What about you? Are you back for good?" she asked me."Yeah, I think so," I said. I really didn't know what to say."What's the matter, Josh? You look l...ke something's bothering you." I've been wondering why you wanted to meet me. Is it because of the money?" I asked."Money? What money are you talking about?" asked Sherry."My dad's insurance money. I was wondering if you knew about it." Wait a minute! You think I wanted to see you because of some damn insurance money. I can't believe you! I can't. ..and she was back in the mountains with Shar-La, standing nextto her spacecraft."Awaken, Superboy!" Shar-La was saying. "By willingly aiding thatgirl, you have earned my forgiveness."Superboy? In a daze, Clark looked down at his once-again male body."Did your ring's rays change me back?" No, you never were a girl, Superboy," smiled Shar-La. "The momentmy ring's mento rays struck you, at the start, they hypnotized youand time stood still. Then I projected a mental dramatization ofyou being. I reach there and discover a small white rose. "lle naa n'e en' sul ar' weary, tender edhel," I hear again behind me, "leth auta en' lle dela ar' hama."When I look up from the rose, the Elf is finally standing there in front of me. He's taller than I am, dressed in black and dark autumn red. He is wearing a leather hood with a silk mask across his nose and lower face. All I can see are his shinning green eyes. He repeats again, "Relax, slender kitten, it's late and you're moving far too. It was not because my new doctor was a woman; I was secure enough in my manhood that it didn’t bother me. I just felt a little uncomfortable, as was natural, whenever you establish yourself as patient with a new doctor. The fact that I was running late, and had the last appointment of the day, did not help.The company I had just joined insisted on a physical exam, and since I was new to the area, I needed to find myself a doctor. I had picked Dr. Troski’s name from my companies benefits.