So, here she was, at the new dentist’s office. The dentist she’d gone to before had left town, for some unknown reason. So it was ‘Dr. Joseph’...for her. She got out of her car and walked over to the office. Her tooth gave another sharp twinge. ‘Ow!’ she said, clutching at her cheek and staggering just a little. The sooner this was over, the better. ‘Oh hiiii!’ said the receptionist who sat behind the counter to her right. Danielle winced, both from the pain of her toothache, and the annoyingness. Jill was there, having been subpoenaed. She didn't look too happy about it. I did my best not to look at her.The court was called to session. The judge more than a little surprised by the scene that greeted him when he walked in. He was quite used to conducting these hearings in an informal manner. Too many times they were pretty straightforward. This one didn't look like it would be."I don't know what all this mess is about, but we're here today to determine the best course of action. It would be a long time before I would learn that it came from not beingable to be who I was.I had a great Mom, but had no real memory of my real Dad. She divorcedhim when I was three, and raised me and my younger brother until I waseight. Then she married my step dad. He was a wonderful man, and I didtake to him, but by then it was too late. I didn't think I could everopen up to anyone about what I was feeling about myself. You see, I washaving these strange feelings inside. I wanted to. It was in the early summer of the first year I lived in Darachmod that the Braban came to visit. Six of them appeared at, or perhaps I should say over, the gates of the city, smiling and waving. One has trouble imagining the Braban, but if the Darachmod have a living model, the Braban are it. Each woman of the Braban stood over twelve feet tall; each towered over any woman in Darachmod. One does not fear women like that, for one cannot; I merely stood in awe of their immensity. Having known the.