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+Title: Interlude IX
+Date: 2017-09-24 13:15
+Category: fiction
+Tags: cathartic, interlude
+
+"Mark, I can't quite place it, but you look ... _different_ somehow."
+
+"Oh yes, thanks for noticing. I'm experimenting with a nonstandard hormone balance. It's kind of like being transgender, except without the part where you delusionally claim to be a woman."
+
+"_Excuse me?_"
+
+"I said, 'It's kind of like being transgender, but less socially disruptive.' Why, what did you think I said?"