"Please don't make me be a girl. I don't want to be a girl. Last nightwas a mistake. It won't happen again." You looked happy enough last night wearin... that dress and hanging ontoyour boyfriend." I didn't know what I was doing. The punch was spiked and I didn'trealize it. I drank too much." Oh, so now you are an alcoholic as well." No!" Enough! Your mother and I have made the decision and your Aunt Nelliehas agreed to take you in. I don't want to hear any more."I felt the tears coming and ran. . Please speak to me."She could detect no response whatever from the girl. She leaned over her face and pressed her own lips to Elizabeth's then raised her head and looked into the girl's limpid eyes. No response. None. Ruth leaned over her again and pressed her lips once more against her soft ones, then bit harshly into them. She felt Elizabeth's body quiver under hers but when she looked at her she was still the same, staring straight up; but her eyes were brimming with tears. A trickle of. Intoning as one the elemental energies say, ‘The one has been named, the one has been marked, the one has been sacrificed for. Your desire for the Ton-Se-Kra is pure, it is granted young one.’ ‘Rest now Takari, for your true life begins as our corporeal messenger on this plane, know that the path you have chosen is not easy but we shall be within you to help and guide as your life path unfolds, you have done well, enjoy our blessings.’ The grove seemed to expand, as if the space was being. 'sleeping' ... it's a nice way to say something without using other words that sound bad. There is a word I cannot remember..." Euphemism?" Yes. Greek root. 'Eu' means good, nice..." Fourteen year old Guatemalan waifs are not supposed to know Greek roots." Books. Many books." Okay," I laughed. "I forget. Lita is smart."She cast her eyes downward. "Do you think so?" I do," I replied. "Go get dressed. We need breakfast, then we drive to my home." Dave," she said in a 'little girl' voice, "Are you.