"This way. Ma'am," said the nurse. Julie lay on the table that was part of the complicated machinery of swapping. A wall separated her from the table where her rapist, Sam, would be lying.
"I'm required to tell you that it's not too late to change your mind."
"No, I'm going to do this."
"OK. To prepare you for the experience, this is not instantaneous. For about an hour, your mind will be receiving sensations from both bodies. Basically, as you lose sensation in one body part of your original body you gain it in your new body. At the same time, the information complex we call the "mind" will be adapting to a new and different physical brain--like running software on different hardware. In intergender transfers, you will also be adapting to a different hormonal balance. Long story short, this is going to be weird, but we've done it many times before and you're not in any danger."
Julie lay on the table and the electrodes automatically attached themselves to her head. "Ready?" said the technician.
"Ready" answered Julie.
Her right foot felt weird--big. She wiggled her toes. On the other side of the wall, Sam's right toes were wiggling.