I love this story @trexane. It is so sophisticated. It reminds me of something Philip K. Dick might have written. Your story is more stripped down than his might have been…
You have a lot of self control. If I bought such a cookie, I would eat it. Maybe I'd put a piece aside for later, but 'later' would probably be half an hour :))
Best for me…
We are a wretched species, aren't we?
Read this (you sent me looking stuff up with this blog)
"To train the dog to run faster, a glowing coal was thrown into the wheel…