"I wish I knew why the ring turned Wade into a trans woman rather than making him a 100% woman."
A crystalline certainty forms in your mind. Two things: the ring takes the easiest path, and it hadn't turned Wade into a trans woman. All it had done was intervene at a moment in her personal history just to give her a little more boldness to actually start transition rather than just fantasize about it.
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Five years ago:
"Is there anything else we need to discuss?" asked the therapist.
Wade was about to lie and say no, when suddenly he felt a surge of strength, strength that would allow him to be honest.
"Yes, there is. I, uh, think I'm trans."
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Present. You're starting to feel a little weird about this. Wade is your friend, did you have the right to mess with his life like this? To mess with anyone's life? I wish I knew if Wade was happier this way.
Another crystalline certainty forms. Yes, Wade is much happier transitioning than being a miserable and repressed person. You breathe a sigh of relief. Wade has always seemed to be a person who had difficulty being happy. If your friend is happier now you don't want to change--her--back. But there is a real danger that the ring's power will corrupt you--"Precious" you mutter under your breath--and you're not sure what to do about it.