How about you?’ ‘Ditto, that was the best sleep I’ve had in a long time.’ ‘Do you suppose it could be because we, in our sleep, supplied wh...t each other needed?’ ‘Yeah, that thought had crossed my mind. But, now we are awake what are we going to do about it, Rose?’ ‘I don’t want to go back to the deep sadness and depression again. But, can we do this morally?’ ‘If we follow the Old Testament we can do that, yes. There was a rule that if a man died childless that the brother would go into his. I don't know why, but now Iwas below the height of even a very short adult woman. I felt myselfsob, and it sounded like the sob of a little boy to me. I started tohyperventilate a bit, realizing that I didn't want to be 4 foot tall. Iwould be helpless at 4 foot tall. I reached out with my hands to touchthe line on the wall to make sure it was real, but my memory of how far Ishould reach to touch the wall was off. My hands didn't reach at firstuntil I stepped closer. I looked at the hands,. “What?” I went bright red. Didn’t know what to say. My mate said, “You looking at my arse?” I said, “Put some fucking pants on, will you?” I picked up a magazine, buried my face in it. He said it again. “Were you looking at my arse?” I didn’t say nothing, kept my face in the magazine. “You were, weren’t you? You were looking at my arse.” I put the magazine down. “I couldn’t fucking miss it, could I?” Then he slapped himself on the bum. He said, “It is sexy though, innit?” Dirty bastard was. So as a prize to be exhibited, I would probably march intoKurtz's compound naked.I know all this, and yet, the man of Urth has still to refuse. Waitingfor the inevitable rejection, the two men of Gor watch me.Once enslaved, I am likely to be branded. Even if I survive the missionto get back to my reward on Urth, my female self will never wear abikini. It would be a humiliating conversation explaining a brandiusscar at the poolside. But that is the least of my worries.The horror looming in front.