The (almost) truth.

John knew Karyn well enough to know that telling her "Oh, yeah, I just changed your body with my mind" probably wouldn't fly, and would likely just get him into deeper trouble. But Karyn was…well, she was Karyn, and she was special to John. Special in ways he really hadn't fully understood until she wasn't there. And now that she was back, John didn't want to lose her again. And really, he didn't think he could keep this power to himself without going crazy, and Karyn was probably the best person he could think of to help him get a handle on whatever the heck was going on.

So, he stretched the truth a bit.

"Don't worry, Karyn. I'm not a genie, I'm not a wizard, I'm still me, at least as far as I can tell. But…" John paused here for a moment, collecting his thoughts. "To be honest with you, I may have lied a bit when I said nothing interesting had happened."

"I knew it!" John cringed away from the receiver slightly as Karyn's triumphant shout rang out from it. "I knew you had something to do with this. Okay, spit it out! What the heck is going on here, John?!"

"Okay, calm down, calm down. So, a little while ago ('Not technically a lie,' John thought), I started hearing this voice in my head. Not one of those crazy people voice things where they're all telling you to kill everyone or sit around preaching the end of the world, though. This one just told me that I had been granted some kind of power, or something like that - it was kind of sudden, so I don't remember all the details. Since then, when people make wishes near me, or when I make them myself ('Also not technically a lie'), they just sort of happen. I'm still kind of trying to come to terms with what exactly is happening here, and I don't think I have control over it yet, so that's why your wish made you like that. I'm sorry, Karyn. Really, I am, and I shouldn't have hidden that from you. It's just…it's kind of scary, you know?"

John paused, waiting to see if he had totally fucked up his relationship with Karyn or not. There was silence on the phone for several moments, which only continued to stretch on. John thought he could hear breathing from the other end of the line, but he wasn't sure.

"Karyn?" he asked, quietly. "Are you still there?"

Finally, after a few more moments, he heard a rustling sound at the other end of the line.

"John, you have to admit, this is all a lot for me to take in. If I hadn't actually seen it myself, I'd probably be calling a shrink for you on another line." Karyn paused briefly, taking a deep breath. "But I did see it, and it did happen right after I made a wish, so as crazy as it sounds, I can't really deny that you're telling the truth."

John let out a breath he hadn't even realized he was holding. Karyn believed him - he might have stretched the truth a bit, but the important parts were all there. "Thank you, Karyn. You have no idea how relieved I am to hear that."

Before he could continue, Karyn beat him to the punch. "Now fix me!"

John blinked. "Fix you? You mean, like, the changes?"

"YES! These damn mountains on my chest are really kind of annoying - I don't know how Sarah deals with them, with all that bouncing around in those cheerleader things."

For a moment, John pictured Sarah, her cheerleader uniform tight across her chest as she went through a routine, then quickly shook his head. No Sarah now! Karyn first!