"Well, you did make things sound pretty desperate," Jim said in response to Karen's remark, recalling what Karen had said back at the church. (Meanwhile, seeing that the men surrounding them had the drop on them, the CC bodyguards had dropped their weapons and had allowed themselves to be taken away.)
"We in this building are effectively the only ones left from the UNA," Karen told Jim.
"So what exactly happened?" he asked. "It's all coming back to me now, but what did you mean about the grid being fractured? I don't see how that could happen."
Karen indicated the only UNA member who had remained with them rather than forming part of the party escorting the CC people. "I don't think that you've met Henri," she said. "He can explain this better than I can."
But before Henri could speak, Sharon suddenly said: "What the fuck?" Having torn away the bottom part of her wedding gown back at the church in the interest of greater freedom of movement, her hemline was now at mid-thigh. But it was not that but rather the upper part of the dress that was now giving her trouble. For some reason, it seemed to be too small across her breasts, which were straining at the white lace.
Karen giggled. "I didn't get a chance to warn you," she said.
"Warn me of what?" Sharon asked, reaching inside the neckline of her dress to try to adjust a bra-strap.
"This alt that we've jumped to - and with everything being so fractured there wasn't any choice but to come here - has an interesting effect on women from your own alt: their breasts get bigger."
"How much bigger?"
Tue Apr 06 12:33:56 2004