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<p>He looked down at himself and started back from the animal. &ldquo;Uh&hellip;yes. How do I&hellip;&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Picture yourself clothed how you wish. Your favorite outfit, perhaps. Picture that, and then want it. Want to be clothed.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Squinting his eyes shut, Yared did his best to think his clothes into being. He heard a quiet laugh from True Name.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Relax. Breathe in, and then when you breathe out, think of that outfit and say to yourself, &lsquo;gosh, I wish that I was wearing that right now!&rsquo;, and then smile?&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Relax. Breathe in, and then when you breathe out, think of that outfit and say to yourself, &lsquo;gosh, I wish that I was wearing that right now!&rsquo;, and then smile.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Smile?&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;That part is not necessary, but I find that it helps with the newly arrived.&rdquo;</p>
<p><em>Breathe in.</em></p>
<p><em>Breathe out.</em> &ldquo;I would like to be wearing that nice thawb.&rdquo;</p>
<p><em>Breathe out.</em> &ldquo;I would like to be wearing that nice thawb I got to try on.&rdquo;</p>
<p><em>Smile.</em></p>
<p>And then he was. He felt the fabric hanging comfortably from his shoulders. It was not sudden or slow, he did not feel the transition, he just was simply wearing the garment as if he always had been.</p>
<p>&ldquo;There, see? It will become second nature, and you will not need to smile or speak out loud.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Jared nodded. Breathed in, breathed out, and then the fabric had two gold brocade stripes heading down from the shoulders to the hem.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Excellent!&rdquo; The skunk &mdash; at least, that&rsquo;s what she seemed to be &mdash; clapped her paws. &ldquo;I figured you would be a fast learner after so long.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Excellent!&rdquo; The skunk &mdash; as he now remembered her to be &mdash; clapped her paws. &ldquo;I figured you would be a fast learner after so long.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Where are we?&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;We are in a private sim. Usually, new arrivals show up in a gridded gray box, and then a guide will arrive and show them basically what I showed you, but you are something of a celebrity, at least among the circles that I run in, and so I pulled some strings with the Council of Eight.&rdquo;</p>
<p>He nodded absentmindedly, reached down, and plucked at a dandelion. It felt real enough. Finally, he said, &ldquo;You are not exactly how I pictured you. I&rsquo;ve seen pictures of Michelle.&rdquo;</p>