'She bade a friendly goodbye to her table partner and went out onto Exhibition Road near the museum's side entrance. The day was warm for late April, ...although the sky was largely filled with fluffy clouds. She leaned against a tree and searched her telephone's directory for the number in Paris.She had called René yesterday to arrange a brief meeting for this evening. When René answered her call, she said, "It's me. What's the chance of having dinner tonight?" Dinner, as in Dinner, or Dinner. Not "herself" herself. Rather, someone who looked exactly like her sitting right there in her bathroom."What the fuck?" Suzy said. "Who the hell are you?"The other her grinned at her and giggled. "Who do I look like?"It was then that Suzy realized she was still naked and wet from her shower. She immediately grabbed her towel and wrapped herself in it. "You look like a trespasser. I'm calling the police." Suzy stormed out of the bathroom and into her bedroom, reaching for her cell."Freeze right. . Am I wrong?So, there I sat in a pair of shorts and a tank top with my reading glasses perched delicately on the bridge of my nose, directions in one hand, and tazer in another. The directions said that a one-second burst would shock and disorient your assailant; a two-second burst was supposed to cause muscle spasms and a major loss of bodily control; a three-second burst would purportedly make your assailant flop on the ground like a fish out of water. Any burst longer than three seconds. ’ Marie stood up and looked at the clock. ‘Gentleman, may I have your attention please?’ All fifteen turned to look at her and silence reined in the hall. ‘Please allow me to introduce myself and the young lady seated at the table beside me. My name is Marie Marshall and this is Kari Webster. We would like to welcome you to the research project that you agreed to participate in. You have of course received a brief outline of what Professor Webster is researching and your first installment of.