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After taking a cool shower and gingerly donning my robe, I poke my head through the opening in the adjoining door and am pleased to find Syd waiting for me. One glimpse of my charbroiled skin makes him nearly fall out of his chair.
"Ouch, Girl! What happened to you?" he asks, although it's obvious what has happened. Without waiting for an answer, he starts digging through one of his deep makeup cases. Finding what he is after, he hands me a bright blue bottle of aloe and Lidocaine gel. "Coat yourself in this," he instructs me, "then we'll see what we can do about those raccoon eyes."
Feeling like a total doofus for allowing myself to get so burnt, I quietly return to my room to comply with his request. I'm pleasantly surprised when the cool gel provides some calming relief to my infl
