The Orbs (Part 2)

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Andrew and Maria tried touching the orbs at the same time together several more times. The orbs didn’t swap them back, nor did they provide the same calming feeling they did earlier. Eventually, Andrew sat down in Maria’s seat and took of her blazer, and suggested they try later. Maybe they needed time to recharge or something? Maria sighed as she agreed as well. She told Andrew that, luckily, Fridays weren’t busy at the front desk; he should be able to handle it. Andrew told Maria he’d try to covertly do his work on her computer and send some reports she’d need to forward throughout the day to her email. It seemed like a reasonable enough plan to pretend to be each other until they could use the orbs again to switch back...