She understands. It is not hard for her because it is all she has ever known. She does have a challenge figuring out what life must be like for those with no system; who they talk to for instance. Besides, as she often points out to me: "I may be six, but I got forty-six years experience at it."

Anyway, I suppose the most traumatic thing was that she hears herself differently when she speaks. She hears her voice as she imagines it to be. It was a rare, coveted piece of physical identity...and now it's gone.