There was also a very few singles like me walking as well. All that I noticed before I walked into the food court. In the food court I found another t...enty or so people. Some looked as though they might be walkers on a scheduled break and some looked as though they might be mall employees waiting to start work. The workers being only marginally better dressed.For the first time since I left the sandbox, I had a routine at least part of the day. For must of a week, I had walked at the mall after. She was in the hospital when he was burned. He came in the room with a bunch of wounded kids and returned their childhood to them. He played games and read to them. Karla was drawing as a way to occupy her time. He praised her art and requested pictures. I’ve never seen them, but I know that they weren’t very good. Yet, he made her feel special. She grew up never worrying about being ugly. She knew that he was out there and that he cared about her.”Beth and Kelly both understood about burn. “Yes, though I’ve started tweaking our report already. It gave me something to do. Either that will be necessary or we’ll be starting over.”Jack came in a few minutes later to find us working at my desk. He said, “Good morning. I read your report. It’s interesting. It’s worth taking higher after you tweak it a bit.” He looked at us.Beth said, “Yes, sir. We’ve already started that process in hopes that it might be worth further looks.”“Good. Let’s have it right after lunch.” He was looking at us. " General," said Dr. Prius. "You, am I sure, didn't develop this with onlyanimal testing, did you?"The military man looked sheepish. "No. We did not. We had to use somehuman subjects. All volunteers from the enlisted ranks." And the results?" As you might expect, they were mixed. This was an experimental program.Some saw no effect, some had variations of the effects. Robert is thefirst, it seems, to experience the results as planned." What happened to the others?" Well, some transformed into.