The second day, Christie spent most of the day in a lounge chair by the pool, while her parents continued their exploration. Truthfully, there was onl... so much of such history that Christie could take at one time, and she had, in her words, been "historied out".Their days had been filled with sightseeing, climbing, walking on tours and snacking at conveniently located shops, pre-positioned, her mother thought, to have a maximum impact on her mother's figure. That her mother was obsessed with. Mostly, therewere videos, DVDs, magazines, adult novelties, toys - the regular runof merchandise for horny middle-aged men. I thought maybe Blanche might like a sex board game. I was weighing this option when I saw theearrings, and I knew at once that they'd be perfect. I took my selection to the high counter at the front of the storewhere a wizened old clerk stared at me as if I were a cockroach thathad somehow evaded the exterminators. Ignoring him, I set my purchaseon the countertop and paid. But there were most pertinent questions to ask rather than having them recount history. And so, I did. I addressed the council at large when I asked, “What is the purpose of this council? Why have the strongest Untethered in the world gather into a single council?”To my utter bewilderment, Nova scoffed, before saying, “The strongest Untethered in the world? Boy, you seemed to have confused the world with just our planet. The world is much bigger than that. We are but a tiny and, frankly,. I felt strange that my father had seen me like this, but also kindashocked that he didn't freak out at what I looked like. For years, he hadpushed me to play sports, made fun of me for how feminine I looked.I went back in my room and found some sweat pants, and excited to getsome food I ran down the stairs and got one of my first lessons of havinglarge breasts: don't run unless you have support. I sat down and ate somecereal and then ran upstairs almost excited to get to school. I found apair.