" I figured if I can just get to theirhouse and talk to them, I could maybe convince them to let me stay,despite me being a guy. Perhaps they were jus... as desperate as me.They replied within the hour, which made me believe that they were andasked if I could come over for an interview that evening. I replied andsaid yes. I got excited. I might finally be able to stop stressing andsleep soundly knowing I have somewhere to live. If I had known just whatthis interview would end up costing me, I. I brought him meals and water, helped him wash and shave, encouraged him to do the stretching and exercising Larus recommended ... and completely pissed him off. He was in pain – his muscles would apparently burn for days until his body had completely processed the toxins his liver had been unable to clear, and though he refused to remove his bandages so I could see it, the large, knotted scar from his chest to the middle of his abdomen pulled with every movement – and exhausted, sleeping. We can only do the basic dresses, and even thenI think we'll probably have to add a couple of new styles to ourportfolio. Those big bell-shaped skirts - they're rather old-fashioned, you know." Well, they're comedy theatrical costumes," I said. "No modern womanwould be seen dead in any of them, except maybe at a fancy-dressparty." Most of them use at least two different colours of material, somethree or four," said Eddy. "We can certainly put two different clothstogether in the fabrication. I will happily take the job.”“Good, our first order of business is to work on our little spec ops plan?”“What do you have in mind?”“We need to gain access to the storage room in the old shop. Picking up the captain of the basketball team should get us the alarm codes. Do you know anybody that can scrub the alarm system to make it look like we were never there? It can’t be that hard. We designed the thing.”“I’ll make some calls. Why? What were you thinking?”“It will take us a while.”We hash out.