“Look. When you changed, and became Stacey, how did you handle it? How did you accept your body changing, and all of that?”

“Well, every girl who goes through puberty has a stage where she hates her body. But over time, as you grow and start to become a woman…”

“No! I mean changing from male to female! How do you adjust to that?”

“I’ve *always* been female” said Stacey, wondering what was so wrong with this girl. She was talking all crazy.

“Go” said Doug, crying again. “Just go.”

Reluctantly, Stacey left her friend behind to quietly sob away.