#14

She took the tests and kept her food down.  She did the workouts and did not collapse.  She answered question after question, first from the company and the subcommittees, then from the television reporters and the newspapermen.  What do you hope to find.  Have you considered the risks.  What will you miss the most.  None of the questions made it seem any more real, of course.  The time lost, the distance traveled, they were numbers and ideas.  Alice thought about flying, and worry washed away.