/authors/burning-silk/ Recent content in Burning Silk on Utopia Stories Library Hugo en-us /stories/78936/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /stories/78936/ <p>It was a slow day at the clinic and Doctor Helen Shackelton was minding the front desk while the receptionist was on a smoko, when two teenage girls walked in. They were dressed almost identically in very short denim shorts, tight sleeveless tops, and white tennis shoes. With their similar long sandy-coloured hair and fair complexions, they could almost have been twins. The main difference was that one top was pink and the other pale blue. Also, because Dr. Shackelton was the sort of person to notice small details, she saw that Pink Top wore white ankle-length socks while Blue Top appeared to be sockless.</p>