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“Well, I’m drinking my wife’s breast milk, if you must know.”

“Say what?”

“I’m testing the temperature of one of Joe’s bottles. They have to be thawed to a very exact temperature
or else he gets annoyed.”

“So you’re drinking your wife’s breast milk out of a baby bottle?”

“Yes I am.”

“How is it?”

“It’s good. Thin but sweet. A potent mix of protein, fat, and sugar. No doubt the perfect food.”

“I bet.” Roy cackled. “Do you ever get it straight from the source?”

“Well I try, sure, who doesn’t, but Anna doesn’t like it. She says it’s a mixed message and if I don’t
watch out she’ll wean me when she weans Joe.”

“Ah ha. So you have to take the long-term view.”

“Yes. Although actually I tried it one time when Joe fell asleep nursing, so she couldn’t move without
waking him. She was hissing at me and I was trying to get it to work but apparently you have to suck
much harder than, you know, one usually would, there’s a trick to it, and I still hadn’t gotten any when
Joe woke up and saw me. Anna and I froze, expecting him to freak out, but he just reached out and
patted me on the head.”

“He understood!”

“Yeah. It was like he was saying I know how you feel, Dad, and I will share with you this amazing
bounty. Didn’t you Joe?” he said, handing him the warmed bottle. He watched with a smile as Joe took it
one-handed and tilted it back, elbow thrown out like Popeye with a can of spinach. Because of all the
pinpricks Charlie had made in the rubber nipples, Joe could choke down a bottle in a few minutes, and
he seemed to take great satisfaction in doing so. No doubt a sugar rush.

“Okay, well, you are a kinky guy my friend and obviously deep in the world of domestic bliss, but we’re
still relying on you here and this may be the most important bill Phil introduces in this session.”

“Come on it’s a lot more than that, young man, it’s one of the few chances we have left to avoid
complete global disaster, I mean—”

“Preaching to the converted! Preaching to the converted!”

“I certainly hope so.”

“Sure sure. Okay, I’ll read this draft and get back to you ASAP. I want to move on with this, and the
committee discussion is now scheduled for Tuesday.”
“That’s fine, I’ll have my phone with me all day.”