Cocoon. Keith Laumer

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      “You can get Prote-sim in exceptional situations, they said! I wonder what that’s supposed to mean? Why, I’ve been a Prote-sim man for years....”

      “Maybe it will do you good, Sid. Something different....”

      “Different? What in the world do I want with something different? I have a comfortable routine, well-balanced, creative. I’m not interested in having any government fat-head telling me what to eat.”

      “But Vege-sim might be good; build you up or something.”

      “Build me up? What are you talking about? I view sports regularly; and aren’t you forgetting my Micro-spasm accessory? Hah! I’m a very physically-minded man, when it comes to that.”

      “I know you are, Sid. I didn’t mean....I only meant, maybe a little variety....”

      Sid was silent, thinking. Variety. Hmmmm. Might be something in that. Maybe he was in a rut, a little.