So I waited for her to finish. I went and stood near the door of the small store room. After she finished hanging the clothes, I signaled her to come ...here. She came near me and I pulled her inside the room and locked the door. She was saying that somebody might come, to which I told her that only mom, dad and bhabhi are there in the house and nobody will come upstairs. Then I put my arms around her and held her tight and put my lips onto her lips. Her back was against the wall. I kissed her. "Before we take a vote on this matter, it is my belief that we should call upon The Goddess for Her advice."There were dubious looks, and Chad wondered whether calling upon The Goddess twice in one evening might be against custom, but none spoke in opposition to Doranthe. Once again, Chantar's features seemed to go blank. It was as though his very identity had been momentarily erased. Again came the high, thin voice."This matter must be decided by men. I cannot advise you in this, but consider. Zelda Clarkson’s husband, just across the alley, got up early to start his old Chevy before going to his job at the ship yard. He would set the manual throttle to a high idle and let the noisy thing roar while he went back in the house. He had weird ideas about how to care for cars and I didn’t want him to see my bare ass talking to a tree. And my mother hated Zelda.I looked at David and he was just a tree, no sign of life. I wondered if I would ever have a talk with him again. And I’d had a. .." Now Iwas too afraid of that possibility to even try my idea.While I was sitting there with my eyes closed, trying to think ofanother idea, I suddenly realized that I could sense something... odd.I couldn't make sense of what it was and when I mentally poked at it, Ifelt a warm tingling rush through my body.A moment later, I felt my flesh and bones beginning to change again. Ilet out a loud gasp and suddenly all three of the adults froze andstared at me with looks of shock."I think I'm.