Nikki asked, “How long have you been one of us?” Ceecee looked at Hank and me. Nikki explained patiently, “Yes, Ayla too. And Hank’s one of us, just going in the other direction.”
“Oh. Well, this is Monday, so lemme see…” She started counting on her fingers. “My eyes changed fifteen days ago on a Sunday, and it took me three really sucky days to turn into me, and I felt really rotten the whole time, but then I was okay again Wednesday morning.” She gave everyone a happy smile.
I got the feeling that several of my teammates would have liked to wring Ceecee’s neck at that moment. Nikki had taken roughly a year to change fully, and Jade was still trying to get where she wanted. Toni had gone through months of change while having to share a room with an obnoxious big brother. Hank went through months and months of really uncomfortable changes in front of most of an army base. And, unlike some people I could name, Ceecee had even gotten the change she wanted. She had no idea how lucky she was.
— Phase musing about the newest Poe changeling's good fortune, Whateley Universe, "Ayla and the Mad Scientist", ch. 2
