There before you was an avatar that had a major problem, "That is a female!"
Grace grinned, "Yes. When they started the new one they seem to have flipped a chromosome." She looked at the avatar, then at you, "I can see the resemblance, but she is much better looking."
You protest, "I can't go in there as a female!"
Grace smiles wickedly, "She is viable, and as a young female, you have the most options on how to be accepted, which is not easy at any level. That body is the only one with your DNA. It is her or nothing. Are you saying you are going to abandon your research?"
You know she has you, "No. I will prove these creatures are nothing but smart animals." You put your hand to the window, "How young is she?"
Grace shrugs, "Of course, their life-spans are far greater than ours, but In human terms, she would be a late-teen. The 'age of becoming', where she must choose her path. As a female she has three choices, warrior, priestess or what we would call a home-maker." She snorts at you, "I would not even think of warrior. They train for that from a child. That leaves you with priestess or home-maker. Of course, if you acknowledge a priestess is real, that mean sentient development of a religion, and that would go against your theory. Wouldn't it?"
You glare at her, "A home-maker is perfect. I will get to observe their internal hive culture first hand."
She laughs, "Well, that culture is hard to break into as I said. You will need to earn their trust, and that is not easy to do." You also get the feeling there is something that she is not telling you. Before you can ask though, she opens a module, "Hop in. It is time for you to give her a test drive!"
You climb in, feeling very confined. Soon you are traveling down the tunnel that you heard about. Then it stops. You can feel yourself breathing. A bright light shines in your eyes. When you sit up, you can feel the undeniable shifting of breasts which you try to ignore.
After you have been cleared, and gone through training, you are walking outside one day. You are always amazed at the agility and energy of this body. You also wonder about how different you feel, and how much of it is because you are now an alien animal, or because you are female? You don't know what bothers you the most, the breasts or the absence between your legs.
An avatar walks up to you. You can recognize Grace in her face, though she is a good bit taller than you. She asks, "Ready to come and observe?"
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