"About as weird as my legs," she said, glad that Lillian was actually willing to accept the lame offering Anna had given. "What am I gonna freak out about, Lil?"

She knew, of course. Because she'd done all of it herself, and she still probably had more coming, though at least now she knew what to expect when the rest of her body roboticized and... ugh. She really didn't want to think about that. Any of that. Not until she had to.

"Did you have anyone there to talk to right after they changed?" she asked, then decided to be honest for a second. "That kind of made things easier for me. Just having them there, you know?" Gross.