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From: buzzard@world.std.com (Sean T Barrett)
Subject: Re: PC gender in IF
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emshort@mindspring.com <emshort@mindspring.com> wrote:
>Once I'd made that decision, it affected some of the later
>characterization/flashback writing
[snip]
>It's not An Issue that the PC is female, but it is important to
>the story.

Is this a case of "it is important to SOME VERSIONS of the story"
perhaps? I'm not sure exactly where and how Metamorphoses branched,
and I don't recall much backstory--but this could certainly be
my memory failing.

SeanB
