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[nevergrowsup]

As soon as Neil disappeared down the path toward the World Tree with his girl legs and his Wednesday hips, Peter was tearing through the jungle out toward the real Wednesday's hut. He did not take the main winding path that led up to the Compound, but instead took a his own way through the underbrush that took him straight to her. It was so well-

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[maybe_youll_die]

"Of course it is," she said, sitting up, draped in her black nightgown. It was inconceivable that anyone else would be safely inside her hut. "It's early."

[nevergrowsup]

"Yeah," he agreed quietly and stepped forward farther into the room, voice still soft even though she was obviously awake. "It's one of those island days, when weird things are happening."

Knowing just what those weird things were made Peter flush as he couldn't help but remember what the weird things had been and who they really belonged to and how they hadn't had any shirt on over them.

[maybe_youll_die]

"What kind of weird things?" Wednesday asked him immediately. There was a list of weird things that happened on the island, and her response to each of them was different, though most of them required her to be armed.

[nevergrowsup]

After a moment, Peter felt confident enough to perch on the edge of the bed. It was a large enough bed and Wednesday a small enough girl that there wasn't any chance of sitting on her, though Peter was aware of the possibility of retaliatory action. He was invading her space.

"You know the one where boys turn into girls? And girls turn into boys too, I guess. It's today."