I felt really warm now and knew then that I wasblushing. "Dragon," I forced out. "Ah, thought so," and she made another mark. I thought I saw her fl...sh aquick toothy grin, but I might have been mistaken. "What do you specialize in?" A normal question! Great! "Well, I studied the latest in Ion Drives, repair, circuit and conduitschematics, Thruster repair and a just enough Communications to be able to usea Scanner/Sensor array if I have to, although I can't do repairs on them." "I see. What. I could hear again and the soft sounds I heard were Grace telling me everything was going to be better soon. She kept calling me Rachel.Rachel? Was I Rachel?As the tears flowed and the sobs continued I looked at myself. I looked at my hands and they were a girl's hands. Long fingers ended with manicured rose-colored nails tapered, shiny and smooth. Long bare arms hard with muscle were smooth and hairless. I saw breasts outlined through a white dress with roses. There were rose-shaped buttons. On top of that, she kept having me try on different things also, and buying me anything she tought looked good on me. We went into a sports store, and she got a few tight shorts for me to try on. I walked in to the dressing room, and she walked in right behind me and sat down. I didn't want her to see I wasn't wearing any underwear, so I started sliding into the shorts on leaving my skirt on. Tanya,"don't be shy girl, your gonna be trying lots of stuff on, here, I'll help you take it off."She. Don't want all your eggs in one basket." How much did he say he wanted for all of it?" I think half a million dollars for all seven, buildings and leases included." Really? Why would he sell out for so little? The company is worth at least half again as much if we just sold off all the capital equipment, vehicles, and buildings. Something isn't right here. I'm going to phone him. You wait right here." You can do that if you want to, Merle, but I've got a feeling that Earle hasn't kept too close.