I was lulled back into a dreamless sleep.I woke up to the smell of burning wood and much to my relief the smell of coffee. There can't be coffee in he...l. I slowly opened my eyes, and I found myself in a whitewashed room. Sunlight streamed through a drape covered window.My mouth was parched, and when I looked down at my body, I could see that I had been wrapped up in crude bandages that immobilized me."Water," I croaked through a dry voice and parched lips.Through the door appeared a…. It didn’t take long to reach my destination, and I breezed through the doors of Kinsberg’s finest drinking establishment, the Atomic Saloon. I quickly glanced around the place, casting a quick and wary eye over the patrons. I’d made plenty of enemies over the last couple of decades, so you could never be too careful. It was busy in here today, with the usual mix of mercs, farmers, and townies, but I didn’t spot anyone that raised the old hackles. Weaving around a couple of chatting patrons, I. As dad's older brother, I told him that I wanted him to 'give me away' at the wedding. He was flattered. He insisted upon hosting an engagement party in my honor. He wanted an opportunity to meet Robert's family. The engagement party was set for a little more than a month later, on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Uncle Ralph would host it at his country club in Palo Alto. Mom and Gary would attend, as would Robert's stepmother and his father. It would be the first time I would meet Robert's. "And I want Jadzia, the woman, to tell me what it was like for Dax to be in men's bodies. How did it feel? What was it like to be in love as a man? What was -- what was it like to MAKE love as a man?" She ducked her eyes down as she finished."Kira Nerys! I knew that's what you were after all along. So much for grand philosophical insights! You just want to know what it's like on the other side of the sheets."Kira blushed faintly. "Well, why not? Weren't you a little curious before -- you know?".