Standing there in their plain, white silk qipao’s, they looked like a row of medical students listening to the words of some distinguished consultan... and reluctant to take the risk of saying something foolish. Tsai Linn, in her yellow and blue Sun Rise uniform, paused for a few moments to see if any of them would come forward with an idea.“Please imagine – this man is yours.” Tsai Linn clipped a leash to Bernard’s collar and pulled him forward. Caught off balance, Bernard almost fell as he. ’ Gretchen remembered accepting that explanation for the gratuitous, borderline objectifying, threatening-a-harassment-lawsuit costuming expected of a worker bee on the thirty-third floor. After she caught Mrs. Rodriguez side-eyeing the supple curve of her skirt-clad rear end, she knew immediately that a certain someone was getting paid dividends on that ‘skanky dress code’ set in place by ‘chauvinist men.’Mug in place, Gretchen looked back and forth down the juxtaposed hallways that dead-ended. The light never failed to catch it and to bedazzle all who basked in the shimmering presence of it and by the spectacular sparkle of it. Such an unearthly gemstone must have surely fallen from Heaven. When the light caught hold of it and illuminated it, you could not look away from it. The splendor of it held you prisoner to its energy. Some saw beauty, others saw strength, and still others saw knowledge. As if shooting out tiny angelic Tinkerbells, the diamond sent shimmering rainbows of color. I fixed my eyes on the road ahead, and kept driving.I jolted upright as I woke back up. I must've fallen asleep. Not for long however, as I could still see the building I had just passed only moments before in my rear view mirror. At least I hadn't gone far in either direction, as I was still in my lane. There luckily was no cars around, either. 'Almost home. Half way there.', I thought, shuffling in my seat, struggling to find a comfortable position. I turned on the radio and switched it to a.