They buried the men, then covered them. The man prayed for their souls and bowed his head. He then knelt and placed his head on the ground at the foot...of the graves. Lynx sat down a few yards away, not wishing to interfere. Lynx thought to himself just then. Maybe the Christian way isn’t so bad after all. They do seem to have some compassion for their friends. Maybe it is just the Church that is the real foe, and the other lesser people are just following like a bunch of blind sheep. “Okay, it. The forest of Nithara was coated in snow all around. The trees were white, the bushes were white, the ground that had once been lush was white with ice. Not a spec of green showed in the forest. No animals scurried around, no birds made a sound in the night. No creatures seemed to even live in this frightful place.But somewhere from deep in the dead forest, came a sound. An inhuman cry of anguish. It echoed in the starry sky filling the air with the gurgling pain of something. The sound did. The dogs wagged their tails and clamoured on the fence as they saw Lusa approaching.I found it easy to enter the first dog's mind. It was a lot simpler than humans. I studied for a few minutes before introducing myself to them. This was almost as difficult as with humans. There was no sight and especially no scent to go with the greeting.Lusa was getting impatient as she knew nothing of what I was doing. I made a child's hand to grasp hers and walked back with her swinging the hand and talking. Instead Ed had complied with all of Debra's instructions. She had started by insisting that Ed begin referring to himself as a woman. They had agreed on the name Pamela and from now until Debra changed her back, Pamela was a woman. Debra showed Pamela how to put on a bra, panty hose and makeup. Pamela discovered her body had muscle memory that told her how to do much of this, if she didn't about it too much. When Pamela saw herself in the mirror completely dressed for the first time, her own.