"Most of that was Monkey King calling out the demon for their disguises. He did it to me too, though at least there was a concentrated effort to eradicate written accounts of our encounter," he said. Because why else would Tang struggle to remember it or the reveal he made the fire be such a big deal if it was common? "I was pretending to be a human orphan. I'm pretty sure he was waiting for a chance to throw me off a cliff."

"But of course. I have no interest in being someone else. But it is nice to have the outside match the inside if I'm feeling a particular way some days." Most days any gender is cool, but some days do have one a bit stronger.