Now the waiting began. The pair of scouts split up and each ship took up station equidistant from the planetoid, waiting and watching. A reply was rec...ived from the battlegroup, telling the scouts that the flag ship and her escorts would rendezvous with the scouts in about ten hours.The scouts' patience was rewarded less than eight hours later by a sensor blip showing an incoming ship. Captain Green was a surprised at the size of the ship, it was almost as large as a Destroyer, though the drive. I didn't want to comeeither." We both have made our appearances. Why don't we walk over to theice cream shop that is a block away?"Beth had been to the store many times with Ken, often with Aaron.She had never been there as Beth. Usually her fellow Chi O opted forthe frozen yogurt store on the other side of campus. It took her notime to accept Aaron's invitation.Aaron smiled and stood up, "great let me go inside and get my walletand we'll go."Beth knew she had only a few minutes and she. Perhaps he could help Paul with what I now knew was his own calling, as sure as Reina had hers. After all, the gay community needed the gifts of Love and Cosmic Oneness just as much as anyone. My grandson would be the missionary to a whole segment of the population I couldn’t reach! Here was another great honor bestowed upon me by the Golden Axiom. * * * * * * * * * Paul came to me one day, and wanted to have a talk. I could see by his serious bearing that important ideas were stirring within. ' 'Well I can't keep calling you John when you look like that, can I?' 'I don't know.' John or Joanne was not really that interested in namesat that particular moment because all that was in his mind was thereflection before him. He was seeing himself in a way that he thought heshould be. He was seeing his female side for the first time. In his eyes,this looked right and thinking, had Jenny seen this even before he realisedit himself. He couldn't be absolutely sure because he thought that.