Just in Case

Norn dreamt that instead of eyeballs, she had nipples in her sockets. She closed her eyelids normally, she could see normally, but it was hard to miss the fact that her blue eyes had been replaced by two pink nipples. There was nothing in that sight that could have made Norn’s cheeks take on a pinkish colour. Just an (un)usual physiognomy. Was Norn perturbed by that sight? Hardly. Was she actively taking steps to restore herself to biologically standard defaults? Also no. Norn put on dark glasses, ready to keep her secret from the rest of the world, and she ran into only one very small problem - as it happens, walking around in sunglasses indoors turned out to be socially unacceptable, and Norn had to put up with difficult questions and stares full of open criticism.

After waking up, Norn did not analyse the dream, though she felt Freud turning in his grave (or he would be, if he hadn’t been cremated). She ate breakfast, got dressed and put on her sunglasses. Just in case.