If we're going to try to optimize me, I'll need someone to take
her place."
"Her name is Andrea. I've already talked to her."
"Why not you?"
Mandi sighed and said, "Sorry. You're still several days away from being
able to make love to me, Ed."
Another chunk of steak later, Cade asked, "So this Andrea -- who's never
even met me -- is willing to take over for Beth in my bed, huh?"
"If she likes you. She's very fond of sex. If she doesn't like you enough,
she'll simply supervise your normal conversion."
"I'll need supervised? It won't just happen on its own?"
Sighing again, Mandi said, "Yes, of course it would, but there are ways --
that don't involve sex -- to heighten the effect a bit."
"What ways?"
"Hard exercise and energy infusion can help."
"Energy infusion?"
"Direct transfer from one of us to you. That couldn't happen for another day
or two, though. It would kill you."
Filching his other slice of tomato, she said, "Andrea is taking a week off
to help you through this. John says you have a three-bedroom house."
"It would be if I threw out two rooms'-full of ceramic molds and computer
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