I knew that what I was thinking was not at all ordinary thinking, and that it might be too extreme, but after seeing how great Karyn's life was turning out to be, I felt that maybe extreme action needed to be taken.
Before I made the wish that was germinating in my head, I knew I would need a backdoor. I would need to be able to undo the wish at any time in case things turned out bad. And I knew that I wouldn't want the effects of the wish to last forever, I only wanted to see what it would be like. My curiosity needed to be sated.
I pulled the stone out of my pocket, held it in both of my hands and brought it to my lips and whispered.
"I wish that, until I say the words 'Mischief Managed', I would have been born a girl."
