I put the coins in and started the washers.There are four other people in the room, four men. They seem to be together. They’re all watching me but ...’m trying very hard not to meet anyone’s gaze. I sat down as far from the men as possible and tried to read my magazine. After reading the same sentence a dozen times I gave up. I just stared at the page and waited for the washers to stop.I suppose it was inevitable. This part of town, the way I’m dressed. I doubt if any of these four men are. Good luck, Lucy."And with that she slipped out of the room.Finally, Sal was alone. Talking to Kathy, trying to figure this placeout, she had been able to put off fully facingwhat had been done to her. Now there were no such distractions. She satdown on the bed, turning her hands over and over in her lap, notrecognising them. Your body should not be unfamiliar to you but hers nowwas. Sal had been male for forty-six years and a girl for twenty minutes.Her hands began to tremble, delayed shock. ”“I will organize the meeting in the new facilities on Porquenta,” said Brecht.“Mother, we are heading for home tomorrow, but we will come back to meet the Teokraeus when they are rehabilitated. Ooryphyon is staying over here on the estate as she wants to be around to help her people as much as she can, said Philippa.***“I can’t believe how much has happened since I left Earth,” said Jason. “Every day I feel as if I am pushing a bigger rock up a steeper hill!”“That is a strange image, Jason!. " I said.He nodded."I know how that is, still brave." He said."Its going to take awhile to sort this all out, how many ships ended up coming to our aid?" I asked."Last count had it at 1.7 million, all ranging from colony ships too fighters, all with different stories, all from someplace else." He said.We walked toward Medical where I would be checked out."Its going to take awhile to get used to this whole multi-verse idea." I said.He looked at me."Hey you are the one with all the answers here,.