. so I think that burger I had for lunch gave me food poisoning." Was that my voice? I sounded like a cartoon frog!"Just a minute", she said, heading ...ack to the nurse's station and around the corner.I waited, watching intently. It looked like she was the only one on shift for this ward tonight.She returned with some ice water, which I drank greedily."Slowly", she said concernedly. "Slowly..." She moved my hands and took the cup, feeding me the water bit by bit. This caused her to bend over. He looked at me and then back at my mom. "Our generation isn't as well-versed in technology as yours is," he said. "So sue me."I went and looked through my papers. "Dad, take a look at this," I said. He looked at the paper I handed him."It looks like a lease," he said."It is," I said. He was smiling about getting it right. "Whose name is on it?" I asked."Yours," he said."Do you see any other name on that lease?" I asked."Nope," he said. "Are you going to add Mindy's name to it?" Nope," I spat. He began to wonder if he was anal-retarded or something.He managed to have a sexual relationship with two other girls that semester. One was abhorred by the thought of anal sex; the other let him go there a couple times grudgingly. But it didn’t compare to the memory of Maud. She craved it. Rod missed it.At the end of the semester Rod went home for Christmas break. Again he drove by the cabin by the lake a few times. It was always empty except once. He saw a car parked there so he knocked on. J starts counting. "1...2...3...4...5"I feel myself rising up. I look down and see my body receding from me. Atthe count of five I somehow know I am exactly three feet above the couch."Very good. Now TJ, when I begin counting you will move to your left. Atthe count of five you will stop directly above Dan's body. As you move toa position directly above his body you will pass through Dan'sconsciousness. As you do you will copy from Dan all his memories, hismannerisms, his very personality except.