"Yes," said the old man"Yes what?" I replied, I hadn't said anything"Yes, I am the wizard you sent your investigator to look for."It all suddenly clic...ked into place and the notes I read at the office made sense now."Oh, oh right;" You seem surprised, Suzie" I am, just a little." Yes, that note was a little cryptic wasn't it. Well young lady, what can I do for you today?" Well Sir, if you are who I think you are, then I don't need to tell you that do I."It was more of a statement than a. More than a year later we were given change of station orders back to Fort Campbell. Dendre and Lii-en had their 1st c***d and Ester was pregnant with our 1st c***d. Esther’s retired from the Army and her parents were living in Arizona. We got to Fort Campbell and a month later was in the field for our train-up to deployment to Afghanistan. Esther (now 5 months pregnant) left to stay with her parents as I would be gone for a while. Lii-en’s parents came to visit from Korea and decided do a. The boy, probably not more than 11 or 12, maybe 13, stood with one foot forward and on his toes; one hand clasped to his chest and the other extended downward with wrist flexed and fingers splayed. His head was turned at an angle, and tilted also and his shoulders were cocked at the opposite slant of his hips.Realization for the floor manager dawned: the exact same pose the mannequin stood in! Obviously, the boy was pretending to be the mannequin, or pretending to be the girl the mannequin. "I backhanded him. "Silence! I have not given you permission to speak!"Without raising his head, he looked up at me. "I wouldn't do that again ifI were you." I backhanded him again, this time splitting his lip. Mybiggest mistake.His body shimmered and trembled. I stared in fascination as he changedshape. His hair grew down to his shoulders, his torso shifted, growingcurves and breasts, and his arms and legs became shapely and feminine. Hewas becoming a woman!But not some powder-puff of.