It occurred to Cade that he'd made no eliminations of solid or liquid waste
since he'd nibbled on Mandi. That pretty much had to mean that anything he ate
or drank was being used fairly completely by the conversion process.
He wondered if he could take that to mean that any mass would do in a pinch.
If so, a phone book would do as well as a steak dinner as a midnight snack. He
put that thought on the shelf as he realized water would do, too, and nobody'd
miss any amount of water he could possibly drink.
"Beth," he said, "How come you were free to make me take you to dinner
tonight?"
"Make you? I didn't make you... Oh. You want to know why I don't have a
boyfriend, huh?"
"Yup. May I speak freely?"
"Uh... Okay, I guess so."
Nodding, Cade said, "Okay, then, I'll run with it. Regardless what you may
think of yourself, most men see you as a fine looking woman..."
"You've decided that based on your opinion and what Tony said upstairs?"
"No, and don't run yourself down around me, okay? He was right and you know
it. Men glance at every woman, but they only really eyeball the best ones.
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