"Well," Mike says and sneaks closer, "I'll tell you a secret."
"What?" you ask, interested.
"When I was working for Uncle Phil...well, let's just say that not all of this gain came from working out with his old weights," starts Mike, a touch slowly.
"What?" you ask, jumping to conclusions. "Uncle Phil didn't give you some..." you almost say 'juice', meaning steroids, but Mike cuts you off.
"Nah, it wasn't anything he did," Mike interrupts, "it was something I discovered at the mall there at lunchtime. There was this weird shop, with this little guy in it who sold little bottles of powders and potions and strange tools and gizmos...."
Mike pauses, waiting for you to disbelieve him, but you stay quiet - the shop sounds familiar...
"it was called 'Nos and Yeses' or something. Anyway, one day I went in and the little guy says, 'I know what you're looking for' and I said 'Oh yeah, what?' and he replied, 'Something to...
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