For a starfish, this is what passes for a kiss: the slow equalization of internal fluids, the mingling of chemical signatures, the quiet acknowledgment that you are no longer a single hydraulic system but two, pressed close, breathing the same tide.
If starfish represent long-distance, persistent love, sea urchins represent the architecture of defense. Urchins use their tube feet for locomotion and feeding, but they also use them to hold pieces of shell and seaweed over their bodies for camouflage. Their spines are the obvious defense, but the tube feet are the subtle keepers of boundaries. tube foot fetish legsex
Tube feet facilitate "relationships" through various mechanical and chemical methods: For a starfish, this is what passes for