’ I can be a benevolent despot,” said Nick.“You could just do that at the Loft,” Emily pointed out.Nick shook his head. “I’d rather not. O..., honestly, it’s already the dress code at the Loft. People can wear or not wear what they want, but I’m kind of hoping the Loft will stay a place where people feel comfortable sending their sons and daughters to network and learn about saving the world.”“Free from pernicious boobs?” Pilar teased.Nick rolled his eyes. “Regardless of what Simon says, I have. He felt tired to and moved slowly. He hadn't drunk that much after all. Whispy strands of hair fell across his face.'What the fuck?' he asked himself as he brushed the hair away from what should have been a shaved head. But there was so much of it and it was grey! He went to bite his fist but felt only soft gums on his hand. 'Oh no? What has happened to my teeth?'His boxers felt tight around his hips but curiously loose in the front. His hands shot to his groin.'No, no!!' he almost screamed, as. " It's me Joey!" No, Joey was a boy and you're a girl. Renee's mom told me that Reneehad a girlfriend named Julie who was staying over, are you Julie?" No dad, I'm Joey!" It was so cute seeing him all flustered."No, I'm sure I'd recognize my own son." I am too Joey," he insisted even more. "Bobby and his mom turned meinto a girl!" But if you're a girl, then you can't be my son Joey. Which one are you,a boy named Joey, or a girl named Julie who's going to a movie today?"It took all of two. You are intelligent and properly thoughtful.’ ‘Properly thoughtful is interesting, I must say. Not so primitive as far as the primitives go?’ ‘We have abilities that outlanders lack and the worldview that can come with them. Despite what some in Adar believe, that does not equate to superiority. It’s why I and others travel the world, to see what they have to offer, and some of them offer much. You are not a primitive and neither are any of those that travel with us. You are all certainly.