Mom would not let me take any of myboy clothes. She even said I would wear a dress and my favorite heels onthe plane. She has cleared my travel as a g...rl and there should be noproblems. That made me nervous.I could not believe all the "stuff" I packed to travel. Between themakeup, hair spray, nail polish, bras, girdles, slips, purses, shoes, Ihad two big suitcases.I asked Mom why I needed so many pairs of shoes."Penelope, we girls love our shoes and we need a special pair for eachoutfit. You. DesI don't know why but I felt much better when Ralyss had gone. He was just so big and I think it made me realize just how small I was. Del and I decided to make a good-sized fire near the opening of the cave before we went exploring. The main cavern was big enough to fit six or seven Del's with room to spare. There were several small alcoves just to one side of the main entrance. I thought that these would be good as animal pens when we had some of course. At the back of the main cavern was a. You must give it away... by willing it to someone at close distance, before this time tomorrow." He paused for a moment and looked me straight in the eyes, something within his seeming to indicate that he was both perfectly sane and perfectly serious. "And what if I don't?" I asked, telling myself that I was just humoring him, though a part of me wasn't completely sure. "The power will leave you anyway," he continued calmly. "It will find someone else... somewhere else. Perhaps someone who is. Hanh... nanh! You're as bad as your wife." What do you mean by that Irene? Has she tried to get into you too? In a womanly way?" No. I didn't mean anything," my secretary responded but she spoke too quickly for me to believe her. I suspected that Val had in fact tried to 'get into her'. I was pretty sure that she sometimes did it with other woman but that didn't bother me. Especially since I wanted to do things with other women too even if I was usually too shy to actually do anything. Except.