Almost a decade of early childhood in an all-boys school, so not even the opportunity to figure out if I got along better with the girls or boys, let alone identification... the Story was made structurally impossible even if the proclivity was there..

Sons of bitches, all of them...

Not sure I can do this reliably, especially as I run out of local pharmacies to ask in - also not sure if any NIF would do, using mine could be risky...

Also in Algarve, if another part of it, tourist-adjacent enough.
Not sure if asking in Portuguese (native) makes sense difference more than the attendant does...

Got asked in whose name that was supposed to be and/or a NIF - not a prescription, but still not trivial.
Maybe it's a matter of who or where one tries to get it from, but so far, nope.

The scene where Katherine comes across her namesake online game character while playing with Nichole was neat and feels like a partial key to her past and the future of the story.
Couldn't help but think of FFXI's Lady "Remember this, the future will choose me" Lilith, whose narrative is... flexible

Chapter 15, I think - I believe that roughly matches the end of the 1st book version:

www.scribblehub.com/read/421879-...

I have a limited amount of days left in Portugal, primarily spent with family (friends are elsewhere), so the ability to quietly and quickly taking care of the issue in a pharmacy is preferable.
While hoping nobody recognizes me or finds resemblance with the part of my family that's from here.