"This," he explained, "takes a bit longer, as we have to restart the body's systems, perfectly safe if you're healthy of course." Time was definitely passing at a normal speed, and though aware of this fact, things seemed to be moving extremely fast for Thomas. Frank was explaining what he was doing, but it all went in one ear and out the other as Thomas stared at Kiki with deep anticipation, waiting for her to suddenly resume life.

"Here we are!" Frank said. "Time to start up the body's systems again and she should be good to go!" He pushed a button and Kiki--who had during the process of thawing become limp appearing--suddenly straightened up and began smelling the air around her much like Bob had moments before. Thomas gaped. Frank laughed, opened the door, picked up little Kiki, and began petting her.

"See? Perfectly fine!" Thomas boggled more, started to ask for a detailed explanation of the workings and mechanisms of the machine, but decided against it. Instead, he decided to take a safer, easier to understand path.

"That's incredible..." he said. "I don't know how you did it, but I don't think I want to know. But, well, I do want to know when you're going to test it on humans. I'd like to be here for that. Who are you testing it on anyhow?"

Frank smirked. "You know how there are beauty product companies that do testing of their new products on people? These people are given a very small sum of money for testing a product they could react very negatively to, but they're willing to do it simply for the token amount of money and the small amount of adrenaline they get from trying something new and exciting. We basically offer the same thing: something new and exciting for the test subjects to try. We had to offer a substantially larger sum of money though, but the people were more than happy to sign the required waivers and agreements. They'll be here next week on Wednesday morning at 10 AM sharp. We'll freeze them for a week, and then, if all goes according to plan, we'll be sending you off on your fantastic voyage shortly thereafter! Provided you're still interested of course..."