The sad part about the situation was, Eric loved Randy, but Randy could never see Eric as anything more than a friend. And Randy had already eyed some...of the girls, hoping one of them would be interested in him."Great," I muttered to myself.I had to link up to the other two and explain my comment, showing them the time bomb that was due to go off probably within the next few days.I quickly scanned the rest of my wards, checking for any other hidden surprises. Apart from one of my nine year olds. At this point, she doesn't have a gender in the eyes of the law."Epstein said "Reminds of that story, 'Man Without a Country.' 'Woman without a Gender': pretty barbaric for Twenty-First Century jurisprudence. Is that where we're going? To paraphrase my favorite movie, 'Toto, I think we must be in Kansas.'"Mark rejoined "It's ridiculous and cruel to deny J'Noel any legal rights dependent on gender. Gender is her precious possession. Even the Kansas Court acknowledged her sacrifices. Can they. She feared that Duane and I would be arrested and that my mother would never forgive her for allowing me to do it.But I’m getting ahead of myself. My sister met me at the station and we took a cab back to her apartment. Enroute, she said, “Your timing is perfect by the way. Candy has already moved in with Wendell. The last of her stuff was gone by ten this morning.“I’ve been thinking about our situation too. And there are some things we can do, even if we don’t get married anytime soon.. "Please, do not elaborate on your methods further," said Trennan. "The point is, Freya, that calling a Conclave now may be counterproductive until we see the result of the Imperial campaign. It might be seen as a threat to the Emperor, and if the Overlords are to seek rapprochement with Z'haas..." Yes, all right, I understand," she said in annoyance. "But we cannot wait forever. We cannot let Roquan get away with what he has done." I can assure you that we will not. But I refuse to rush into.