The people usually gothere to change their gender, you know, boy to girl or the other wayround." Oh!" said Topsy, thoughtfully, wondering why anybody ...ould want to dothat. Tim, who had been unusually quiet all morning, looked pensive.By the time this exchange had finished they reached the entrance toBelief System World. The glass doors glided open with a satisfying"shoooosh" and the door said, "Welcome to the world of discernment, wherewe put faith back into belief."The place was huge(100,000. There were several hundred Proxima Centauri space craft which were as visible to Sirius sensors as they were to each other, but were as totally invisible to human observers as the Sirius fleet was. The only robots visible to human observers and their sensors were the crude probes that the Interplanetary Union had sent to the Anomaly over the last century or so. They were woefully inadequate for the task and mostly ignored by the more sentient robots they were unable to see. They had attempted. You would be tortured beyond your belief, worse than anything you have endured so far. I would test your limits and break them. You would be bloodied, burned, humiliated, bound, and experience trials that would damage your soul as they would your body.? Shika turned with a smile. ?But your soul! Your soul would be tempered in the fire!? Breanne said nothing as Shika shrugged and continued, moving down the hall once again. ?I would start by binding your hands above your head, rough. Last night your Mom and I were in the "mood." I was satisfied and I was tired so I started falling asleep. Your mom got mad and started saying how I never pleased her. She stormed out of the room and didn't come back for a while. I don't know why but she came back looking as if though she had seen a ghost. I asked her what happened and she said that she was fine. She fell asleep some time after. You see I'm getting old. That's why your mom and I are having troubles with our marriage."I.