When they finally adjusted, he saw that the lantern was carried by a heavyset man with a short thick sword at his belt, behind him, Cheval entered. �...�Ah, M’sieur d’Audierne,’ Cheval cried cheerily, ‘I am glad to see you awake!’ ‘Where am I?’ d’Audierne grunted. His throat was parched. ‘Oh, in a safe place,’ Cheval grinned. ‘I wished to resume our conversation of yesterday in more… favorable surroundings.’ ‘Return my sword and I’ll be happy to meet your friends, Cheval… one by one or all at. Why, Oh god, what if someone would think I wasn't a female, that I'm really a sissy dressed up as a female because this is my punishment for cheating on an understanding wife. Now I get to be dressed all the time, and the changes have been made permanent enough that I can't go back as a male. When males come into the restaurant, I look at them look at me , the way I used to look at females. Now I see them and realize how feminine I've become.So I have to try and pass, and blend in as much as. I've been growing my hair out a little while so a wig really wasn't necessary. It gave me a more real look."So, what am I going to wear? I don't think your clothes will fit me." I think my sisters clothes might though, one second," she replied as she rummaged through the closet looking through her sisters large quantity of clothing."Wait, isn't your sister a stripper? I'm going to be dressed like a skank," I laughed."Yeah she is but that's ok. Here try this on," she yelled to me as she tossed. Even the dim light of the stairwell blinded her for a moment and she blinked several times before focusing on Jack……Who was standing in front of her with his hand raised, the fingers glistening with her moisture. And before she could speak he reached forward and touched them to her lips, gently, as if transferring a kiss. And somehow even though Lin was now covered by her dress this simple act felt more intimate than anything else that had happened.She hesitated… then, scarcely knowing why,.