At this moment in time at least, they believed life just couldn’t be more perfect. Suddenly though, the excitement of their thoughts came to an abru...t end as the tall and willowy figure of Mrs. Davenport, the Headmistress, appeared coming back through the school gates. The Headmistress looked decidedly flustered as she strode with purpose from the pavement outside where she often positioned herself after school on Fridays to engage with parents waiting to collect their sons or daughters.. I didn't want any publicity. My life was nearly perfect. Publicity, media attention, and any form of notoriety could mess it up completely. Jack would say it wasn't safe, and Rebecca would probably take Millicent Jane and disappear from my life, if something like that came to pass.Of course my former enemies, in both bodies, would love nothing better than to kill me and my family, so publicity is not high on my list of activities.The whole thing had no upside, and I was sorry that I wanted to. Michael just seemed happy to spend timedressed as a girl. It comforted him; made him feel special.The psychologist explained that there were thousands of men and boys wholiked to dress like a woman in the privacy of their homes and they werenot in any way abnormal, not was their crossdressing linked to any sexualdeviancy. In the nineteen eighties the spectrum of gender dysphoriadisorders, as it was coined back then, was only just being understood.She recommended that, provided that Michael. And none of the words were spoken with any harshness or edge to them. His mouth was open in stunned astonishment until Mary elbowed him and whispered, "Close your mouth before something flies out!"The Tridirc ambassador told Mary that the council would have to discuss the Human's treaty proposal and then give their answer. Mary and Roc were to wait in their quarters. The ambassador escorted them back to their room. Mary had self doubts about her performance speaking with the Tridirc Council..