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Bat Bat shrugged. "Is explanation," she insisted. "Want to Do."
Sekhmet's gaze narrowed. He felt a headache forming already. Then another thought stabbed him. He looked Bat Bat up and down, then spoke carefully.
"Did you know you were female all this time," he asked.
Bat Bat blinked.
Then she looked away, suddenly less confident.
"I… don't know," she admitted.
Sekhmet's eyebrow rose.
"You don't know," he repeated.
Bat Bat shrugged again, then mumbled, "I had a feeling."
Sekhmet's eyes narrowed.
Bat Bat quickly added, defensive, "But Bat Bat is Bat Bat. Bat Bat is not boy or girl. Bat Bat is Bat Bat."
Sekhmet stared. That sentence somehow made sense and made no sense at the same time. He inhaled slowly.
Then the real question came.
The one Sekhmet couldn't avoid.
The one that had been haunting him since the moment Bat Bat's glow faded.
Sekhmet's voice lowered.
"Then why," he asked, "did you pee in public… on the enemy."
