Just "Laura," please--and I don't know if he'll grant my request or not. I know he does change up rooms sometimes, when asked, but he's pretty fickle all the time. There's a warden who just recently asked for their inmate's room to be changed, but I don't know if that will work out.

[She's about to take a seat on the couch when she remembers that doing so would make her a rather poor hostess.]

Would you like something to drink? I have water, fruit juice, cherry Coke...