Meet Ethyl
Here is Ethyl Bromide. She's very nice. She'll take hold of your mind, make you feel welcome, and smile. You'll be taken in soon, at least for a while. She knows just what to quip to make you believe Everything's going to be alright.
You won't be tempted to denounce her as politic. Yet she seems to know some kind of rules of the game, a code of conduct we've come to anticipate, of what to do, or what to say... Boundaries; a social contract; ethics... Ethos... She understands you almost too well.
Like a charm or a spell... she seems to be slowly crossing some kind of line, because you're steadily getting very tired, sedate, like something is lulling your brain... and it won't be long now before you're so far gone you won't be able to tell whether you were really treated well or not.
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Author's Notes: These are the definitions that guided my thoughts for this write...
* Ethic: the word at the root of"Ethical," refers to morals, principles, conduct...
* Ethical: Oxford Dict. defines strictly, by single definition, as "n.; (of medicine or drug) not advertised to the general public, and usu. available only on doctor's prescription."
* Ethically: an adverb may apparently be applied in the context of Ethic or Ethical.
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