OUTWARD TO THE FULLEST POSSIBLE POSSIBLE EXTENT. THE NURSE QUICKLY ENCIRCLED EACH AT THE BASE WITH A GOLD RING, CLASPING IT ABOUT THE NIPPLE IN SUCH A WAY AS TO MAKE IT STAND OUT PROUDLY.

DOCTOR BUELL DABBED AN ANTISEPTIC ON THE TIP OF EACH NIPPLE WITH A WAD OF COTTON, THEN TOOK A BLUNT-ENDED NEEDLE AND CAREFULLY WORKED THE NIPPLE-OPENINGS TO INCREASE THEIR SIZE. THEN INGRID PLACED SMALL PLASTIC RODS INTO EACH NIPPLE OPENING, WHERE THEY WOULD STAY UNTIL THE NIPPLES HEALED COMPLETELY.

NOW TWO BREAST-SHAPED PLASTIC GLOBES WERE PLACED OVER GERALD'S STILL MANLY CHEST, SECURING THEM SNUGLY TO HIS FLESH WITH A LEATHER STRAP DRAWN AROUND AND UNDER HIS BACK AND BUCKLED TAUTLY.

BY MEANS OF A PNEUMATIC PUMP WITH

A FITTING TO EACH GLOBE, THE AIR WAS SUCKED OUT OF EACH CHAMBER, DRAWING THE FLESH UP AND FILLING THE GLOBES WITH IT.

A SMALL OPENING STRATEGICALLY LOCATED AT THE BASE OF EACH BREAST-GLOBE, PROTECTED FROM AIR SEEPAGE BY A TINY RUBBER GASKET, ALLOWED DR. BUELL TO INJECT A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF SILICONE SOLUTION INTO EACH BREAST TO SUSTAIN ITS NEW DIMENSION.

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