Matilda found me when I was a small boy living on the
streets of an outpost in the Quantan Sector. You could say she saved my life.
The Quantan Sector is no place for an orphan of the street. The living
conditions virtually guarantee death within a year for most street urchins. I
was lucky. Matilda found me weeks after I was abandoned. I was starving, dirty
and closing in on death fast.
The Order of her Holiness has rules. Matilda served Her
Holiness and took pity on me. She brought me to the convent, cleaned my sores,
fed me and nursed me to health. Once I regained my strength Her Holiness
demanded I follow custom. I didn’t understand at the time, but you can see the
results in my picture here. Men—including boys—are not allowed in the convent.
Matilda worried about me. Truth is I didn’t know what was about
to happen to me. I sat in the chair inside the switching chamber without any
fear. Matilda saved my life; I knew she would allow no harm to come to me. When
the transformation was done I stepped out a girl. I didn’t care; I was safe.
I grew up in the ways of the convent and worshiped Her
Holiness. She granted me the name Corinne. I think it is a pretty name. Matilda
and I are still great friends. We search the streets daily for abandoned
children. There are too many on this mining world. Children are discarded by
unfit parents all too often. Matilda and I bring them into the safety on the
convent and a blessed new life.
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