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So occurred to me as I looked at the picture "Dr Cale?"

"Yes, Sal?"

I turned Nathan and Dr Cale were no longer hugging, although he was still standing next to her chair "Why did you call her ‘Tansy’? Isn’t it usually Adam and Eve, not, well, Adam and Tansy?"

"Oh, that’s an easy one to answer," said Dr Cale "Tapeworender if they take over soender, like humans I named him Adam because he took over the first male human body prepared for habitation I naood name… and she wasn’t the first"

I didn’t knohat to say to that, and so I didn’t say anything at all I just hugged the book toat her

Nathan found his voice before I did Sounding half-fascinated, half-horrified, he began, "Are you saying that there’s more than just the two--"

"Doctor C! Doctor C!" Tansy burst into the office without knocking, shoving the door open so hard that it actually slaainst the wall "There’s a bunch of sleepwalkers in Lafayette! The local police are talking about shutting the freeways to try and maintain a temporary quarantine until they can divert the mob!" She was covered in dust, and had a new rip in the knee of her overalls Blood was soaking slowly into the deni and waving her hands around People were sick; the Sy In that s seemed to be of equal importance to me

Dr Cale remained perfectly calm "How do you know, dear?"

"I took the police scanner sledding with me" Tansy made the statement in a matter-of-fact tone, like it was entirely reasonable for her to have taken a police scanner out to play

Dr Cale nodded "All right, Tansy Thank you for letting me know I hate to cut our farewell short, Nathan, but you need to take Sal and get out of here, now" She gripped the wheels of her chair, starting to roll herself toward the door Tansy stepped into position when Dr Cale was halfway there, grabbing hold of the handles on the back of the chair Dr Cale stopped pushing as Tansy took over "I need to scraet them to Lafayette before the CDC seizes all the available subjects You need to make sure that you’re not trapped here"

"Moht now You and Sal need to be safe" She looked fiercely between us "You don’t understand yet how important you are, but you will In the meantime, be careful who you trust, and re You need to think carefully before you start sharing the inforiven to you"