Before Doug's arrival, there had been many children with the swollen belly and the sunken chest that was so common of malnourished children, but, now,...not a single child in the village had that problem. The older people of the village now had enough to eat; they had always been the last to receive a share of the limited supply of food and had often been hungry. With the current food surplus, some of them were actually getting fat!Speaking of the older men of the village—they were no longer left. ” They were being told by the car rentalagent. “You’re not exactly dressed for this weather,and it’s colder where you’re going. Maybe, you shoulddo some shopping for appropriate clothes before youleave Detroit.”“We’ll be okay in a warm car,” Bob explained. “Besides,buying heavy winter clothing is a waste of money, towear a week and throw away. Once we get to the resort,we can rent ski suits.”“Heading north, you should have. She sat down on the covered toilet."We'll split up, I want to walk the convention floor separate today,"Samus spoke to "herself" before reaching for the small bump on her back.With a quick pop Samus' body started to both deflate and increase insize at the same time. Her breasts collapsed inward but her whole faceand body expanded forward until it was clear that there were two peopleinside the Samus Aran bodysuit. The suits eyes never hollowed out butseemed completely lifeless with the blank. It was rectangular in shape and hada simple latch on the front face. There were a few markings in alanguage I didn't recognize on the top."So open it! There's no telling what is in there!"She handed it to me. My hands felt like lead, fumbling with the latchfor what seemed like an eternity. I finally separated the two pieces ofthe latch and grabbed the lid of the box. The hinges squeaked as theyopened.Inside, the only thing I could see was a old, cracked piece of parchment.On it, some words.