"Yes..." Shimmer agrees, lightly. "It's part of the 'uniform' as she puts it. Once a Delta is upgraded to Gamma, they undergo a complete body upgrade to match. It is loosely based on their original one, to ease the dysphoria, but not much..."

She shrugs her shoulders.

"On the bright side, we never grow old? Though I can't say it would have suited any of you. Especially the skeleton."