Now it had happened again - someone else had made the connection - though this time there had been a veiled threat. Sven wondered what her price would...be. He shrugged his shoulders and sipped his beer and waited... The cars had their lights on now as the early evening shadows deepened into dusk as he was startled out of his reverie by the hands that had been placed on his shoulders.As he half-rose, they gently opposed his motion and, off balance, he sat back down."Shauna... ?" The question died. As I walked, I felt my flesh starting to ripple, and my bones to ache.I saw my fingernails retract, and the polish disappear, and knew I wasreturning to my old self. I sought out a dark internet cafe, rented abooth for an hour so nobody could see me change. Slowly, over thecourse of an hour, I felt my hair pull up, straighten, and becomechestnut brown. My hips narrowed, and my body hair returned. Mybreasts flattened into my widening chest. My clothes followed suit,returning to what they. ‘What?? Shut the front door!’ Before Carly could form her next sentence Chayne interrupted: ‘Girl, I just feel so lost. Nobody gets me. What is it that I am searching for?’ Through uncontrollable sobs Chayne shouted: Why can’t I just find love? Carly had talked Chayne off the ledge a time or two so she was used to this. So used to this that she can render lifesaving advice while banging out a flawless flat iron job. As always Carly allowed Chayne to expel her demons both imaginary and actual.. " I was afraid, you'd say that," he answered and Trip was still not completely used to see a scowl on the face of someone, who looked Vulcan; at least mostly. The rounded eyebrows looked distinctly human, but the ears were a Vulcan detail that was hard to miss."So, what happened over the last year," Trip asked and indicated Lorian to sit down with him on one of the large tool boxes standing around. "The Xindi said you guys were all over the sector." The Kovaalans were not merely upset about.