human
Ellie Dawson said severely as she dragged her husband, blue-faced and shivering, out of an icy shower one bitter morning.
gpt
You've lost your wits. You need to be protected against yourselves, that's what you need.
human
You don't understand, Phillip moaned.
gpt
We've _got_ to catch cold.
human
Why? Ellie snapped angrily.
gpt
Suppose you don't--what's going to happen?
human
We had three hundred students march on the laboratory today, Phillip said patiently.
gpt
The smells were driving them crazy, they said. They couldn't even bear to be close to their best friends. They wanted something done about it, or else they wanted blood. Tomorrow we'll have them back and three hundred more. And they were just the pilot study! What's going to happen when fifteen million people find their noses going bad on them? He shuddered.
human
Have you seen the papers? People are already going around sniffing like bloodhounds. And _now_ we're finding out what a thorough job we did. We can't crack it, Ellie. We can't even get a toe hold. Those antibodies are just doing too good a job.
gpt
Well, maybe you can find some unclebodies to take care of them,
human
Look, don't make bad jokes--
gpt
I'm not making jokes! All I want is a husband back who doesn't complain about how everything smells, and eats the dinners I cook, and doesn't stand around in cold showers at six in the morning.
human
I know it's miserable, he said helplessly.
gpt
But I don't know how to stop it.
human
I can't do it any more, Coffin was saying.
gpt
I've begged them for time. I've threatened them. I've promised them everything but my upper plate. I can't face them again, I just can't.
human
We only have a few days left, Jake said grimly.
gpt
If we don't come up with something, we're goners.
human
You know what I think? he said suddenly.
gpt
I think we've been prize idiots. We've gotten so rattled we haven't used our heads. And all the time it's been sitting there blinking at us!
human
What are you talking about?
gpt
Unclebodies,
human
Oh, great God!
gpt
No, I'm serious. Phillip's eyes were very bright.
human
How many of those students do you think you can corral to help us?
gpt
Six hundred. They're out there in the street right now, howling for a lynching.
human
All right, I want them in here. And I want some monkeys. Monkeys with colds, the worse colds the better.
gpt
Do you have any idea what you're doing?
human
None in the least, said Phillip happily,