Dancing to the hard-driving disco beat. Dancing!There were hundreds of couples on the floor dancing. The spinning mirror globe overhead sparkled and f...ashed, and hundreds of feet lifted and stomped, and a multitude of throats let loose high-spirited yelps of unadulterated joy. There wasn't a single woman to be seen."I must... I m-u-s-t BECOME!" The music, that magnificent music blasted out in concentric waves and shattered into crystalline fragments against the far distant walls.On the platform. "We are at zero hour."The speakerphone reply to the top of Blue Spirit came to life. "Councilors! This is the first-contact team! The Path has opened!" What?!" said Kikapua. "Please repeat that!" Yes! The Path has opened! I repeat, the Path has opened!"Everyone in the council room was shocked into alertness. An appeal was sent to the village for additional porters, and the first-contact team was ordered to proceed down the spiral.In less than ten minutes, a time shorter than anybody was. And they cost anywhere from five to ten thousand dollars. Money, I certainly can’t afford.”“I understand and was only curious. I never want to insult you. I can’t imagine the torment you’ve had to endure over the years. You’ve been conscious of your lack of breasts, I’ve been conscious of my height. I’m five foot eight and hardly ever wear high heels. I know the two aren’t good comparisons but I can understand your feelings.”“Maybe someday I’ll be able to get breast implants and feel more like. ’ The jailers stopped by once the eating began to wind down. Everyone was called, one by one, to different sections of the room and the passageways beyond. And, once again, Eldrian was sent elsewhere. ‘Did you think we had forgotten?’ Miss Belamy asked, looming over him. ‘No.’ ‘Good. Maybe you are learning something.’ She led him to the upper section of the manor, across the ravine, and to the door outside Sire Mastro’s study. ‘Enter,’ he replied to the rasping of her knuckles. Eldrian.