Try it out." Deciding I'd give it a shot, I took one ofthe containers and drank it. Then I went to the mirror."So what does this thing exactly do to y...u?" I asked. Just then, my hairturned blond and sprinted down past my shoulders and hung in beautifulcurls. Then I shrank about half an inch and my chest expanded very faraway from my chest. My skin became silk smooth and my body shrank andbecame more delicate and feminine. My nails grew, became pointed andturned a light pink. My undershirt. For some reason you are not in bed with me probably, because a story idea struck and you not wanting to wake me are off in the other room typing away. You kept me up late the night before working out new ideas for a future story so I'm tired but I hate the big empty bed. I throw the covers off and stretch and wiggle to the middle of the bed and stretch some more arms and legs spread wide hands above my head. I have every intention, like I normally do when you wander off, of getting up and going. Do these remedies work?"Mary smiled. She launched into a practiced disclaimer and sales pitch."Some traditional remedies are indistinguishable in effect fromplacebos, but that doesn't mean they have no value. They are notmedicines, although my grandmother called them that. I claim notherapeutic benefits. The FDA would have my ass. These are traditionalfoods that may bring comfort. They may bring you closer to yourancestors. In harmony with the natural forces all around you. Ofcourse, they might. The guard slightly stiffens, preparing to talk to them if it gets out of hand, but then pauses as he realizes that he has seen the woman before. He looks to the woman's right and sees the strong looking man that he remembered her holding hands with sitting next to her. As he starts to really wonder what their relationship is like or what's going on, the guard sees the new man turn and speak to the guy that he had initially assumed was the woman's boyfriend.The guard starts to approach them and.