"So it turned out Petra wasn't supposed to be a magic belly after all. The whole thing was Mike's fault."
"Mikey? Your brother?" wondered Karyn.
"No, Mike, my cous-- oh, right. Mike's a girl now. Michelle. The stone works that way, remember?"
"Well, I don't remember. As far as I know Michelle's always been a girl. But I guess that's your point."
"Right. Michelle was Mike. It was a fairly nasty prank. I had a magic stone which grants wishes. Mike decided that it was a little too convenient and changed it into a belly that makes me pregnant. He wished up one for himself but he really messed it up. But I was right. Magic empathy bellies are a lot more unusual than magic stones."
Karyn looked at the baby sleeping in the crib. "It hardly matters now, does it? It's not a stone or a belly any more. She's not even an 'it'."
"Funny how that works. You know, I could wish anything into anything. I could turn your earrings into a baby. Or just wish one up from nothing... I could even wish up a 16 year old if I wanted to. I could wish that that statue in front of the building with the gym in it comes to life and starts teaching trig class. I'm like Dr. Frankenstein without the 'can only make monsters' part."
"That's a strange idea," said Karyn, "but maybe you should try it. The 16 year old part. Wish that your baby's instantly grown up. Or pick some age younger than you but older than just born two months ago."
"If she grows up at normal speed," explained Jon, "I can still make wishes for a while. I have a bigger problem, anyway. I need to fix myself. I don't feel normal having breasts and a pussy and a smooth chest. I'm not normal. Karyn, I hope you can help me... we're going to figure out exactly how I can fix this. Tonight, because it's been long enough."
