It takes her a moment or two, but Stacia works through it. Her jaw drops slightly.

"Wow," she says. "The people who run fad diet scams must hate you."

She lowers her voice, leaning in a little. "There's a secret network on the hand-held computers. Some mystery person set it up so we can communicate without our corporate overlords seeing. A few people are working out solutions to the low-calorie diet option, you can let them know you want in."