‘I know, I know! I don’t want to hear it, okay?’ She snapped off and looked at him, frustration in every line of her body. ‘It’s not like it...matters anymore.’ He sat up, never taking his eyes off her. ‘Why?’ ‘’Cause he just dumped me,” she replied as she dropped down beside him. She sat for a moment before saying, “Ah, what the fuck do I care?’ There was silence between the two of them, followed by, ‘You do realize he has been sleeping with Leana for at least a couple of months.’ It was not. But in here it was more Alan Partridge, Mr Bean or Austin Powers.Then I saw this young guy. He had the air of a student about himl. The guy stepped up to me and introduced himself as Elliot. He was very polite and softly spoken. There was a time in the past when my mum would have approved of Elliot. But there was no interest on my side. He was too young for a start. In fact, he told me he was twenty one - and he may have been. But I had more than a suspicion that Elliot was at the most an. .."She nodded. "Yeah, the SJP means the force can't fire me based on my bodychange. So long as I can prove an ability to do the job. Bum knees sort oftrump that." A small smile creased her face.It was the smile of a man.One of the things that you didn't notice until an event like the GreatShift happened was the little things that were different from person toperson. Not just across genders, but also across culture and age. It wasin they walked. Or talked. The way their eyes moved around a room. As long as we get to camp before dark we'll be fine." She pulled out her tablet and held it up to the sky until she got a GPS lock."The scientists' camp is this way," Molly said, pointing. There was a narrow trail, barely visible, cut throug the tall ferns. "According to this, we should get there in about two hours." They stepped into the forest and began to walk down the trail.The air grew hot and still around them. Katie started to sweat. She pulled her T-shirt up over her belly and tied it.