"Um, excuse me, sir. Can you help me with something?"
Karl looks up from his pc. He's an average looking, dark-haired man in his early 20's with thickish rimmed glasses. As he turns, he smiles at Casey.
"Hi, what can I do for you?"
"Ummm...I'm doing some research for a Sociology course and I need to see some...uh...books on that."
"Oh, sure. Well, Sociology is a big subject. What type of aspects are you studying?"
"Tell him you want the Karma Sutra," the voice said through the ear piece.
"Yeah. Well, I would need a few books actually. We're looking at sexuality in various cultures, so I'd need to see books on the subject... Maybe the Karma Sutra for starters and others like that for other cultures..."
He raises an eyebrow and turns a bit red in surprise.
"Oh, well, quite a course you're taking. Well, follow me and I'll get you started."
Karl leads Casey through the rows of books, zig-zagging around to a cul-de-sac area where the Karma Sutra, the Joy of Sex and other adult titles are shelved.
"Well, here's a bit of everything." He points vaguely with his outstretched arm, then takes the Karma Sutra down. "Here's the Karma Sutra...it's illustrated with original Indian drawings. Now this edition, " he takes down another book, this one very over sized, "is more modern and has photos of couples performing the various acts."
He stares directly into Casey's eyes and smiles widely as he idly flips through the book. He stops at a page showing a young Indian woman giving a very intense looking oral session to a young man.
"You'll enjoy this one..."
Casey turns bright red, flipping her glance between eye contact with Karl and the explicit photos in the book.
"Yeah, well, I'll look at both...for my project."
Another smile from Karl.
"I'll leave you to it. You can work over there," he says, pointing to an empty table with a few chairs around it and a couple of books strewn across it. "I have to do my shelving rounds, so I'll be back this way in a few minutes. I'll check on you then to see if there's anything you need help with."
With that, he turns and walks off. |