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"There are delicate experiments  " "Can you test me for psi powers?" I interrupted. "Whatever for?" THERE ARE DELICATE EXPERIMENTS CAN YOU TEST ME FOR CY POWERS I INTERRUPTED WHATEVER FOR
K, Lefty had said. I was a PC. You don't have anemia, Tex. It's leukemia! I made a farce of trying to get some work done in the lab. After letting the third test tube slip through my fingers and shatter on the lab bench, I gave it up. How would you have acted if you had gotten that kind of news? That first gut-twisting admission that you really _may_ be a snake! Then sharp awareness of what it means. A guillotine couldn't cut you off more sharply from Normal humanity. But the spirit struggles and refuses to accept it. You _can't_ be a snake! "Take action!" I said aloud, getting a worried look from my lab assistant, busy mopping up my last shattered culture. "Don't spin around like this. Do _something_!" I did the only thing I could think of, and dialed Shari at her laboratory. She refused to accept the call at first. Finally she tore herself away from a "delicate experiment" long enough to look at me angrily in the screen. "We don't have anything to say to each other," she said coldly. INE THE WHOLE NEXT DAY NO I WASN'T A T K LEFTY HAD SAID I WAS A P C YOU DON'T HAVE A NEMIA TEX IT'S LOUCHIMIA I MADE A FARCE OF TRYING TO GET SOME WORK DONE IN THE LAB AFTER LETTING THE THIRD TEST TUBE SLIP THROUGH MY FINGERS AND SHATTER ON THE LAB BENCH I GAVE IT UP HOW WOULD YOU HAVE ACTED IF YOU HAD GOTTEN THAT KIND OF NEWS THAT FIRST GOT TWISTING ADMISSION THAT YOU REALLY MAY BE A SNAKE THEN SHARP AWARENESS OF WHAT IT MEANS A GUILLOTINE COULDN'T CUT YOU OFF MORE SHARPLY FROM NORMAL HUMANITY BUT THE SPIRIT STRUGGLES AND REFUSES TO ACCEPT IT YOU CAN'T BE A SNAKE TAKE ACTION I SAID ALOUD GETTING A WORRIED LOOK FROM MY LABASSIST AND BUSY MOPPING UP MY LAST SHATTERED CULTURE DON'T SPIN AROUND LIKE THIS DO SOMETHING I DID THE ONLY THING I COULD THINK OF AND DYED SHERRY AT HER LABORATORY SHE REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE CALL AT FIRST FINALLY SHE TORE HERSELF AWAY FROM A DELICATE EXPERIMENT LONG ENOUGH TO LOOK AT ME ANGRILY IN THE SCREEN WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY TO EACH OTHER SHE SAID COLDLY
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