.) I had already been living as a girlalmost full time over the summer, so making "the change" in the fallwasn't a big effort. My male mentality was...still there, but more andmore often, I swept it aside to be able to deal with people as my imagerequired. The funny thing is that beyond just mannerisms and physicaltraits, my mentality seemed to be changing, too. I became moreconversational. I had never realized it, but I think it's a very malething to deal with people as potential. He was far greater than she could have ever imagined him being.George was incredulous. His older brother, the one he should have looked up to his whole life, had been a source of embarrassment for decades. The man who should have saved the world from cancer, designed the ship that would take man to the stars, or created the miracle seed that could have fed the world had done none of those things. That had disappointed George.It was with a growing of horror that he was coming to understand that. There is nothing I can do for you that can't be duplicated by a dozen top-flight hospitals." "They can't help me get what I really want. I can't wait for months of hormone therapy and counseling, only to get a surgical simulation of femininity. And the stockholders would riot if I started `living as a woman'." Messrick was impressed that Blackjack hadn't asked why he wanted to be a girl. Too many doctors had asked that question. "Besides, look at me! I'm fifty! I'm fat and balding. It was probably to assume that the other girl was Alana; the family resemblance between the two girls was more than passing. Still, with all the surprises the last few days... From the picture, Alana appeared to be about the same height as her sister. For some reason, the image of Sarah Michelle Gellar and Michelle Trachtenberg popped up in his mind--that kind of contrast, he thought. He had met the two of them during a guest appearance on 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' during a sweeps story arc.He.