Mentally, Grendel walked through Eli's memories as if they were a theme park.  The memories were too detailed, too real, to be fake.  She clung to the part of Eli that was actually doing the recalling.  Her internal femininity could not now be denied.  Her external anatomy would soon match this state within a week.<br/><br/><hr/>Name: Dr. Elijah Henkow<br/>Location: In the Past, a Desolate, out of the way planet<br/>Time (if Needed): Near Noon in a small town<br/>Tagging: Grendel<br/><hr/><strong>"My mother met my other mother as a Zhodani interrogator during the last war.  She pried every secret out of her but you can't read someone that well without knowing them.  And so the interrogator fell in love with her prisoner.  After the war, she sought my mother out and surrendered herself to her.</strong>"<br/><strong><br/>"But the contact that forged that love only lasted an hour by the clock, a lifetime by the recollection, like a dream.  That is how completely two can know each other through telepathy.  The mind-blind think the psychic are the most casual of lovers.  Nothing could be further from the truth."</strong><br/><br/>After speaking, Grendel kissed Eli in their shared dream.<strong>"Besides, I have seen how you were with your last lover.  There's things even I get to learn."<br/></strong><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Grendel now trusts Eli completely as only telepaths can.  She will be female by almost any definition within a week.  She is flirting with Eli but if rebuffed will still feel a deep friendship with Eli.</div></div>