In Over Her Head by Elsie Russell - Parnasse.com

Geek of the old school, probably helped design the H bomb. Looked a
lot like Stravinsky.
"Could be Chelsea or Tribeca, and he will keep the Paris place.
I dono about Mama, she will hate New York, she always said it was
vulgar." Sandro went on obsessing as he cut into his quiche.
"Her mid life crisis has her on a roll, remember? Everybody
wants to be in New York these days. Where it's at."
"Thank you, Penny. That is precisely what I wanted to hear."
He slammed down his knife.
"Sorry, I have a terrible headache, I had a super weird
afternoon, I don't know where it went."
"You were not flying in your purple haze again, I hope?"
"Please, be nice. I did have the funny taste, but it went away."
"Were you reading that drugs book?"
"No, I was working, okay? These days I just get into this fog,
the trodes are useless. Maybe I'm just wound too tight and can't slip
into alpha wave mode. I've eliminated the E.L.F.'s so this shouldn't be
happening!"
"Excuse me, miss, may I interrupt?" asked Stravinsky.
"Excuse me?"
"Zis taste, eez it like ether?" He stuck out a gnarly hand. "I am
Dr. Otto Züt, please call me Otto. I am a neurosurgeon, I sink I can
help."
"Penny, hi, yeah, it is actually like ether, then sometimes like
acetone."
"It sounds like petit mal seizures. You speak off Extra Low
Frequency Waves?" He squinted over his rimless octagonal spectacles.
"Yeah, I thought it might be from the E.L.F. waves that I used
occasionally in my music, but I don't use them anymore."
She glanced over at Sandro who scowled into his bière.
"I haff encountered numerous cases of seizures developing
from exposure to television and video, sometimes even from colored
lights or svitching frequencies. This last is common and well
documented. I am presently doing a paper on the effects off electronic
gadgetry upon our lives, and I vould be very interested in studying your
case. How long did you say you haf had zeess problem? You must be
examined. Your programs as vell. You need a break from Vork, my
dear, and no alcohol, until we know more. I just return from a
conference in Bruxelles but I haff offices here, in New York,
Washington and Zurich. Here is my card."
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