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Wonder City Stories IV #11
Dec. 6th, 2015 06:20 pmPrint and ebook versions of Wonder City Stories linked to sites where you can buy them at judemclaughlin.com!
Names Your Mother Never Called You
"That's… really unfair," Simon said, glowering at Nereid.
"I know!" Nereid exclaimed in her alarmingly deep voice. "Why did it have to happen to me when there are people who want this kind of thing?"
"Have you told your parents?" Simon said.
"They remember me as… a guy, like you do," Nereid said, running her too-large hands over oddly bumpy and hard thighs, remembering her mother fondly calling her "Pace"—short for Pacific, of course. I never got a nickname as a girl, she thought, not-quite-bitterly. "So, no. Though, I mean, it's not like Mom and Dad haven't been through weird para shit before. Not as much as your parents, but still."
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Names Your Mother Never Called You
"That's… really unfair," Simon said, glowering at Nereid.
"I know!" Nereid exclaimed in her alarmingly deep voice. "Why did it have to happen to me when there are people who want this kind of thing?"
"Have you told your parents?" Simon said.
"They remember me as… a guy, like you do," Nereid said, running her too-large hands over oddly bumpy and hard thighs, remembering her mother fondly calling her "Pace"—short for Pacific, of course. I never got a nickname as a girl, she thought, not-quite-bitterly. "So, no. Though, I mean, it's not like Mom and Dad haven't been through weird para shit before. Not as much as your parents, but still."
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