Chapter 9

Simone raised the mirror, and examined her reflection, one hand brushing the planes of her new cheeks. Softer cheeks than she’d had before, rounder and higher. In its proportions and general features, her face was very similar to what it had been before—a strong and striking face, more Katharine Hepburn than Audrey. But her lips were fuller, eyebrows thinner, the face in general softer and gentler and more feminine.

“I’m beautiful,” Simone said, stunned.

“You’re gorgeous,” Lucy said.

Her body, she discovered, had undergone a similar change, even more so than her face. She had lovely sloping shoulders, and curvy hips, and delicate hands. Her physical strength, she reminded herself after the slightest moment of panic, would not be affected. Structural fortitude was not noticeably different in male and female android bodies. She seemed to be made of higher-grade materials now, with a surface more like human skin, and between her legs—

“Oh,” Simone said. “I’m a Pleasure model now.”