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didn't think he'd ever heard her use this one before.

Morgan figured Deej must have insiders since she had lots of voices like he
did.
Also, she was one of the few people who could recognize his insiders just by
the
way they talked. Even Dr. Dara got confused sometimes, but Deej always knew
who
was talking if it was anybody she'd ever talked to before. Timmy liked to play
tricks on Deej, but even he was happy when the tricks didn't work. Morgan
wondered if Deej had ever thought about being a doctor. Even though her hair
was
messy and she had the devil's eyes, he might go see her if she was a doctor.

"I'm thirsty," he said.

"Would you like some water?"

"Yes, please. And paper? Pencil?" The voice that asked the last part belonged
to
the newest insider, who wasn't used to using Morgan's vocal cords and wasn't
supposed to talk until Morgan had gotten to know him, anyway. The new
insider's
voice hadn't sorted itself out yet; it sounded a lot like Morgan.

Deej stood up so he could see about a third of her, the top third. She was
wearing a blue and white shirt, and some little bits of color on her lips,
just
the outside edges. Mostly if she had any color on her lips it was all over
them.

Today was not like other days.

She held out some white paper and a pencil with a blunt tip. After he took the
things from her, she headed into the other room, the one with the sink and the
little baby fridge and the table where you took tests.

The new insider was clamoring to get its hands on the paper and pencil.
Morgan's
appointment with Dr. Dara wouldn't start for another fifteen minutes. Morgan
asked this anxious new insider if fifteen minutes would be enough, and the
insider said he'd do what he could, if it was okay with Morgan. Sure, said
Morgan. He sat back and let go of his hands. The insider used the left hand to
draw a picture real fast of a man's face. The man had dark thick eyebrows and
shadowy eyes and his mouth was wide but it sure wasn't smiling. What
interested
Morgan as he watched the picture form in front of him was that it looked like
a
photograph, with gray places under the nose and eyebrows, like parts of the
face