1.
The clear film over her face makes it look like she is, because she is, wearing a clear, shiny mask. At first, the children weren't sure why mommy's face was all gooey and strange looking, but daddy explained later it had to do with the big red mosquito bite on mommy's cheek.
2.
Her second skin was coming in nicely. Each one of her pores were slowly opening to the gel smear, drinking it in, sucking it up, merging seamlessly with it. The lustrous shine of youth will soon be hers again.
3.
It had been so long since they had seen water that when it came again neither Tom nor Elise knew what the transparent stuff was. The two gathered around the pool of sloshing clearness, tentatively touching and probing at the surface. It was slimier than they remembered.
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