Now that I’m a girl, what should I do next? I wondered, in the big-eyed, open-hearted way of any faun faced with a sudden universe. What do you want to do? HER asked me. When I paused, the devil in HER put on a smile, and gave me a little hint. HER: Touch me. I moved in closer, to where I could feel the heat of her breath, the heat of her body. It was a different kind of heat than I was used to. I had become rather detached these last few months during the transition. And it was the most familiar heat I had ever felt. I touched her, faun sudden universe