" said Daphne."Yes, this is my chance to act out my feelings for Daphne" I thought to myself."Well tell me about....ugh whoa that was..ugh," I said, "...hats happening to me?" I dont know but its..ugh happening to me too." said Daphne.I felt this strange sensation in my gut and on my chest. I looked down and saw that by A cup breasts were growing. B, C, D, DD! I saw that Daphne's breasts stayed the same. The sensation in my gut was becoming more intense as we both collapsed on the ground. Soon we. "So because of that you'd rather spend your time talking to complete strangers in cafes like this?" Ben asked pointedly. "How are you ever going to understand us if you don't spend more time with us? If you let our differences force you away instead of trying to understand them, then you'll never be comfortable around us. Don't you want that? Isn't that why you came back to New Woden?"Simeone looked away rather than meet Ben's eyes."I'm just getting in the way. All of you seem to be so focused. “I don’t care if you make fun of my secret and I told Astrid I am tired of being played and taken for a fool. It was you or one of you who wanted me here to discuss the very serious problems you have. I can leave right now.”She got up from her Chair. “Eric you misunderstood. We are glad you came and I believe you came because you care about your friends. I know you well Eric. This is why we want to offer you a chair in the Circle. Our rules prohibit a man to be present but Freya would be. As such a woman, she could look forward to death by rape. Men and beasts would have her over and over again. Sticks and rods would defile her. The priests would tend her wounds but only to the point of keeping her alive, so that she could be raped more. Years later, broken and bleeding, when she was nothing more than a mindless thing, she would finally be put to death by a burning hot poker thrust inside her. Even then, death could take weeks or months to claim her, and the ensuing time was not.