Instead of a jacket he was wearing a silk dressing-gown and looked like a tired, diminutive Noel Coward.'Alex.' He rose to his feet and I received ano...her embrace, then he lowered himself slowly back into his chair. 'Suddenly I'm feeling my age. It's an unpleasant experience. Would you like something to eat or drink?' He's using the 'tu' form. Whatever next? I decided I'd stay with 'usted'.'Maybe some orange-juice, sir. Eating is still a chore.' Agustín touched a bell and Martínez examined. Completely... I look exactly as I did eight years ago. I'm beginning to suspect I'm not aging. Chungierans don't age either... My nickname at the Labs is Stevie Bod, though I work very hard to keep my real strength and speed hidden. I've taken up karate, and I'm my sensei's best student. I can also run a kilometer in two minutes flat when I open up, even over rough terrain. That's what I'm doing now, flashing through the forest at 30 kph. It challenges both my endurance and my reflexes. It's a. "Hee-hee! It's getting hard again. I wanna..." You're not sore?"She twisted up to kiss me, pulled her face back, a smile that encompassed her whole face. Damn those grey eyes..."Not THAT sore..." She rolled sideways, reached into the nightstand, retrieved a... "I get to put this one on." You're crazy..." Crazy in love with you." She pulled to a kneeling position beside me, ripped the package open."Just put the thing on the tip and roll it down the shaft." I knowwww. I watched." Giggle. "I'm. Curiosity obviously got the best of him and he promised. So, I pulled outthe medical document my parents had me put in my backpack once I starteddriving around as Rebecca. In case I got stopped the letter explained mysituation. Before I handed it to him to read, I told him everything.Including what had happened with Alicia, and why I had insisted we onlybe friends. Once I was done telling him, I showed him the letter asproof. While he read the document, several times I just sat there.