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Pan looked back at him, then began stammering out an apology and excuse. Peregrine didn't say anything at first. Was what Pan said possible; could he learn to embrace being a male? Or was this something more deeply and permanently ingrained than that? After all, he hadn't been living with the sirens for some time now, so if he still felt this way, wouldn't he always? Whether it was due to brainwashing, a chemical imbalance or something else entirely, that didn't really change how Pan felt, did it? And it didn't seem like something simple to reverse, either. Did Pan even want to "cure" himself?

"Or maybe..." the swarthy Alpha began to think out loud, only for his voice to trail off for a moment before he spoke again. "You've felt this way your whole life? Like you're in the wrong body?" he tried to clarify. Now he actually felt like he might be hitting the nail on the head and getting a real grasp on it. It still made him sad because, no matter how much Pan pined to change his body, it was impossible. He could even try to live as a female but he would never be able to change his chromosomes.