[Michael hums thoughtfully. Did he prefer it?]

I'm used to it. If I'd had this form from the start, I'd be used to that. But our starter physical bodies are assigned randomly, so it's not like I chose either way.

There's a bit of rank involved in that for us, too - once you get important enough, you can commission a custom skinsuit. Sometimes people'll use that to swap genders or whatever. But once you're at that level, it's really more of a cosmetic thing.