“Spaghetti, I think, please.”“Good.” She set about boiling a pan of water and measured out spaghetti.“What about Karen?”“Hmm?”“Karen...”“Oh – Karen. She has a school dinner. She won’t want more than a sandwich this evening. I’m glad you’re here to help me eat this. Usually I put quite a lot in the freezer for another time. Today – I hoped you’d still want to come back here.”She dumped spaghetti in the boiling water and set a timer.“I’m not likely to turn down a home-cooked meal,” I smiled. She. "I changed physically." I stared at the passing lights. "Were biologically based mental changes a part of the package?" You changed so why wouldn't your psychology change?" I mean direct mental changes," I clarified for her."I don't..." She turned to look at me before stopping the car on the side of the highway. She pressed a button on her dash. "Dial Eleanor."On the second ring, Elizabeth's posture changed. She sat straighter and drummed her fingers on the steering wheel as if testing her. I noticed that he put on of my shifters into "full time four wheel". He said that it was equivalent to all wheel drive and that I could use it on wet or dry roads, at any speeds. He recommended that I only use it in the snow because it uses up a lot of gasoline. He explained to me the difference between full time and part time, and how four wheel drive works.We ended up in a parking lot of a strip mall. It was pretty empty, so there was a lot of room. He put it back into two wheel and we. Softly, I walked to the bathroom door, and closed my eyes as I drew one more breath before reaching for the door knob. After turning the knob as silently as a teenager sneaking back home after midnight, the door quietly opened with a gentle push. It was even more silent than it had been before. Looking up, I found Jack facing into the corner of the shower. His body was lean but there was no sign of his ribcage; slim but not thin, toned but not unnaturally muscular. He didn’t appear to have.