She would never see Doug again.
"... entitled, by rank, to denial...."
Or know him if she did.
"... may speak, now as privileged, before you are sentenced...."
Never see her Earth, her Terry or her Mike again!
"... and in the absence of remonstrance as privileged...."
Or know that the sun and the stars above the alien planet upon which she would walk were not those under which she had been born....
"... hereby sentence you, Madame Lisa Blair, to loss of privilege to breed offspring through sterilization, and to the complete loss of all ego and all memory therewith connected through psychomutation, which treatment shall immediately follow the first. In the name of the Prelatinate, the Prelate General, and the party hosts, I do so pronounce sentence."
A panel had opened noiselessly behind her.
The blurred face nodded imperceptibly, and arms suddenly were lifting her to her feet, leading her from the white, sterile room....