Are you going to tell me what you've done to me?"
Trying to look shocked and hurt, Mandi asked, "What? No hello kiss? Don't
you want to hear about my day?"
Cade took her in his arms for a kiss, then said, "Of course, milady. Tell me
all about your day, but tell me later. Right now I want to know what's happening
to me."
Mandi shrugged and said, "You're changing. It's nothing to worry about, but
the conversion takes a lot of energy and mass. That's why you were so hungry."
"I'm still hungry. Your dinner almost disappeared."
Smiling, she said, "But now the hunger's more manageable and you can get by
until after the show. Right?"
She stood by the cart as she sliced the steak and vegetables into bite sized
chunks and sprinkled salt and pepper here and there to her liking.
Unable to remember ever having read or heard anything about people changing
due to association with Mandi, Cade asked, "Just what kind of change are we
talking about?"
Without looking up from her efforts, Mandi said, "You're going to become
sort of like me."
With a deliberately noisy sigh at her seeming inability to release any
details, Cade replied, "Not blonde and stacked, I hope.
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