'"Feeling better?" she asked, looking into my eyes."Yeah, does this mean that you and Daddy will fund my transition?" Isniffed."Why should we when you... can actually WIN a chance to become awoman?"'She is ready for our surprise."WHAT?" I asked, incredulously."You can sing and dance. We've seen how good you are when you were oneof the extras when your school put on the play Wizard Of Oz," she saidas she remembered my time on the stage.'She was so good then that weknew that she'd be ready for what. .. his sexuality, as the psychiatrists put it ...he'll come out of his condition sooner."King wrinkled his brow. "Acceptance?" Yes. You see ... oh, how shall I put this?"The Admiral took over. "Ensign, we want you to make love to DameDeLancey's great-grandson, much as you did in the video."King nearly stood in horror. "No way!!!" He quickly rephrased it, "Noway, Ma'am!"The Admiral leaned back in her chair and looked at Skeffler.On cue, Skeffler explained. "Ensign King, the DeLanceys have. The rules on howall this worked was baffling."Where was he last seen?" I asked, curious if any of them happened tocatch me before my transformation.She laughed. "Oh Nadya, you look for Misha. Obviously you know not tostay away from this one. She will change your mind. She is tending toher father's mules. Other side of market."Waving I scurried off to the other side of the market. My hair blowingin the wind felt nice, and the skirt and shirt I was wearing breathed soI didn't sweat like I was. She accepted that life was also hard for him, especially compared to the ease of his clerk’s job back east. But he was young, not as young as her, but young enough to adapt. His muscles were hardening already. She watched him stride toward the barn, the bucket of feed heavy on one arm, the other holding his gun – though he carried that more in hope of a rabbit than any expectation of needing it, cougars were scarce, Indians long gone to reservations, they owned nothing to tempt bandits. He.