"As far as I know," Stein said with a shrug. He couldn't say definitively what he'd find out until he'd tried it, so he wasn't going to commit to anything more.

Maraich could be an alien with a cast-iron uterus, for all he knew. He hadn't even had a chance to touch him yet!

He pulled the machine closer and reached for Maraich, to pull his shirt up and bare his stomach. "The gel will be cold, sorry."