The Good Doctor's Tales Folio Four - Plot & Excerpts
She was forty-nine, but she appeared to be nineteen. Her olive complexion was flawless and unlined, framed by a cascade of black curls. She stood lean and tall, with the smooth curves and glowing energy that came from a strong body and excellent health. Her household’s early morning quiet wouldn’t last long. She had demanded Focus Rizzari visit her in person to talk about her meeting with the new Arm. She predicted a difficult confrontation. Around her she metasensed the ever-present glow of her household, sleeping in the cramped confines of their current home. Even sleeping, their juice flowed through her, with a constant thrum of energy as natural as breathing. All sleeping except Martha, who shuffled half-asleep in the kitchen, making an early morning breakfast for her Focus and the other early risers in Tonya’s household. After putting her office in order, Tonya went to join her. “I have your breakfast, ma’am,” Martha said, when she appeared. Tonya nodded. A Focus was always hungry. Because their current house was crawling with bad juice from age and from Keaton’s recent visit, she made extra sure that the juice flowed properly to Martha. Transform women were juice producers rather than consumers, and so Focuses tended to over-draw their women to keep the Focus’s juice buffer – the source of juice for everyone else in the household – high. All Transforms liked high juice, at least up to a certain point. Cooking was Martha’s household job and it wouldn’t do to short her while she worked. Tonya fought the juice to make it flow properly, and hoped she would be able to make it through the day without another juice headache she couldn’t shake.
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