He looked afraid. He was shaking me, and I couldn’t understand him, but knew enough to guess he was calling my name. I still couldn’t move, couldn...’t speak. Wynne came into view, and Aedan was talking to her, arms waving in jerky gestures. Wynne’s face was calm, but the confusion was clear. She didn’t understand either. The next time I blinked, I was back on Earth. It was dizzying and confusing, and I wanted to cry. Maybe this was what I’d feared since first realizing I was travelling to. Well, nothing to do but dive in, he said to himself. There was a single woman seated at the bar. Jason walked up to her and cleared his throat. She glanced at him sideways but said nothing."Hi. Um..." He cleared his throat again. She looked at him with mild annoyance. "Um...are you...um...transgender? A transgender woman?"She looked at him, glancing up and down, taking him in. He was clearly extremely nervous, his hands shaking slightly and a bead of sweat at his hairline."Oh, you're one of. !He : han yar ….Pir hum bike pr rawana ho gy or aik randi k gar chaly gy …Pehly mery dost ny us sy baath kr le … Mera friend meri taraf aakr bolHe: 500 rupy mang rhe h kia kr lu fix kr lu ya naeMe: han han kr dy fix yar aaj tho pehli bar krny ja rha hu yar maza aay gaHe: han kr leny bahot he mazayMera friend us ki taraf chala geya or fix kr deya….. Us larki ny mery tarf ongli k saath ana ka signal deya …..Us larki ka kia figure tha yar …. 36, 28, 38Us ka pink lipsstick ko dhek kr mai tho pagal. No, this one's different. He's sweet. He runs his own company; lives in this great place out on the edge of town. Look." Cerys rummaged in her bag and pulled out her phone. She thumbed through a series of pictures before she passed the phone over to Allison. "See. Gordon."Allison peered at the picture. "He looks a lot like Johnny Depp," she said handing it back.Cerys looked down at the phone and giggled. She tapped at the screen a few times. "Ooops, sorry. Try this." She passed it back.
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