"Wouldn't say I'm satisfied, more like I've made my peace with it." But happy with it? Of course not.

"Of course I wanna know more about how my body works. Not just reproductive stuff, either, things like... how do I eat an' speak an' breathe without a mouth? How do I see when I ain't got eyes?"

She shrugs. "But I don't think my kind know much more than I do on the subject, anyway." Would a regular Novakid even have the attention span for that kind of self-examination?