[There it is. Her eyes are fixed to the white blotch that rules her life. It's not so big. Not as big as its effect. Not as big as its threat to everything in her life. She swallows and shoots a look over at her clothes where her black box is waiting for her to take it back up.]

It's a legal device.

[Well... yes, but not when used the way she's using it.]

It controls my Gap Sickness.

[Which is true, but not even close to the whole truth.]