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106 daily? She began to tremble once again.

He opened his hand and held it out toward her and on his palm there lay a white capsule.

"Place this upon your tongue, my dear," he said.

She sighed and took the capsule from his hand. She accepted the glass of water and sipped at its edge and all at once the coolness of the liquid was delicious to her parched throat. She tilted her head and dropped the capsule on her tongue.

"Yes," she said, although he had not asked a question.

He watched her drain the glass of water, his eyes clear, his lips gently smiling. Idly she wondered how long it would be before the capsule would dissolve so that its contents could enter her blood stream.

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