O'Brien. "What symbols?" Don't worry, Ms. Dunham, as remarkable as your linguistic skills are, I don't expect you to recognize Phoenician." Seriously,...Dr. O'Brien, I don't see anything at all. It's blank."Jimmy waved it in front of her. "You seriously don't see the characters at all? Nothing?"Lindsey shook her head emphatically. Jimmy hastily dropped the parchment on the desk. "A joke, I suppose. A poor one at that. Coated with a hallucinogenic. But why would I hallucinate Phoenician letters?". You really are a depraved slut, aren’t you?”“Well you didn’t marry me for my cooking skills.”“Never mind that. You just keep fingering yourself while I tell you about…”“Do you want to get on top of me and fuck my squishy cunt?”“I’m not allowed to. Your rules, remember?”“But I’m so horny!”“And you’ll be even hornier in a minute when I tell you what happened next.”“What happened next?”“I’ll tell you if you get your hand off my cock.”“But darling…”“Your rules, remember? You just concentrate on. “Take your time,” I tell him. “We have forever.” *** We get back to the tent after everybody’s gone to bed. Our tent is almost a half mile away, at an overgrown volleyball net. The divider is up, but we huddle together on one side. Aaron lies down with his head propped up against a rolled sleeping bag. I lay with my head on his chest and his arm around me. “There is a cure,” I tell him. “You can go back to being human.” I’ve wanted to tell him all night, but I couldn’t. “Tell me. "Before we start, we have a special guest. This is the first time she's been with so many of us at once, so I ask you remain seated and quiet." The two friends of Julie's sat up, excitement and awe on their faces. Tom tried to remember the last time Ai had made a public appearance: they kept such things to a minimum, and none of the newcomers knew of the shelter. That last, he knew, would be changing.The door to his left opened, and Bill led Ai into the room. She was dressed in a simple, white.