.. well perhaps Gron and especially N'rdru will, but she's fun and will try and take the piss out of me too. You saw them on the first night but I dou...t you'll remember. The others will want to have a good look at you to see if you'll make me a suitable mate but they won't say anything directly to you and in any case, it won't make any difference now. You're mine. The spirits have brought you to me." Once more she reiterated her firmly held conviction that I'd been specially chosen for her. I. Grace put on her bikini that she had left there but Kim wanted to do something else."Kim, you need to put on your bathing suit" Mom, I don't want to. It's too restrictive." But Art will get to see all of you if you're naked!" Mom, we went swimming yesterday in the lake and all I had on was a pair of white cotton panties." Well, that was better than being naked." Think about it, Mom: What happens when white cotton gets wet?" Oh shit!"I thought to myself that Kim's little show at the lake was. Not that he had any idea what his future might be, beyond the possibilities which he had already encountered; Chuck, now obviously living with a different name, being Possibility Number One; Jeremy shuddered at the idea of being turned into a girl. He was a BOY, damnit, a real BOY who was tough, strong, and showed just the right amount of strong-arm behavior and rebelliousness to get his teachers eyes; they respected such things in the kids, a touch of rebellion being a sign of intellectual. " Yes, as was I. Much has changed since then Vishi Andarus." I don't understand." My Uncle Quacut plots to take the throne when my father dies. Although I cannot prove it, I am sure it was he who had my younger brother murdered." But I heard it was an accident." Made to look like an accident, but murder just the same. He has attempted to disgrace me so he can usurp my authority and become Czar. He is very powerful and has many followers. He also has a son, an heir apparent which he has used at.