There was no reaction, no convulsion, no distortion of features. She sat there as if nothing had happened, but her personality had changed as completely as though she had been retrained from birth.
Miss Dupont came in without knocking. She knew, of course, that any patient in the Ego Alter room would be incapable of being disturbed.
"Rephysical, Dr. Kalmar?" she asked.
"I'm afraid so. Will you prepare her, please?"
The nurse removed the girl's clothes. There was no resistance.
"Such a lovely body," she said. "It's a shame."
He shrugged. "Until we have enough people and farms and industries, Miss Dupont, we'll just have to get used to altering people to fit the needs of our society. I'm sure you understand that."
"Yes, but it still seems a shame. Bodies like that don't grow on trees."
