10:34:13 <crushedmarigolds> You’re certain you’re serious?

10:34:24 <agnes_in_wonderland_76> I want it more than anything

10:34:13 <crushedmarigolds> Then, you have to get sick

10:34:25 <agnes_in_wonderland_76> Get sick?

10:34:33 <crushedmarigolds> Yes

10:34:44 <agnes_in_wonderland_76> Sick with what?

10:34:56 <crushedmarigolds> What exactly is a baby? Before it’s born?

10:35:04 <agnes_in_wonderland_76> What do you mean?

10:35:08 <crushedmarigolds> It lives off a host body, like a parasite

10:35:13 <agnes_in_wonderland_76> I suppose

10:35:28 <crushedmarigolds> A child is an infection

10:35:34 <crushedmarigolds> Like a parasite

10:35:45 <agnes_in_wonderland_76> You’re saying….?

10:35:55 <crushedmarigolds> You have to become infected

10:36:04 <crushedmarigolds> Become infected with a parasite and carry the creature as if it were your child

10:36:08 <agnes_in_wonderland_76> Will it hurt?

10:36:16 <crushedmarigolds> Change always hurts

10:36:24 <crushedmarigolds> But it will give you the life you’ve always wanted to carry inside you

10:36:35 <agnes_in_wonderland_76> You’re certain it’s the only way?

10:36:42 <crushedmarigolds> It would give you exactly what you wanted.

10:36:55 <agnes_in_wonderland_76> How do you know?

10:37:12 <crushedmarigolds> I contracted a tapeworm in college during a trip to Cambodia. I know what it feels like.

10:37:23 <agnes_in_wonderland_76> What did it feel like?

10:37:35 <crushedmarigolds> Feels like you’re living for something else. Makes you feel like a God, carrying something alive inside you.

10:37:44 <agnes_in_wonderland_76> Yes, that’s what I wanted it to feel like

10:37:52 <crushedmarigolds> You’ll think about it?

10:38:03 <agnes_in_wonderland_76> Yes

10:38:09 <agnes_in_wonderland_76> I’ll think about it

10:38:16 <crushedmarigolds> I’ll love you no matter what

10:38:25 <agnes_in_wonderland_76> I’ll love you, too

10:38:37 <agnes_in_wonderland_76> No matter what

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EMAIL FROM AGNES PETRELLA

Date: 08/02/2000

Time: 7:41 a.m.

From: Agnes Petrella <agnes_in_wonderland_76@[omitted].com>

To: Zoe Cross <crushedmarigolds@[omitted].com>

Subject: Re: Our Conversation Last Night

Zoe,

I’ll do it.

Love,

Agnes

EMAIL FROM ZOE CROSS

Date: 08/02/2000

Time: 10:08 a.m.

From: Zoe Cross <crushedmarigolds@[omitted].com>

To: Agnes Petrella <agnes_in_wonderland_76@[omitted].com>

Subject: Re: Our Conversation Last Night

Good. I’m glad to hear it.

Now, we have to be as precise as possible when executing this plan.

It’s not as simple as going to your local butcher and asking for his leanest cut of beef tenderloin. There’s, of course, the possibility this won’t work and will negatively impact your health.

If you’re serious about going forward with this, then you’re going to have to neglect any semblance of hygiene or formality when preparing to eat.

Of course, there are methods by which doctors can remove parasites from their human host; however, there’s no conclusive way to actually contract the organism.

So, much of what I’m about to tell you is in no way a conclusive way to contract a parasite, but rather ways by which a host may become infected with a parasite.