Then I added: "And if you're anything like manyof the women I've known, you've got a lot of shopping to look forward to." That is a very insulting and...sexist comment," she said, pretending to beoffended, "... and entirely accurate."With that Collette finally let out a small smile, and then we planned ournext move. Collette couldn't change me back until after her mentalconditioning had been undone, because she would flee from me in my malebody after I emerged. I would have to put Dave in the. . ''We'll get soaked if we do, ' Mom said.'No, we won't, Mom. That's not what you said this morning, ' the young girl said as she tugged at her Mom's arm.'This morning? When did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet? ''Don't you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, ' If God can get us through this, He can get us through anything!The entire crowd stopped dead silent ... I swear you couldn't hear anything but the rain ... We all stood silently. No one. ”Whitworth sat staring at his Colonel before, “Hell, if it means that much to you and it will make you happy, I’ll commute his fucking sentence.”Jeff just sat there staring at the General. He said that Morales would never set foot on Earth again, and I’ve never seen him change his mind when he was that definite. Shit, I don’t know what to say.As if reading his mind, Whitworth said, “Thank you would be an acceptable response. And he better damn well not get into trouble while he’s on Earth.”Jeff. The footsteps stopped. The eel moved back to having her head rubbed. Jake chuckled out loud at her actions.“It would seem you have a new friend Capt.” Said Bowman“Whether you know it or not she is all of our friends. She guided me through the canyons. I don’t know why they do it sometimes, but she stayed on our portside even when we slowed to a crawl. She had to turn back at least once when she out ran us. Without her guidance, we would be splattered on the rocks back there.”“I guess that means.