Jon got his answer and explained it to Karyn. "It's not working right because I didn't come up with an airtight perfectly worded wish that could not be misinterpreted. What the fuck?"
"It's true," said Karyn. "It has to be."
"But it's not what I meant. I want to know why the stone is even trying to misinterpret wishes. It didn't behave like this before. Hey, wait a minute! It worked whenever I was a girl. It works for you." He thrust the stone in front of Karyn's face. "Here, you try it."
"I don't know, but you're right, my wishes did work. I got a good sandwich, you got a bad one. Okay, I wish I know why this stone isn't working right."
"And? Did it tell you?"
"It told me, Jon. That's not your stone. Someone swapped it for a stone that only is nice to girls. I don't know if we can get your stone back, but there's one thing we need to do. One thing you need to have done, that is."
"All right, then do it!"
"I wish that Jon becomes a girl until he has a way to make good wishes without being one. I wish that while he's a girl he'll gradually become happy to be one."
Jon instantly transformed. This time he didn't have red hair, though it was longer, and he wasn't nearly naked either. He looked a lot more like a female version of himself. His toenails still had red on them, as well as his fingernails. His breasts were around a C cup. Astonished, he exclaimed "How can you do this?!"
"It's only until you get the real stone back."
"What if that takes a year? Ten years? Never?"
"Then we reinterpret that wish and change you back. I'm sure there's a way. In the meantime, Isabel, you have your wishing stone." She handed Jon the stone back.
Jon sighed. "I guess I have to live with it. Being a girl can't be that bad...."
