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"Susie, do you think I'm still me?"
The golden retriever was a little surprised by the question, but she immediately answered with certainty, "You are you, Audrey."
Audrey nodded slightly, watching her surroundings out of the corner of her eye. "Thank you, Susie."
"Now, we should go back... Be careful, control your pace, and don't let anyone notice anything unusual..."
After discovering the influence of Beyonder powers in the family castle, Audrey and Susie stopped lingering in the corridors and quickly returned to her bedroom, avoiding contact with any "wrong" people that might confuse their recognition of others' identities.
Audrey leaned back against the door, a little nervous. With her palm pressed lightly against her chest, she could feel her heart pounding.
Susie, the golden retriever, sat beside her feet with an ear against the door, listening carefully to the sounds outside.
Even though there was no one around, neither of them felt safe.
"Calm down, Audrey. Calm down."
Audrey took two deep breaths and used a Psychiatrist's Beyonder ability to give herself a dose of "Soothing." Then she began analyzing the situation with Susie again to shake off her current anxiety and unease.
"In this Beyonder incident, many people have had their memories replaced. They believe from the bottom of their hearts that they're someone else and act under that person's identity, and it's very difficult for us to tell whether they're genuine just by looking."
"Woof," Susie said.
Audrey frowned. "Like Tina. Even though all three pieces of evidence you found-the smell, the clothes, and the footprints-prove that Tina is now a man, Susie, I still instinctively resist calling her 'he.'"
"Even after seeing the evidence, I still feel that 'he' is Tina."
"It's the same with Mother. I now feel that Mother ought to have short