I think this Answer requires some context to appreciate the full effects.
The mostly white sterile room is chilly. The paper slips and crinkles on the leather bench slash table I sit on in the center of the room. A petite young woman of thirty-something in a long white lab coat enters after a soft knock. She serves a faint smile with her greeting.
"Good Morning, Mr. Clark. How are you feeling today?"
My flippant attempts to ease the pulpital tension are instantly lame: "Doc, isn't that what you are supposed to be telling me?" I said, hoping my porcelain grin would restore some ease to the room.
Her eyes cut to the laptop screen attached to a swinging metal robotic contraption bolted to the room wall.
Now comes the words that hold such trepidation, the Answer to the day's question!
"We got your test results back! Sorry for the delay, they had to run them twice to be sure."
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