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to do whatever they want to do. But it means
that blebs can form even when you assume
they can't."
"Oh, and exactly what do we have to be
afraid of? That my vacuum cleaner and your
chair are going to conspire to roll over us
while we sleep? Together they don't weigh
more than twenty-five pounds!"
I had never told Cody about my parents, and
now did not seem to be the best time. "No, I
guess you're right. I'm just being
overcautious." I pushed my chair back to its
spot at the desk.
In hindsight, that was the worst mistake I ever
made. It just goes to show what happens when
you abandon your principles because you're
afraid you'll look silly.
That night Cody and I had our first dinner
together before she had to go to work.
Candlelight, easy talk, farmed salmon, a nice
white Alaskan wine (although Cody had to
pop a couple of alcohol debinders after
dessert to sober up for the employee-entrance
sensors at her job). While I cleaned up
afterward, she went to shower and change.
She emerged from the bedroom in her Senate
Casino uniformтАФblue blouse,
red-and-white-striped trousers, star-spangled
bow-tie. She looked as cute as the day I had
first seen her while doing my spy job.
"Wow. I don't understand how our
representatives ever pass any legislation with
distractions like you."
"Don't be silly. All our marks are tourists and
a few locals. We only see the politicos when
they're cutting through the casino on the way
to their cafeteria."
I gave her a hug and kiss and was about to tell
her to be careful on the subway when I caught
movement at floor level out the corner of my
eye.
The first bleb in our new joint household had
spontaneously formed. It consisted of our two
toothbrushes and the bathroom drinking
glass. The toothbrushes had fastened
themselves to the lower quarter of the
tumbler, bristle-ends uppermost and facing
out, so that they extended like little legs. Their
blunt ends served as feet. Scissoring rapidly,
the stiltlike toothbrush legs carried the