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Authors: Cynthia Lucas

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D
o
y
ou
hones
tl
y
t
h
i
nk
I
w
ou
l
d
be
t
hat
ca
r
e
l
ess?
A
nd I don

t
ha
v
e
t
o
l
abel
t
hem
w
it
h
y
our
na
m
e
and
add
re
ss
or an
y
t
h
i
n
g
.”
S
he
s
i
g
hed
i
n
exaspe
r
a
ti
on.

T
he
r
e

s a
l
w
a
y
s
t
he chance
t
hat
y
our
b
l
ood
w
o
r
k
w
ou
l
d
co
m
e
back co
m
p
l
e
t
e
l
y no
r
m
a
l
.
I
m
ean
t
he
r
e

s
o
t
her
peop
l
e
w
ho
can
t
ow se
m
i
-
tr
uc
k
s ac
r
oss
pa
r
k
i
ng
l
o
t
s
w
it
h
no
t
h
i
ng
m
o
r
e
t
han
t
he
i
r
b
ar
e
hands and
do
s
tr
an
g
e supe
r
hu
m
an s
tr
en
g
t
h
f
ea
t
s, and
t
he
i
r
b
l
ood
i
s
j
ust
as
no
r
m
al
as
an
y
one
e
l
se

s.
S
o
m
e
t
h
i
ng
j
ust
happens
w
hen
t
hey
g
et
i
n
t
o
t
h
i
s

z
one’
and
t
hey 
g
et
pu
m
ped
f
u
l
l
of ad
r
en
a
li
ne
at
l
e
v
e
l
s
w
ay be
y
ond
no
r
m
al
and
i
t
t
a
k
es
o
v
e
r
.
B
ut no 
one 
has 
l
oc
k
ed 
t
hem 
up 
i


sec
r
et 
m
ilit
a
r
y  
l
ab so
m
e
w
he
r
e.”


S
o
y
ou
t
h
i
nk
t
hat
s
t
u
f
f
doesn

t
happen?”
he
r
a
i
sed h
i
s
e
y
eb
r
o
w
s.

“I
t
h
i
nk
y
ou

v
e
been
w
a
t
ch
i
ng
t
oo
m
uch
S
c
i
ence
F
i
c
ti
on
C
hanne
l
!

S
he
s
i
g
hed.

O
k
a
y
.
I ad
m
it
,
i
f
s
o
m
e
t
h
i
ng
r
e
a
ll
y s
tr
an
g
e
w
as
g
o
i
ng on
w
it
h
so
m
eone…so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
tr
u
l
y pa
r
a
no
r
m
al
t
hat
cou
l
d
be
m
easu
r
ed.
Y
eah.
T
he
m
ilit
a
r
y or
t
he
g
o
v
e
r
n
m
ent
p
r
obab
l
y
w
ou
l
d
haul
t
he
pe
r
son
a
w
ay and
w
ant
t
o do
so
m
e
t
es
ti
n
g
.
A
nd
I
g
uess
it’
s
not
out
of
t
he
r
e
a
l
m of poss
i
b
ilit
y
t
hat
i
f
g
o
tt
en
i
n
t
o
t
he
w
r
ong hands,
used
f
or
so
m
e
k
i
nd
of
une
t
h
i
cal
pu
r
pose.
B
ut
t
ha
t’
s
not
g
o
i
ng
t
o
ha
p
pen
t
o
y
ou
!

T
he
w
a
itr
ess
ca
m
e
by
and
qu
i
c
k
l
y
t
ook
t
he
i
r
o
r
der
f
or a
bo
ttl
e
of
w
i
ne,
sa
l
ad
and
a
coup
l
e
of
s
t
eak
d
i
nne
r
s
w
it
h
l
obs
t
er
t
a
il
.
W
ill
ow s
m
il
ed
and
handed
her
t
he
m
enu
b
e
f
o
r
e
t
u
r
n
i
ng
back
t
o
S
a
m
son.

“I
k
now
y
ou

v
e
k
no
w
n
m
e
f
or
l
ess
t
han
a
w
ee
k
.
B
ut
I

m
hop
i
ng
y
ou
’l
l
tr
ust
m
e.
Y
ou
sa
v
ed
m
y
lif
e,
and
I
w
ou
l
dn

t do
an
y
t
h
i
ng
t
o
hu
r
t
y
ou.
I
m
ean,
I o
w
e
y
ou
one,
ri
g
h
t
?”
S
he
l
au
g
hed
tr
y
i
ng
t
o
li
g
h
t
en up
t
he
m
ood.

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