``Because you try to fuck around with me, you'll be taking
	one of the stupidest chances of your whole life.''
	
	    She held out her hands, palms up, the white fingers slightly
	spread, and with a barely audible click, ten double-edged, four-
	centimeter scalpel blades slid from their housings beneath the
	burgundy nails.
	
	    She smiled. The blades slowly withdrew.