Not just yet, they still haven't explained themselves...

"OK, stop that, that's an order!" You bark, knowing that this will appeal to the most basal training of a guard's woman and they both sit up ramrod straight.

"Aye, Aye, SIR!" The two chorus.

"Now, explain to me WHY, the two of YOU, specifically, are in my bed trying to have sex with me this morning." You demand.

Your younger sisters look at each other and finally charity shrugs and starts to gesticulate, explaining the series of events that led to this situation.

"So we were on rotation guarding the mouth of The General's shelter when you and that mob marched up to the gates of Wexford Holler and you made that little speech, not bad for a first time by the way. So when The General came out and challenged you we were with him, and when you killed him some of the guard's women were about to make a huge mistake and throw everything into chaos, so when they pointed their guns at you we pointed ours at them, and that started this whole Mexican Stand Off thing for about ten seconds before Kai Lan snapped her gun up to do a salute, and everyone else followed suit. Well, you know how most of the rest of the evening went and you turned in early, you must have been exhausted near to fainting you were asleep so fast, and that is where things get interesting." At which point Charity makes an 'over to you' gesture to Hope and she picks up the tale.

"Now the senior officers wanted to have the most experienced women guarding you, but they were also the same ones that nearly shot you, so we argued that as your sisters we could be trusted to not do anything emotional and stupid and Captain Selma agreed with us, so we came to the doors of your room to stand watch while she had the youngest guard's women, those who had NOT borne The General's children, and a few more experienced officers that she knew she could rely on, recalled from all across the colony to stand guard over you during the period of adjustment. The first of them arrived to relive us around 10 and at that point we slipped in here through the other door while they were in briefing, got undressed and got into bed with you." Hope explains, and then looks at her sister as if to say *Anything to add?* to which there is a brief nod and Charity takes up the tale again.

"We were going to keep watch through the night in bed with you, but by then we had been on watch for twenty four hours straight and were so exhausted that we nodded off after only about another hour: the rest you know."

"OK, in so far as it goes," You state, holding up a hand, "but the bigger part of that question was the 'trying to have sex with me' bit."

"OH: god you're dense." Charity says blinking in surprise.

"Bro, you survived The Ordeal, not only that you took out The General, while he was in his armor, you have just proven yourself the IDEAL specimen of masculine genetics: we are just trying to beat the rush." Hope explains patting your knee reassuringly.

"And the fact that we are siblings, doesn't bother you?" You ask, still a touch confused.

"Why Should it? The colony has strict eugenics guidelines: deformed babies are used as zombie bait, you know that..." Charity says puzzled.