The couch is to the right with the armchairs framing the windows. Your desk is still in the same place across from the armchairs looking out the windo...s into the beautifully landscaped backyard. And behind your desk are your bookshelves of your work related books. Looking back towards you I see that you have taken a seat on the couch nearest to the armchairs. I walk towards where you have taken your seat and you motion for me to take a seat next to you on the couch. Sitting next to you I wait. Tabhi mere gaal par ek jor ka chata pada. Ji ha! Wo meri didi ne hi lagaya. Hawas ke khayalo me itna gehra chala gaya tha ki kab didi room ke andar aayi mujhe kuch pata hi nahi chala tha. Aur maine door sirf close hi kiya tha lock karna bhi mai bhul gaya tha.Lekin jabardast chata padte hi mai apne hosh me aa gaya aur apna sir juka ke khada ho gaya. Didi kuch nahi boli aur mere hatho me se bra lekar wo chali gayi aur bola ki khana lag gaya hai. Mai bahot ghabrata hua khana khane gaya. Sab ke. We didn't know about you before that." What are you going to do about us?" she wanted to know. She used first tense because Barley was still including himself as part of 'we', the Confederacy, and not 'them'.He shook his head. "Not 'til Sally's here! Go find Sally. Then I'll talk." Fair enough," she said, rising and holding out her hand to confirm their agreement with a handshake. Sitting up straighter, Barley shook her hand, then snarled as he felt her mind expand into his. "Witch!" he. She was a woman ofIndian heritage a few years younger than Mom, with no accent -- I foundout later she was born in Atlanta, and her parents had come over fromIndia in the early eighties."Hi, Meredith," she said. "Your mother tells me you're transgender,and you used the new machine at the library to change into a girl?" That's right." And you started your first period last Thursday?" Yes, and it ended Monday."She asked me a few more questions about how heavy my flow was, whatmy cramps were.