behind all this action, there are crowds of naked bodies that disappear into an ominous red pool and cities that appear to be burning and melting into the dark and misty background. she says she prefers the city. the eggs are swollen oval and slightly glossy white, spotted with reddish-brown. despite direct contact with the patients over many years, cope did not contract the disease. the first she knew of it was when she got a call saying she had made the top seven. 