You're right," affirmed Mary.Dorie Lou felt a wave of relief."You must promise to keep it a secret though," cautioned Dorie Lou, "It'sour secret." Doe...s the school know?" asked Sandra."The headmaster does. Simone is registered as a transsexual but herordinary school records don't show it. The head teacher keeps the medicalfile locked away so the school secretaries won't find out. They blab." Gosh!" giggled Mary as she hugged herself, "We've got our very owntranssexual and nobody knows it." Yeah.. Each lesson had begun with that exhortation for mental discipline.Syon had trained his entire life to meet physical attacks and overcome physical defenses, but now, he wasn’t facing a physical attack. He and his small team were under a mental attack. None of his training had included mental defense, or offense. For the first time in a very long time, Syon was unsure of how to proceed.Syon instinctively relaxed, enduring the barrage on his senses, like a boxer accepting punishing blows while. "You don't get out enough and meet women," he said. "I mean, Idon't..." It's okay, I know what you mean. And if you probe Dan's memory, you'llfind that it hasn't been from lack of trying." No, but fantasizing about teenaged girls isn't the answer, either."I was taken aback by the rebuke, and, quite defensively, fired back oneof my own."Kind of difficult not to when the teenaged girl flashes her pantiesall day long in class."We stared at each other, and then the light bulb went off inside. I had forgotten about my key until I pulled off my shirt. I knew if Alyssa asked about it, I would have to lie, but what would I say? I considered taking it off, but recalled how adamant Rho had been about me keeping it on at all times. If Alyssa asked about it, I would have to think of something to say.Alyssa pulled off my socks and set them on the sink counter. They were the only clothes I owned that were dry.I finished pulling off my shirt. Alyssa took it and dropped it on my wet sweater on.