Adapt to being a girl? That shouldn't - it's not about determinism, it's the opposite of that or, it's the same thing in the other direction. There isn't a prophecy but that shouldn't determine her choices either! It's just. It's just a body.

[The anger creeps back in, simmers and flares, as he grates and scowls with equal enthusiasm, settles into genuine disgust by the end, digs his teeth in, almost cracking through to the marrow of it. Almost.]