Zolanda pointed her ring finger and recited a mantra. The sapphire in the ring radiated an almost blinding white light, as if it were intensely hot. The human men and boys fell to the inlaid stone pavement, writhing in pain. Some of the human women screamed and tried to reach them, but the Bozarg held them in place. A white crust covered the men, who now lay quivering in place. Next, panic spread through the women and girls when they realized it was their turn, as Zolanda pointed at them and recited another mantra.
Within minutes, the crust covering the humans dried and blew away in the wind, exposing a startling transformation, which became evident as everyone gradually arose to stand again. All the human men and boys, as well as the women and girls, had been changed to resemble Vulcran women, varying little from each other in size and appearance. Everyone had also lost one digit from each hand and foot.
“My powers of transformation have indeed become wondrous!” exclaimed Zolanda with a sinister glee.
A woman ran to the person who was wearing her husband’s clothes. Upon verification that he was no longer a man, and seeing that they both looked less than human, she broke into sobbing and tears.
“What have you...done to us?” asked the jetliner captain, who was still trying to get used to her new physiology and voice.
“Your previous lives are over,” explained Zolanda. “You who are right-handed will serve my Zark guard as pleasure maids until you die! You who are left-handed, will be sent to work as attendants in the asteroid mines!”