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             The lady extended her hand out to Carien. “Hi, I am Christen.”

             “Carien.”

             “Look, I am serious when I say don’t go to the juicing station. It will just be making things worse. I should know.”

             Tess raised her voice. “What!”

             Christen crossed her arms. “I am sorry, but there isn’t too much you can do. The swelling will go down after a while, and if you are lucky, so will the blue skin coloration. But the juice can always come back.”

             Tess shook her head around in rage and caused her pants to rip apart. “No. I don’t want to hear that. I want this fixed now, and I don’t want to be a blueberry ever again. I have enough issues on full moons. I don’t need this as well.”

             Both Carien and Christen looked at Tess in confusion. Tess’s cheeks flushed violet in embarrassment. “I umm mean just find a way to fix this. I am from out of town after all.”

             Carien shook her head and turned back towards Christen. “Why is going to the juicing station bad?”

             “I have tried it a few times, and it always makes you relapse on your condition. I think the damn owner is counting on this to get people to come to his business.” She shook her head. “The jerk runs the place like some human blueberry factory. He has to be doing something to help force people to turn back into blueberries.”