?Nnn?? she winced. ?How do you feel?? he asked, recording her reaction on tape. ?It feels cold?and wet?but at the same time feels somewhatnice.? It?s ...ard to describe.? Kind of feels like AloeVera or hand cream.? A patch of black sludge appeared in a small pore on herforearm.? Taking her arm to a nearbymicroscope, she began to study the reaction. ?The cells seem to react to the substance well enough.? But it?s hard to say what its doing rightnow.? It?s too soon to?? For a brief moment she felt. "Okay, well, I'll put a bottle of water and your glass on that table next to the stage during your next pose. This way, you can drink as much as you need." Thank you."Amber took the empty glass from Sandra and then said, "Well, just lay down on your stomach this time, facing in the other direction."Sandra went lying on the sofa, on her stomach this time."Just lay your head on your hands, like how you would do for a little nap. Good! And bent your legs. No, not like that. No, not like that. Slide out on my side and we’ll both pee while we’re here. That way, I can watch out for you. When you get back in, lie down in the seat until I have our burgers and find us a motel.”Two blocks past the burger drive-through, I spotted an older motel with a drive-through canopy covering the entrance to the office.“Lock the doors behind me and I’ll be right back.”I must have looked out toward the truck ten times as the guy was taking my money and giving me the key. I wrote down a fake name and. Actually, you've met one of them already ... Stan!" Your Stan? Look, Anne, I know he's your man and all, but ... Well. I'll tell you what. Put a proposal together for each, get their résumés in, and Ken and I will look them over. But no promises, okay?" Okay, Sid! You won't regret it, I promise." I mean it. No promises. I'm not sure we can afford one, let alone two new people." He smiled a little at her. "Do what I said and we'll check it out. We need to keep you happy and productive, after.