I wind up taking the antidote with dinner, which I made. Nick had some fish in his freezer, and I manage to cook it up alright.

I mix the antidote in with the lemonade I drink with it. “Maggie just said to mix it in something, right?” I ask. “It doesn’t have to be water.”

“I think it can be anything,” Nick says. “The effect this powder has on you won’t be chemical, but mystical, so no chemical problem could interfere with it. It’s not effecting ...