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and towels in the dressing booths. On the fourth
floor
are stores and services you'll pay extra for. Sit
down
and take-out restaurants, bars, gift shops, lingerie
boutiques, contraception kiosks, simulators and
personal
fx galleries."
It's nothing but a mall, Lily thought. I'm
twenty-five
years old and still looking for love at the mall.
"We also have fifty-three private encounter rooms,"
Ju
pointed to the map, "on the sixth floor. We're the
biggest neuromance palace in the city."
Lily watched a little man in a navy blue jacket and
gray
slacks approach the other cashier. Her age but not
her
type; he looked as if he had just finished eating a
memo
salad at the Office Restaurant. "So how do you make
someone fall in love?" she asked.
"Oh, we don't make you fall. We enhance the
attraction
response. There's a big difference. See, we trick
this
part of your brain called the hypothalamus into
ordering
up these special hormones. It's all natural."
"Hormones like LHRH and testosterone?" said Lily.
"Testosterone, right." Ju nodded. "That surprised me
when I first heard it. I mean, you'd think you'd grow
a
mustache -- or worse. But it's okay; I've tried it."
She
gave them a blissful smile. "Don't know about the one
with letters, they all sound the same. To tell the
truth, they explained this to me once, but it didn't
take. All I know is that whatever we do to you is
 approved by the FDA and licensed by the Board of
Health.
This card explains ... "
"Give me that." Marja snatched it from Lily. "Believe
me, the procedure is straight out of Wessinger's
neurobiology lab. The less you think about it, the
better you'll feel."
"Whatever." Ju dimpled. "But really, one of the best
parts is that they tickle something called your
vomeronasal organ -- don't ask me how. You'll smell