” She was still pretty shaken up although seemed happy to be here.I gave her a hug again and reminded her that we were leaving at 7:00am. I did no... sleep well, thinking about the trip with Bella. I was not unhappy about the change, but very mindful of her state and situation. We had breakfast and waited for Bo Li to arrive. Bella once again was well dressed, even in casual holiday clothing, but she would make a potato sack look good. The drive north took us to the Old Dragon’s Head where. "What - what happened to me?" Abe, who was suddenly crying, terrified by the sound of her cute new soprano voice.The door to the shop opened. It was the girl. "It's very simple, Abbie. The magic in the figurine transferred most of your masculinity to Mike. What was left was the femininity that every male has."No, please change me back." Abe - Abbie felt fear. Was she trapped like this - in this horrible form forever?Mike wasn't sure why, but he suddenly put his arm around Abbie. "Don't be. ”“I’m so scared,” Joan whimpered. “I don’t want to lose what we have when I go to Service.”“I went through the same thing,” Em sighed. “And if it hadn’t been for that, I might never have crossed the line with J. I couldn’t let go. But it’s not all bad. Basic was a bitch because we couldn’t talk for three weeks, but then we got weekly calls. NSO training and the job ... it’s like having any other job. I work a forty-hour week—more or less—call home or call one of my girlfriends every night, and. Always moving, fiddling with something. She was also dressed in a man’s suit. Well, I guess maybe it was a woman’s suit, small and fitted. A coat with padded shoulders, vest, and trousers.She looked back and forth at Cayuse and me with the alertness of a jackrabbit.And got right to it, “You got to stop those killers.”“Killers? More than one?”“I don’t know. You’re the law, what do you think?”A little belligerent in her tone and manner, but that was understandable. She didn’t look much over 30.