. He saw the extent of the damages that the animal had caused. Tek growled, wincing in pain from the cleaning and patching up, but he tolerated it well.

"Good job, Human." Tek thanked her.

"You're welcome." She replied.

"Hmmm." Sil made his presence known. She turned to him. "Hi, Sil."

"Hmmm, returning new robes for Scientist's arm." Chamberlain declared.

"Good. It took long enough." Tek exclaimed.

"You might want to wait a little longer to make sure the wounds are healed first before putting those on." The girl instructed.

"I'll do it as I please." Tek retorted.

"Be good thing to listen, SkekTek." Sil advised.

"Fine." Tek grumped. He was just more that way when other Skeksis were around him, especially Sil.

Later in the evening, when Sil and his wife were in their room, Sil asked her, "You are not feeling anything for Scientist, right? Hmmm?"

"Of course not, Chamberlain. I just work with him. I'm just helping as an assistant, and more while his arm is healing. Nothing more than that. It's the same with any other Skeksis. I only work with them when I have to or talk. You are the one that I have chosen to be my partner and lover." She explained.

"Good. Keep as that way." Sil proclaimed.

"I know better than to cheat. I promise to keep things just casual among the others." She replied.

"Good, yes." Sil stated. "Are you going to come into heat soon?"

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"Every few weeks since have known Human, you have time for many days that you smell different than how smell now." Sil explained.

"Uh, that's a little hard to explain. But I can say it's not really coming into heat as you call it." She replied. "It is something that us human women go through every unum unless we get pregnant. It's actually the one time we are not fertile. I suppose you want to know what it is though?"

"Yes. If not heat, then what is it?" Sil was just curious as to what seemed like a breeding female at that time.

"For humans, it's called a period. It's a time of the month or unum every four weeks where if a woman isn't impregnated, her reproductive organ, the uterus, has to shed its lining. It sheds in the form of blood as that is what would otherwise nourish a baby until it would be ready to be born. That's the best of what I know what happens. So, when you have been mating with me during the times of our honeymoon, I wasn't bleeding then. So, you were having sex with me in the good times. If I don't get my stupid period, you might have actually gotten me pregnant." The girl explained.

"Hmmm. Intriguing. And when is Human due to get next period then?" Sil asked.

"It should be anytime now. If you wonder how long it lasts too, it usually lasts about a week, or around seven days. I think I should stay away from you guys during that time. If it arouses you if you can smell me, the others surely could too." She advised.

"Chamberlain make sure none of others touch his mate." Sil said sternly.

"You can't be sure that happens. You and I each have different duties here in the castle. You can't be with me all the time. That's why I think this would be a good idea." She declared.

"Hmmm, perhaps is best then. Not want Human mating with other Skeksis. They not understand what Human just told Chamberlain."

"Believe me, you don't want to mate with me unless you want nothing but a mess all over you. That's what a period is." She decreed. "Is there perhaps a separate, special place here in the castle with water where I could stay when it starts and stay till it's gone?" she asked.

"Only place would know of is special place in catacombs beneath castle." Sil replied.

"Can you take me there before I start? It could be anytime now. And you would have to listen to me about what I know about my body. Unless I had my uterus removed, I will bleed every month." She said. "It's nothing that would kill me, but they give me enough pain."

"But you need it to have baby." Sil stated.

"Unfortunately, yes."

"Yes, Chamberlain can take mate to special place now if want. Castle is quiet now." Sil offered.

"Sure." She replied. She kissed him for it. He loved getting her attention.

Wearing just their gowns for now, they quietly snuck out of their room and went to the catacombs, watching for any other Skeksis that might have seen them, but they were all in their respective rooms. There were a few guards in the hallways keeping watch, but they made sure to avoid them too.

Eventually, they got to the catacombs. The girl had never been down here. Sil led her to a special place that was at the end of a tunnel. There was some water running nearby too. "Human can have this tunnel as special place." Sil decreed.

She looked it over. There was space for a bed and maybe a few tools to use. "This'll do nicely. Thanks, Chamberlain." She smiled.

"And you sure it's not injury?"

"No, it's not. I'll let you know if something is an injury." She replied. "For now, we can go back upstairs, but in the times when I'm getting ready for it, I can always wear special clothing under my robes to make sure that nothing happens otherwise."

"Fine."

They went back up to their room. Then Sil was starting to feel aroused just from smelling her. "But if it could happen anytime now, perhaps mating before it happens. Chamberlain want loving." He said.

"Okay." She replied and let him start making love to her again. She made sure to have as much fun as she could with him. It might be her last for a little while. She really doubted she would ever get pregnant by her mate.

In all the centuries, the Skeksis had never had kids as it was, so why would it happen now? But it sure made for good lovemaking though.