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[By all rights, this should be filtered, but somebody's too crampy to care]

Penny, sorry for the late notice. I won't be able to make it to the Welcome Center today.

[She tries her best to stifle a groan as she's abruptly hit with sucker punch from Mother Nature]

And can you recommend a doctor?

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[He sits back -- far back -- on his heels and manages a nod.] Or coffee, if you happen to have it.

[He's already getting himself under control, but it's not every day a gorgeous woman makes sounds like at at him. He'll be muddled for a bit.]

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I can do coffee. [Even better, it will give her more time in the kitchen.] Let me go put on a pot. I'll be right back.

[After she sets the coffee to brew, she makes a detour to the bathroom to pop a few Ibuprofen to kill off the last vestiges of pain.]