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'''Georgia (Huang Long) system'''<br><br> | '''Georgia (Huang Long) system'''<br><br> | ||
− | Vikki puttered in her machine shop, fiddling with this and that, debating what to do with the syringe applicator she'd made. To be sure, they might need to sedate the bull again so it would be best if she kept it as it was, but she couldn't find a way to stow it to her satisfaction. She meandered from one end of the shop to the other, turning the long pole this way and that, sizing it against a possible storage space and | + | Vikki puttered in her machine shop, fiddling with this and that, debating what to do with the syringe applicator she'd made. To be sure, they might need to sedate the bull again so it would be best if she kept it as it was, but she couldn't find a way to stow it to her satisfaction. She meandered from one end of the shop to the other, turning the long pole this way and that, sizing it against a possible storage space and finding it lacking an indefinable something, moving on. As the minutes approached the quarter-hour mark, she grew frustrated at her indecision. She suspected the cause, but was reluctant to acknowledge it. It was too disheartening to allow the incident at dinner that much power over her … but she couldn't deny it had upset her. That frustrated her as well. <br><br> |
''I'm supposed to be past all this. I'm supposed to be a professional. I'm supposed to be a lot of things I'm currently not, apparently, because I can't even make up my mind where to stow a damned stick, for Pete's sake …''<br><br> | ''I'm supposed to be past all this. I'm supposed to be a professional. I'm supposed to be a lot of things I'm currently not, apparently, because I can't even make up my mind where to stow a damned stick, for Pete's sake …''<br><br> |