God succession system

After closing the door behind him Alex slowly walked towards the royal quartet waiting for him, while also simultaneously removing his own shirt. He unashamedly ran his gaze across all four of them, starting with Altina who was wearing a transparent forest green gown as if to match her dress from earlier, and as she felt his gaze the shy elf immediately turned Crimson all the way to the tips of her ears as she looked away bashfully while fidgeting slightly. Next to her was Tracy, who was wearing a dark blue gown that matched the rest, except as she noticed Alex looking at her she puffed out her chest proudly and smirked as she eagerly awaited what was to come. Then there was Francesca, who was wearing a crimson gown that matched her hair and eyes, while she rigidly stood straight, not wanting to possibly disappoint him with poor posture or mannerisms. Then Alex looked at Liliana before frowning slightly, causing her to frown in turn at him. As she was only fourteen Alex had said he wanted to wait a few years with her, much to her chagrin at the time, which she didn't agree with considering that she was already old enough to marry and have children according to Tortus standards. Choosing to address her later, Alex turned his gaze towards Altina once more before making his way over to her.

As she watched Alex approach Altina could feel her heart rate seemingly increasing with each step he took, until it felt like her chest was going to burst from how fast it was going. As he reached her Alex gently placed his hands on her shoulders, before shifting the straps of her gown down them and allowing it to fall and pool at her feet, leaving her standing completely n.a.k.e.d before him. Instead of ogling her now n.a.k.e.d body though, Alex simply stared into her eyes and said,

"You look exceptionally beautiful tonight Altina." The elven princess blushed at the compliment, even though Alex was currently only looking into her eyes. She then nearly jumped as his hands shifted from her shoulders as they slowly started making their way down her front, before they reached her b.r.e.a.s.ts. As wave after wave seemed to surge through her body at Alex's touch, she just barely murmured,

"Please be gentle..." Alex was slightly taken aback as he was already just barely touching her, so as an experiment he just barely flicked the tips of her n.i.p.p.l.es.

"Ah!" Altina let out a small cry at the sudden stimulation as Alex's eyebrows shot up in realization, Altina's body was extremely sensitize. He paused for a moment as he contemplated what to do, making Altina pause as well when she felt his gentle caresses stop, before he suddenly grabbed her waist and said,

"Hold on." Before Altina knew what was happening they were both in mid air for a second, before landing softly on the bed behind her.

"Eh-what?!" She cried out at the sudden shift, before Alex sealed her mouth with his own. She experienced a moment of slight panic when she couldn't breath normally, but when she realized what was happening Altina calmed down and awkwardly tried to reciprocate the kiss. Alex smiled through their kiss as he felt Altina's awkward movements, before guiding her until she was able to kiss normally. After several seconds of this he broke it off to continue, leaving her looking slightly dazed as she wondered where his lips went. She was brought back to awareness when Alex's lips made contact with the valley between her moderate b.r.e.a.s.ts, causing Altina to gasp as she felt as if a shock went through her body.

From there Alex traced around her b.r.e.a.s.ts with his tongue before finding one of her n.i.p.p.l.es with it, while one of his hands slid down her belly as it slowly made its way to her secret garden. As he reached down there however, he found her absurdly smooth lips already drenched in her love fluids as the repeated new sensations pulsed through her body, before it twitched as she felt his fingers touch her most sacred place.

"Wait!" She barely managed to cry, as she reached down and tried to stop his hand. What she was already feeling was so amazing, she didn't want it to stop as he tried to go further. Alex smiled and leaned forward to whisper in her ear,

"Even if you think this is amazing, it's nothing compared to what you're going to feel." Altina's mind blanked as she tried to imagine what it would be like to feel better than what she was already feeling but, before she could think too deeply, Alex lightly blew into her ears and made her entire body twitch once more as she whimpered,

"Noooooo~????!" Alex felt a whole new wave of fluids drench his hand while Altina clutched the sheets around them and cried out to the heavens from her climax, amazing him as he learned firsthand just how sensitive an elf's ears were, though she was already fairly close to climaxing to begin with. While she rode the waves of her first ever orgasm, Alex back up and dropped his pants so that he was also n.a.k.e.d before once again climbing onto the bed while also gently grabbing her knees and lifting them while also spreading them. With them in an M shape, he finally had a clear view of her soaked and steamy s.e.x, before crawling back over her and looking her in the eye. Altina's gaze was slightly out of focus at first, but when she noticed him she blushed again at what just happened, before noticing something hot and hard poking her special place. She tensed up as Alex started shifting his weight, but instead of being penetrated like she thought the hard thing just scr.a.p.ed against her outsides before Alex shifted back and repeated the process. Each time the tip prodded her entrance she tensed once more, but then Alex would merely rub it against her outsides once again, frustrating her to no end.

"Please... Put it in me...." She pleaded slightly as her frustration grew, making Alex resist the urge to laugh lightly as he wasn't intentionally teasing her, but was instead using her fluids to lubricate himself before entering her tight hole. He then whispered into her ears while making sure to exhale into them,

"Here it comes." As she reacted to the sudden stimulation her ear was receiving, Altina suddenly gripped the sheets tightly as she felt something else start invading her lower body. Even Alex was holding his breath as he entered the extremely tight space, before encountering a barrier a few inches in, and pushing through it until he reached the entrance of her w.o.m.b.

"AH!" Altina cried out at the sudden pain, and pleasure, of being invaded so quickly, even though Alex stopped to let her adjust once she was completely filled. After only several seconds Altina nodded her head and said,

"I'm ok, you can move now." As he got permission to move Alex first said,

"This is where the real pleasure begins." Though she wondered what he meant since she couldn't imagine anything better than what she already felt, Altina quickly realized how right Alex was as he pulled his h.i.p.s back until only the tip was left inside, before slamming it back inside suddenly.

"Ah! Ah!!! AH!!!!" With her cries growing more intense with each thrust, it wasn't long before the bedroom was filled with crescendo of Altina's voice as Alex started picking up speed as he jack hammered her insides. Though it still stung a little bit at first, Altina didn't register it too much before it faded completely, and she was instead grabbing the sheets around her as she cried out to the heavens, and even wrapped her legs around Alex's waist to keep him from pulling out of her. Meanwhile as he pounded the elven princess, Alex was amazed at how fast Altina was adapting and feeling the pleasure, which, combined with how sensitive she was, he realized she truly did deserve the label of pervert that she had received in the original story. He himself was also feeling it quite a bit, as, even with her incredible tightness, he could feel that more and more of his length was able to fit inside her with each thrust, until eventually his entire d.i.c.k was inside. He could also feel her inner walls constantly tightening before loosening again, almost as if they were seizuring as she reached climax after climax. With the extra stimulation it wasn't long until Alex himself could feel the pressure building, and as he reached the peak he thrusted his entire length in until the head was pressed against her w.o.m.b, and poured his seed inside of her, making Altina reach her largest orgasm yet as she was stuck in a silent scream under him. It took more than a minute for Altina to recover from her orgasm as the warmth Alex pumped into her seemed to spread, before she locked her legs even tighter around his waist and tried to pull him close while demanding with her eyes slightly out of focus,

"More. Give me more!" Alex's smile widened as he happily obliged, as he fully intended to see to each of the girls individually before moving onto the next one. Though this would make the others wait a while, it would also make their firsts time a bit more special since Alex wasn't going to just bang them once and move on. Even as he continued enjoying himself with Altina, the other three were waiting at the side, Tracy rubbing her thighs together in excitement, Liliana growing increasingly anxious as she plotted on how to get Alex to accept her that night, and Francesca rigidly sitting in a sieza as she watched Alex with Altina. She was growing increasingly nervous as the scene in front of her played out, and she was made to realize just how shallow her understanding of intercourse was.

Even though she was the oldest of the four princesses present at the age of twenty, Francesca's knowledge of intimacy was very shallow because she wasn't due to marry for another decade or two due to the fact that demon race people lived several times longer than humans. With her primary focus until now being on researching and practicing magic, Francesca's understanding of s.e.x.u.a.l knowledge had only consisted of a man sticking his thing inside a woman until some stuff came out, and it sometimes resulted in a child. That day however she had learned differently as her attendants prepared her for tonight on her fathers orders, as they made sure every part of her body was ready from her hair and face, to even her rectum and feet to make sure that no matter Alex's preference, he was satisfied by her performance. The entire time her attendants were scrubbing, grooming, and priming literally every part of her body, they were also trying to feed her a constant source of tips and information so that she was as prepared mentally as she was physically for what was to come, though she barely retained any of it due to nervousness and having so much information given to her at once. Even now her mind was a blank as she focused absentmindedly on Alex and Altina, and wondered if she would react the same way the previously demure elf was now, until Tracy's voice suddenly whispered in her ear,

"Hey, since they seem like they're going to be busy for a while should we warm ourselves up for him?" Francesca jumped slightly at first, before turning to look at Tracy curiously as she tried to resister what she just said. All she managed in response was a subdued,

"What?" Tracy rolled her eyes at Francesca's reply, before she stood and lifted her gown to display her crotch at eye level, and stated with a dominant tone,

"I'm saying lick my cunt demon bitch!" Francesca was more than a little stunned at Tracy's demand, before the warrior princess grabbed the back of her head and pressed into her face into her groin. Francesca had no idea how to respond to the sudden situation as Tracy seemed to try and smother her face into her privates, before she recalled what Tracy said before and hesitantly licked what was in front of her lightly. The reaction was almost immediate as Tracy froze, waiting for more, before saying,

"Why'd you stop? Keep going!" With her encouragement Francesca lightly licked Tracy's crotch once more, before she stared to explore the tight crevice slightly with her tongue. Though at first Tracy wasn't impressed by the tongueing she was getting, as the minutes slowly creeped by while they listened to Alex and Altina continue going at it, Francesca was steadily improving the longer she kept at it. Soon Tracy wasn't even holding Francesca's head against herself anymore, as the demon princess herself had grabbed both of Tracy's butt cheeks as if to hold her still while she probed her with her tongue.

"To think, one day not only would I share a man with the princess of the demon race, but I'd be eaten out by her as well!" Tracy groaned as she felt better and better with each passing second from Francesca's tongue, until something hard and hot pressed against her backside and a masculine voice whispered in her ear,

"Since that sides covered, I guess that means I should get back here." As he finishing speaking Alex took his member and slid it between her butt cheeks, that were already spread due to Francesca's grip on them, until it was pressed against her backdoor.

"Wait-" Tracy tried to stop him, before Alex used the abundance of lubrication from his romp with Altina, and slammed his entire length up the princess's asshole in one quick move. Tracy was stuck in her own silent scream as she felt her ass spread from his invasion into her guts, and he also held her up as her legs tried to buckle. Meanwhile Francesca was so distracted with eating Tracy out that she didn't notice something was happening until she felt Alex's family jewels slap her chin as he suddenly thrusted into Tracy's ass. She recoiled suddenly in surprise, before noticing Alex was now standing behind Tracy and looking down on her. The demon princess's brown skin paled as she wondered if he'd be mad at what they were doing, before Alex said,

"Keep going, she was looking forward to this so much we might as well give her double the pleasure." As he finished speaking Alex grabbed Tracy's gown and ripped it down the middle before tossing it to the side to be repaired later, and reached down to Tracy's p.u.s.s.y to spread it with his fingers. As she looked at the inviting pink flesh in front of her, Francesca blushed as she did as he said and once more buried her face there and continued attacking Tracy with her tongue. As Tracy started to recover from the shock of the sudden attack on her ass, Alex slowly started pulling his waist back, before slamming it forward again as he started pumping in and out of her asshole. Tracy groaned with each thrust, and whimpered to him,

"I-I don't now how, but I'll get you back for this..." Alex smirked as even though she was threatening him, he could tell she actually seemed to enjoy having it up the butt or she would've used her skills to try and escape his hold. Even as both of her holes were attacked, Tracy's m.o.a.ns started growing in volume as Alex moved his hands up and started playing with her tits and n.i.p.p.l.es, increasing the pleasure even more. It didn't take long before she was pushed over the edge, and the already vice-like grip on his c.o.c.k tightened even more as Tracy orgasmed like she never had before from the double assault. As a result Alex himself quickly reached climax, as he spilled his latest load into the princess's asshole and made her insides burn from the invading fluid. As Tracy went limp in his arms, Alex picked her up lightly as he said to Francesca,

"I'll take it from here, and I'll be with you shortly." Though the demon princess was still dazed slightly from the flood of fluid that now covered her face, she quickly came back to her senses as she realized it was almost her turn with him. Her forgotten nervousness returned with a vengeance as she watched Alex put it into Tracy's "right" hole this time, and properly take her purity from her. As she watched him so was Liliana, who was watching while also glaring at Alex slightly since it was obvious he was still ignoring her. Francesca watched with a horrid fascination as Alex pounded Tracy, her own rectum clenching slightly whenever he decided to alternate holes, making her wonder if he'd try to do that with her as well. After a while of watching, Alex finally finished with Tracy as he left her on the bed with her legs spread in a very unladylike manner, before he finally moved in her direction. As he approached her Francesca felt her heart pound in her chest like thunder, and she was rubbing her thighs together slightly as she became increasingly anxious, and excited. At his gesture, she rose to a standing position before Alex loosened her gown and let it drop to the floor like he had Altina's. As she stood completely n.a.k.e.d before a man for the first time in her life, the demon princess was growing increasingly excited as Alex brought his face closer to hers until their lips finally touched, and he tasted the tangy sweet taste of Tracy's fluids upon them. He then whispered,

"So how do you want it?" Francesca was confused as she didn't expect Alex to suddenly ask what she wanted, before she shuddered slightly as his fingers traced down to the n.i.p.p.l.es of her b.r.e.a.s.ts.

"Some women prefer their b.r.e.a.s.ts being teased first, or toyed with during the act." As he spoke Alex kneeled down slightly until his face was level with her b.r.e.a.s.ts and he took one of her n.i.p.p.l.es into his mouth, earning him a mild whimper from the brown skinned beauty. This only lasted a fleeting second though, before he moved further until his face was level with her crotch as he whispered,

"While other women like men to use their tongues on them beforehand." As he finished speaking Alex leaned forward and kissed the demon princess's p.u.s.s.y, earning him a shocked gasp as she felt as if a surge of electricity shot through her. As she had never even gone so far as to play with herself before, this was the first time Francesca had ever been touched in a stimulating way in her most precious area. Though her attendants had their hands all over it as they made sure to thoroughly prepare her, it had felt nothing like it did right now as Alex gently probed her depths with his tongue, slowly licking and exploring every nook and cranny he could as she absentmindedly ran her fingers through his wild hair. It felt so good that she was filled with a mild disappointment when he stopped, before continuing,

"There are also women who love it here..." As he spoke Alex reached up with one of his fingers, and prodded the demon princess's butthole gently before sinking it into her up to the first knuckle, then to the second. Alex was surprised when Francesca silently m.o.a.ned as she seemed to easily take his entire finger in her rear hole, making him wonder if all princesses were actually secret perverts. Yue always loved it when Alex pounded her as roughly as possible, which with how small she was and how large he was, made several people wonder how she survived their nightly activities intact. Tio was obviously the most perverted person as the masochistic pig she was, while she also loved it when he pounded her as hard as possible up the butt. Altina was originally similar in nature to Tio as a supreme masochist but, even when Alex tried to avoid having her also turn into that, she was still an extreme pervert who seemed to quickly get addicted to s.e.x after her first time. As for Tracy, she was similar to Yue in that she liked it rough, but she was also the one who had been looking forward to getting him inside her the most ever since they met, and even when he invaded her backdoor she quickly took to it and enjoyed every moment. And now he had the demon princess Francesca in front of him, who Alex knew nothing about regarding her personality or preferences, and even as he pulled his finger out of her butt she seemed to be growing even more excited as he stood back up and looked her in the eye, before repeating himself,

"So how do you want it?" Francesca took a deep breath as if to steady herself as she seemed to be panting slightly, before saying,

"Do whatever you want to me, I don't care as long now as I get to experience it all!" Alex was taken aback at her declaration, as was Francesca herself when she realized what she said. With each passing moment that night she had been growing increasingly excited as she watched the other girls, used her tongue to tease another girl, and felt each of the things Alex did to her. All of it had left her more and more excited until it was finally her turn, and she chose to leave what happened to the one who was obviously more experienced in the art of pleasure. At first she just intended to go along with whatever Alex wanted due to her desire to not disappoint him, but now she proactively wanted to try it all.

Surprised, Alex smiled as he directed her to bend over while placing her hands on the bed, before he kneeled behind her and used his hands to sprees her butt cheeks open. Even before he did anything Francesca started panting as her face flushed from the fact that she was in such a position while a man was gazing directly at her exposed private place and rectum. He then lightly blew some air onto the exposed flesh, making Francesca's entire body twitch at the unexpected feeling, before he finally leaned forward and curried his face into her ass. Francesca then released the first of many deep m.o.a.ns that night, as Alex attacked her precious place with his tongue in a vastly different way than the light teasing he had done earlier. The effect was so different Francesca almost immediately lost the strength in her arms to support herself, and her face collapsed onto the bed so she just had her ass in the air. Her legs would have collapsed too, except Alex had a grip on her waist that held her up so, even if she didn't want to, she had no choice but to lay there and take Alex's very experienced tongue attack. Very quickly he could tell she was already at the brink of her first climax, but Alex chose that moment to stop as he instead stood up and sat down on the bed next to her. Francesca looked at him with an expression of dissatisfaction, and mild panic as she thought she might have done something wrong, but Alex instead patted his lap, and said,

"Here, we're going to do it in this position first." She felt as if her heart was about to stop as Francesca realized that this was it, the moment of truth, she was about to be made a woman. Though it took a moment to stand due to the effects of Alex's earlier tongue action, Francesca eventually managed to stand and just barely plop down on Alex's lap, where he grabbed her waist and positioned her so that she was just above his ready rod.

"Ready?" He asked, to which she nodded slowly before he started lowering her waist. This time Alex groaned alongside her, as for the third time that night he entered an impossibly tight v.i.r.g.i.n p.u.s.s.y, before destroying the barrier that symbolized her purity. Though Francesca flinched slightly at the sudden pain, she knew to expect at least that much so she didn't let it bother her, and instead she focused on the sensations she was feeling as Alex scr.a.p.ed against her insides while he made his way further and further inside of her, before he finally reached her deepest area at the entrance to her w.o.m.b.

"Ah!" She let out a small m.o.a.n as she felt him prod the deepest part of her, before she wrapped her arms around Alex's neck as if to steady herself while she still felt some of the pain. It wasn't until a little over a minute before she was ready to begin moving, as she got to where she was on her knees, and lifted herself up before allowing herself to slide back down. Now that she was the one controlling her decent, Francesca noticed that when she felt she couldn't take anymore of Alex inside of herself, she wasn't actually sitting on his lap. She looked down curiously while he watched her, and noticed incredulously that there was still several inches between her rump and Alex's lap.

"Th-there's still that much?!" She declared, to which Alex laughed lightly and said,

"Don't let it bother you, you'll adapt to it eventually." Though she doubted it, Francesca decided to take Alex's word for it and instead continued to bounce herself up and down while he guided her with his hands on her butt.

"This feels... So gooooood!" She m.o.a.ned as she continued moving, before finally reaching her first orgasm as she felt one of Alex's fingers slip into her backdoor. Though she thought her attendants were weird to worry about preparing such a thing earlier that day, Francesca was now glad they did as Alex f.u.c.k.i.e.d her in the front, and fingered her in the back, and she loved every second of it.

"More. More! Mooore!!!" She cried out as her bouncing got more intense, and Alex started moving his own h.i.p.s in rhythm with her own while his fingers moved faster and faster. Soon Alex was brought to his own climax as well, and as she felt the warmth spread through her body Francesca asked,

"Does this mean I'll have a baby now? We can't do this if I get pregnant, right?" Alex smiled wryly as he felt her priorities were a little skewed, and answered,

"I doubt you'll get pregnant so quickly, and even if you did we'll have centuries or even millennium to have as much s.e.x as you want." Though she thought Alex was exaggerating the time frame slightly, even though he was perfectly serious, Francesca smiled as she laid against his chest comfortably since she got the general idea of what he was talking about. There they sat as she enjoyed the "full" sensation he gave her just from being inside of her, before a couple of hands suddenly grabbed his shoulders and pulled him down, before they seemingly tried to pin him.

"What are you doing?" Alex asked exasperatedly as he looked at Altina and Tracy, letting them hold him down even though he could have gotten out of it without even a thought.

"How envious, why didn't you play with my butthole?" Altina demanded, while Tracy rolled her eyes and explained instead,

"We're just helping someone who feels more than a little left out." She then motioned for Francesca to get up, before her place was taken by Liliana, who glared down at Alex as if daring him to knock her off.

"Lili, I said not not until you're older." Alex said seriously, to which she stated,

"Why? I'm already an a.d.u.l.t by our standards! I'm already able to get married and have kids, so why do I need to listen to your standards while everyone else gets to be with you? You accepted Yue and physically speaking she's even younger than me, so what's the difference?" Alex was silent as he listened to her argument as she technically had a point. Yue was physically only thirteen, but she was more than three hundred years old and had simply stopped aging physically. He had accepted her into his bed because he knew it would be unfair to make her wait until she was able to shift into a more mature form, which who knew how long that would take at the time even though she already did it. His thoughts were interrupted when Lauren suddenly said in the back of his mind,

'As much as I'd hate to say it, she technically has a point since different worlds have different standards, and it would be unfair to force yours on all of them. Of course there are certain extremes that I would support you in refusing, but since you already made an allowance for Yue there isn't much to say here.' Alex was utterly gobsmacked that even Lauren was telling him to "nut up" in the current situation, which as this thought crossed his mind he could swear he heard a bit of laughter in his mind from her. Shaking his head slightly, he then surprised everyone present when he shook off Altina and Tracy, and rolled so that he had Liliana pinned beneath him. He then said in a serious tone,

"You want to be treated like an a.d.u.l.t, fine I'll treat you like one."

***

The next morning Alex awoke after a mere three hours of sleep, as the fun only ended the night before when he finally told the girls that they at least needed to get a few hours of sleep. As this thought crossed his mind he realized he could feel a fairly familiar sensation at his nether regions, and Alex flung the blankets off to reveal that Liliana was still sleeping at his side, while the other three were busy using their mouths on his manhood. Altina was sucking on his family jewels, Tracy was running her tongue up and down the shaft as if it was a Popsicle, and Francesca was sucking on the tip as if she was trying to get something to come out of it.

"Really?" Alex asked the trio, as they looked up in shock when the blankets were tossed away. They all only stopped what they were doing long enough to say, """Good morning!""", before resuming their sucking. Liliana shook her head at their behavior, while Alex simply said,

"From now on I'm referring to the three of you as the 'Perverted Princesses'." If their new nicknames bothered them none of the princesses showed it, before Alex shook them off and made his way to the bathroom for his morning shower, followed by all four girls. He then spent the next hour giving them all what they wanted, before helping them wash up and familiarize themselves with the modern bathing utilities. As they all dried off he quickly dressed, and told them,

"I have some stuff to work on so I'll see you all later." They all reluctantly said their goodbyes, and Alex used spatial magic to teleport to his floating island, before transferring to one of the subterranean rooms within it. The five figures imprisoned there jumped at his sudden appearance, before cowing slightly in fear as they tried to get away from him. Alex shook his head and walked towards the middle of the room, and pointed to one of them and said,

"You there, come here and lay down on this table as perfectly still as possible." The figure got up against his will, and quickly made his way over before laying down on the table exactly as Alex said, revealing as the light came over him his long elven ears. He glared at Alex as he tried to hide his fear, and demanded,

"What do you want demon!? To humiliate us? To satisfy some sicko fetish you have? Or maybe you want to eat us or something? Spit it out already monster!" Alex shook his head as he looked down on the elf, who was one of the only five survivors of the ten thousand strong army he slaughtered the other day. The other four were a man and woman from both the demon and human races, while the elf was a traitor to his own kind. It turned out that he had sold out several of the former demihuman tribes to human slavers, as a measure to prevent himself from becoming enslaved and to secure himself "certain rights". Once Alex canceled the slave trade and several of those he betrayed made it back Verbergen, the elf quickly escaped believing that the humans he worked with would accept him due to his usefulness over the years, except he quickly found a collar on his own neck due to the fact that slavery was now outlawed and his usefulness was over. When Alex freed the slaves during the battle he hadn't joined them, as many among them were aware of him being a traitor and his chances were better siding with the church. Now he looked down on his captive, who was branded with his slave magic along with the four others, and explained,

"No, I don't plan to do any of those things. You see I have a dilemma, I acquired a few magics a while back that are useable on biological beings, such as people, but I haven't been able to properly test them out or practice with them. As I don't want to risk hurting the people I care about, I decided to try them out on people who apparently had a suicide wish to begin with. That is why you're all here, to be Guinea pigs for my Spirit and Alteration magic specifically, and if you survive that a few others I'd like to test. The reason I have so many of you is because I needed diverse subjects, and because of the subtle differences in s.e.x and race, as well as the possibility of some of you dying. Now then, let's begin!"