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[notmakingout]

[Today, a woman walks into the messhall. She's moving pretty awkwardly, and perhaps paying an undue amount of attention to her own breasts.]

...Alright! Is there anyone hangin' around who can tell me exactly how this works?

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[handcocked]

Please specify what exactly "this" may be.

[notmakingout]

Me bein' a woman suddenly is the bit I've got, but I get the idea there's a few more details than that.

[handcocked]

Your use of the word "suddenly" suggests that your current state of "bein' a woman" is abnormal. Is this true?

[notmakingout]

I'd say so, yeah. Usually I'm all man.

[objectify]

This?

[notmakingout]

This. [gestures over her curves]

[objectify]

Oh, well. I suggest support.

[notmakingout]

Hmm... Not exactly what I was askin', but a valid point. I don't exactly have a lot of women's clothin', though.

[screwfate]

...Can you be more specific?

*actually can probably guess*

[notmakingout]

Genderswitchin', or whatever people call it.

[screwfate]

Generally, you either wait it out or wait until you can't stand it anymore and try the cures.

[notmakingout]

I don't think I'll get tired of it very soon. I've only heard of kissin' as a cure, though, and I don't know how long it usually lasts. What other things should I be avoidin'?

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[itcamefromcamp]

I see you've found some breasts.

A breast is a mammary gland found on the torso of mammals such as humans. Both males and females develop breasts, but they're generally more prominent on women because at puberty, female sex hormones such as estrogen promote breast development. Men don't usually have that.

Anyway, the mammary is largely made up of fat, connective tissues such as collagen and elastin, Cooper's ligaments and modified sudoriferous glands, or sweat glands. The glands are modified to produce milk. Most milk remains in the back of the breast until suckling on the breast occurs, causing muscles in the glands to push milk forward through between four and eighteen lactiferous ducts, allowing the milk to drain out the nipple.

[notmakingout]

.............

...Thank ya, that's a lot more, er, detail than I knew.

[itcamefromcamp]

I'm always glad to help! And just think, that's just the start of it. Breasts are surprisingly complex, and there's a lot of theories floating around as to how exactly we ended up evolving with these. You see, humans are the only mammals whose breasts stay swollen when they aren't producing milk. It's thought that the orb-like shape of breasts may help limit heat loss, as a fairly high temperature is required for the production of milk. Alternatively, one theory states that the shape of the human breast evolved in order to prevent infants from suffocating while feeding. Since human infants have a small jaw compared to other primates, the infant's nose might be blocked if the mother's chest was too flat. According to this theory, as the human jaw receded, the breasts became larger to compensate.

[notmakingout]

...Sounds like there's a lot ta appreciate about the miracles of human development.

[notmakingout]

Hey there, professor! Do I look like someone ya know?

[notmakingout]

Interestin'. Ya ever encountered this sorta situation before?