Deedee got on her knees first, then slowly regained her feet. She stood and swayed for a moment as she slowly regained her adult sense of balance. She wrapped the robe about her and tied the belt before tottering unsteadily over to the sofa. Ron followed her closely watching for any signs of weakness on Deedee’s part. He sat down beside her on the sofa and related the events following her rejuvenation. He went into great detail about how he had discovered the lamp’s powers and told her about the limitations on the wishes that could be asked of it. Then he got the lamp down from the mantle where he had stored it with the parchment and it’s odd verse and handed them to her. Deedee gave the lamp a perfunctory glance and laid it aside, taking the parchment between her hands to scrutinize it carefully. She looked at the paper for five long minutes before she put it on her lap and asked Ron, “This is for real? You haven’t hypnotized me or anything, have you?”