“Oh thank you! Thank you so much, Goddess Dara! I swear I will serve you in slavish adoration until the end of all time! Thank you for this blessing! And wherever you are looking down on me now, know beyond all doubt that I am ecstatically happy to be your slave!”
This devotion completed I rise to my feet and try to hop to the refrigerator. On the second jump I lose my balance and crash to the floor. Not put out in the slightest despite the pain this causes me I use my hands, knees and feet to inchworm the rest of the way and open the door.
Chilly air washes out and I seize a bottle of V-8 juice. Knowing my sore need for vitamins and minerals I chug the entire thing down. Then despite feeling full already I get a can of fruit cocktail and one of beef stew from the cupboard.
I eat the fi
