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171He looked at her but said nothing. She followed him down the stairs to the kitchen. %u201cWow. This is a fabulous room. So, cottage looking and not all high tech and minimalist like so may people are doing with their rooms today,%u201d Sarah said.He made the drinks, telling her, %u201cI like older stuff%u2014wood, nonplastics, that kind of thing. %u201cWhat kind of work do you do?%u201dHe put the cups down on a non-polished wooden table and sat in a chair opposite her.%u201d%u201cThank you,%u201d she said, taking the cup. I%u2019m a bit of a hermit, to be honest. I work from home prototyping computer games before they are opened to the public on the internet. And you?%u201d%u201cI work as a microbiologist for a large pharmaceutical company. Pretty boring stuff for most people but I find the work fascinating,%u201d he replied.She sipped the hot chocolate. %u201cThis is very soothing,%u201d she said. %u201cIt is so hot and stifling tonight.%u201d%u201cI can make you a cold drink, if you prefer?%u201d%u201cNo, no. This is just great. Thank you.%u201d She told him, thinking maybe he thought she was hinting for a drink of a different sort. %u201cMy mum used to make this for me when I was a girl.%u201dHe nodded. He looked at her for a while and ventured, %u201cI hope you don%u2019t mind me saying so, but you are not fat at all, Sarah. Upstairs you intimated that you thought you were. %u201c%u201cThat%u2019s very kind of you to say that. The doctors tell me the same thing and that I have a mental condition that makes me think I am. However, when I look at myself in a mirror, I look huge.%u201dHe smiled and said, %u201cOur minds are quite strange, aren%u2019t they. We The Sink Hole