" "Oh, I did, did I?" "Yes. Yes, you did." "Okay, smarty. You tell me. What are they?" "Well, if I remember correctly, there are only a few basic r...ules. Basically, the first one is a no-brainer, given that the person you change yourself into a reasonable facsimile of has to be one, a woman. That's to say that you can't change yourself into someone like Ru Paul, because while Ru Paul may look like a lot of women might like to look, genetically speaking, he's really a man." "That's true...". The orchids grew in clusters, so he was able to take some of them and leave others to foster new growth. As a matter of principle, he took only the small ones and left the larger orchids to be the parents of the new crop. He hoped that would encourage the orchids to get bigger over generations.Fire Bringer spent nearly two days collecting orchids and stowing them in his "poke" for transportation back to Central America. He made for Shadow's location and used some of her helpers and facilities. .." No it's not, sweetie. I'll be doing an important job for God. Remember I was dead a few months ago, and now I've met my family again, had chances to tell them I love them and say goodbye to them properly, and I've had the good fortune of meeting you. Well, not really 'good fortune', considering the Guardian Angel made you stand naked on the side of the street so we couldn't miss you. I don't think that can be called luck, can it?" Aren't any of you sad?"Julia answered, "We cried when Mark. As he opened the door he had the feeling that something was different than normal. To start, there were only a few lights on in the house and he didn’t hear any of the normal “end of day”, “getting the meal ready” activities. Once in the house, he took off his coat, hung it up in the hall closet and tossed his keys into the drawer in the front hall table. It was then that he heard one of his favourite sounds and his heart skipped a beat. He stopped in mid stride and listened.