"You'll start to feel the effects of the serum within a few minutes of my administering it," Milyn answers Tony. "As for how long it will take, I'm afraid it's rather case by case. It could be minutes or hours."

Or days, she thinks, although she doesn't say it aloud. If that's the case, of course she'll keep an eye on them, and make sure that their physical needs are met while their minds -- or is it souls? -- are elsewhere.

She expertly withdraws the serum into the two syringes, tapping them to make sure all the air is removed in the manner of doctors everywhere, and rolls up their sleeves. "Who wants to go first?"