If the triple-tail doesn’t cut you in half, you’re back probably broke when the Martin-Baker seat went off. You might even be blind from plastic s...hards that got sucked up under your visor. Blind and paralyzed—or dead.’ ‘When did you eject?’ ‘The sink rate was something in excess of 10,000 feet a minute and building. I almost made the decision too late. I pulled the lever between my legs at 10,000 give or take…couldn’t reach the overhead. I’d gotten as straight as I could. X-rays showed some. Finally she finished. John then asked her some basic questions about her past. Where she was born that sort of stuff. As time went on, and I was on my second magazine, he started to give her some tests, like Rorschach and few others I had never heard of. The whole thing took about 2 hours. When it was done he asked her to wait outside in the lobby for a few minutes. "That's fine. I need to use the bathroom any ways. How long will it be before you know, er.. whatever it was you were. He then unlocked the door with the cardkey and opened the door to the room, walking in first and turning on the lights.I followed him, walking into the room next. I then saw a couch and I walked over to it, sitting down on it.He put his keys down on the counter. He then walked over to the door where he shut it behind us. He then turned around and saw me sitting on the couch.He decided to join me so he walked over to the couch himself and sat down next to me getting really close. He then slipped. “How long have you needed glasses, Olive,” I asked.She looked down at the ground and just held my hand as we walked down the block.Finally, Olive said, “Since always, but it was never bad enough that I couldn’t read the board, and I sit in the front. Only after my boobs showed up and I got skinny again did it get worse. My parents have insurance covering eye doctors and glasses, but even then, it is still hundreds of dollars to get the cheapest and ugliest frames they have. The lenses are.
Read More