Context and specifically the need for karmic balance require that the punishment for cheating should fit the offense.It shouldn't, as some real nutcas...s think, exceed the infraction. A revenge affair shouldn't extend long than the original activity. Turning a husband into a cuckold, for example, isn't justice, it is cruelty. It exceeds the actual finite harm of the act. It is worse than the offender deserves and so should not be the penalty for that deed. Just as mercy is not justice, neither. "Huh?" Felicity." I turned to Anya, a half-smile creeping onto my features. "It was my grandmother's name, and if I'd have been born a girl, dad said they'd have named me Felicity."Not quite knowing what to expect, I let Anya lead me out of the locker room. A couple of ladies glanced my way, their faces bearing a knowing little smile, and I looked away even as the red stain of embarrassment lit up my cheeks. "Does everyone here know...that I've been changed?" I finally asked Anya.She. "We've really got to get going guys, I'm late already. Mr. Parry okayed me coming in late but I don't want to push it. He gets cranky if the warehouse looks dirty." You work for Scary Parry?" Steve asked, suddenly very animated. I glanced at the girls and saw the same surprised look on their faces. "Damn, I haven't seen him in years. We played ball together before he went off to college. He gives you any trouble you tell him Dennis the Menace said to behave himself or I'll come over there and. Ugly, she had imagined. But these girls looked like poster children for the late nineteenth century."Ah, excellent," the headmistress exclaimed, "Classmates of yours from 4C. Girls, this is your new classmate, Linda Magnesson. She is joining you for the rest of the term. I am confident that you will make her welcome here. Victoria Gilbert, what is your next lesson?"The curvaceous young redhead promptly replied "PE, Miss James." Very good. Nothing like a bit of exercise to work out the knots of.