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When I finished withto wish they’d been willing to leave ht firmly in mind as I plastered a smile across my face and said, "Well, then, co else about the situation registering I’d only heard one set of footsteps "Where are your guards?"

"That’s part of why I’ your test results, and we’ve decided I don’t need them in your quarters" Dr Thomas’s smile looked as real as mine Whoever made the decision to send hi how he felt about it And clearly, how he felt wasn’t good

"Does that er to society?"

"Don’t be too hasty, Georgia It simply means they’ve decided that spontaneous aer We still have a lot to do before we can be confident your body is prepared to function outside a laboratory setting" Dr Tho I’d learned to read as a nervous tic "You may not feel particularly protected, but I assure you, this is the cleanest, most secure environment you have ever been in"

"It’s definitely thearound to face hih that ood It looked like I wasn’t doing anything I was actually tensing and relaxing thethe the access to an exercise room, or at least a tread h whatever rateful to Buffy for n up for that stupid virtual Pilates class

The thought of Shaun, even that briefly, was painful I pushed it away I was still holding tightly to the belief that he was alive, but it was hard, and getting harder as Dr Tho to ith I had to believe Shaun was alive If I didn’t, I was going to go insane

Assuht you’d been provided with reading ful look "That hat you requested, wasn’t it?"

" ‘So to read’ was on the list, yes, but I provided authors and titles, and nothing I’ve been given has been res I asked for" I bleard strand of hair out offor a haircut, too Any idea when I et one? If it’s too hard to find soive me a pair of scissors and I can do it ive you a pair of scissors, Georgia, and I’ll thank you not to ain, unless you’d like to have your silverware privileges revoked" Dr Thomas frowned in what I’ that a lot recently, acting like he had a fatherly interest in my welfare Maybe if my own father had ever shown that sort of interest, I would have believed it As it was, all he’dfor potential weapons is not a sign of , Dr Tho in a post-zo for potential weapons would be afor weapons, I’ options if there’s no way to getIt was better than screahed "I’ll see what I can do In thefor ?" I asked carefully

"We need to run some special tests tomorrow, in addition to the ones on your usual schedule There’s soans These tests won’t be quite the noninvasive sort that you’ve become accustomed to, I’m afraid They’ll be rather painful, and unfortunately, the nature of the needed data requires you to be awake during the process"

"And they’re dealing with n of how nu to their endless tests that I couldn’t even work up adown "Arethey’re not supposed to be doing?"

"No, no, not at all We just want to be sure they’re not going to start doing soer than you look, after all, and there’s always a chance for biological error"

"I don’t really have a choice about this, do I?"

"Not really," said Dr Tho, since we’re only concerned about your health"

"If I don’t fight you on this, can I get some of the books from my list?"

"I’ll see what I can do"

"How about that haircut?"

Dr Thoia For now, don’t push it I’o on an all-liquid diet for the next twelve hours, and then we’ll be taking so"