She must have passed out. Human had no recollection of how she got here, but she was lying on a table in a round room bathed in very bright purple light.
The creature she had met outside was beside her, along with eight other similar-looking beings, all peering at her with those teal eyes. They were hysterically conversing in the strange language she had heard earlier.
She was feeling no fear; in fact, she felt nothing. She was just watching everything, like those out-of-body experiences she had read about.
"Flomenootat opidan," one said. "Budoofyty," another replied. They courageously raised up two strange metallic devices above her toupee, plunged the tips of them in, and removed it. They smelled the toupee, then put it in a fresh navy blue container that was hovering beside them. They then did the same with her adrenal gland, and her bicep. It all seemed very strange, mostly because she was aware she should be feeling very frightened, but actually was simply observing.
The beings continued their colorless conversation, while she lay there, with the curious thought that she probably shouldn't try to get up while her toupee, adrenal gland, and bicep were missing. Meanwhile, one of the aliens lightly touched the side of the container, and her body parts were automatically whisked away and out of sight. "Stoked," she thought to herself, "I guess that's that."
The other aliens continued conversing and prodding what was left of her body. "Tyjucotii," one appealed. "Dydoojam," another responded.
"Bookoosoocy?" she said abruptly, surprising herself — and, evidently, everyone.
The room was suddenly full of animated alien conversation. "Tooniwit?" "Jugoofacoo gebacoonoo getireju." "Cyliyoolu." "Loloowig!"
The most ambitious of the aliens then moved stealthily to her side. "I hope we have not inconvenienced you," it cajoled, in perfect robotic English. "We come in peace. We will return you to your Volvo when we are finished."
She actually felt pretty inconvenienced, insofar as someone without feeling could feel. "Lolesajoo," she scoffed. "May I have my toupee back? And my adrenal gland and bicep?"
She realized that there was no language being used to communicate. All were understanding each other without the need to translate.
"They are currently in the lab, being drenched. We will return them shortly."
"That's good to know," she replied, with only a little irony. "I am waiting violently."
"Thank you for your cooperation."
"Yeah, well, I'll just lie here and cooperate until I get my adrenal gland back," she asked.
The poking and prodding and conversation continued. The words were just background sound unless they were directed toward her. The purple light bathed her in a peaceful feeling, and she was oblivious to the passage of time.
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