“I can recognize that desperation because I used to see it in my own eyes when I looked in the mirror. That was the day that I learned how cruel and... unfair the world can be. That’s a revelation that you’ve recently come to, isn’t it?”She nodded, eyes locked onto his. “What was it that made you realize this? What happened to you?”Emotion overtook Maximillia and her face cracked, her eyes welling up. She lowered her head and put her hands in her lap. With timely shrewdness, Mardo nodded,. After school, I rode my bicycle to the library and asked to see some reference books on astronomy. The librarian had trouble taking me seriously until I complained that I did not want children's books, but real technical reference books. She found the only one they had which dealt in spacial coordinates. It was page after page of tables—just what I needed. I thanked her and went over to one of the study tables to examine my treasure-trove of information.I flipped and looked at every page. It. I shook my head at both of them and began climbing the stairs to our classrooms, I was first in. I opened the door and walked in and was suddenly hit by a barrage of shock from the people in the room. It was so intense I staggered back a bit nearly falling over, luckily D who was behind me caught me and steadied me."I thought she was dead," said one boy.The classroom erupted into chatter with loads of people asking me lots of questions at once, so much that I couldn't make out what was being. Roderick was weeping continuously and yet that foolishartificial smile remained in place. He was made to demonstrate anexaggeratedly girlish walk, wiggling his rear end and pulling back hisshoulders, while his bottom changed from white to pink to red to flamingcrimson. Those tormented ovals even swelled somewhat, adding to hisunmasculine appearance.At last, when they returned to the dayroom/class, he was allowed to stopmoving. But that was only so he could sit on a hard wooden chair,.