[this is starting to sound more pseudoscientific as it goes on, but she's earned enough of Anna's trust for her not to completely dismiss all this stuff out of hand. as the line of thought grows a little more serious, Anna starts thinking more instead of talking quite as much.]

All right.

[they're changing the world one person at a time, but, well, literally. it's the kind of crap she'd see in a way too happy and upbeat corporate environment that's desperately trying to convince itself it's doing good. maybe not too far off? she guesses they'll see.]

So how much longer am I going to be normal before they start changing me, do you think? Or do they just get started immediately?