They were alsogetting shorter.Looking down on his legs revealed that they too were going through thethinning treatment. He could sense the room grow a...ound him. His torsowas the most affected. It had collapsed in on itself. Every fold mergedon the outside shrinking his height.Glen felt a weird hollowing sensation inside. His neck seemed to splitopen. His head was flattening and melting into his back. Briefly hecould look down into his now hollowed out body. There were no organsleft. He could. Gage introduced them. With a nervous look she just smiled up at him without saying hello. She was so embarrassed she kept smiling and couldn't say anything. He looked over at her and said "Hello" with a smile that could light up the night sky. She was so speechless she didn't know what to do. Then out of nowhere the first bell of the day rang. She watched him and her friend walk to the double doors on the side, as her and her friends walked in through the front. But to her surprise when she. Yren waited until the queen, Teran and Ataya were seated before sitting down himself. He reflected with a chuckle on Elva’s efforts at teaching him chivalry when he was much younger. He’d always been more than a little put out with it since he considered it useless information; he could never envision a time when he’d need to know to wait for a lady to sit or which fork was for salads, and which was for the main meal. As he’d often found in his young life, Elva certainly knew what she was. Then it was Beth. Then it was Beth and Kelly. Then it was Beth, Kelly, and all of the help here. Now, it’s Beth, Kelly, Ling, and all of the help here. I ask myself, when will it be my turn?”Beth and Kelly looked at each other. Their eyes said that neither one wanted to answer that it would never be her turn. On the other hand, they didn’t want to lead her on. Kelly countered, “What about your husband?”Maria answered, “My husband knows and accepts my desire. We are looking to open our marriage.