| Jeez, Ashlyn, is it impossible to believe he accepts you now? |
| The tests revealed that Ashlyn had inherited two defective copies of the SCN9A gene, which is known to be involved in the transmission of nerve impulses in pain-sensing neurones. |
| The Hazards of Growing Up Painlessly At school, Ashlyn Blocker was once asked if she was Superman. |
| Ashlyn and an elderly woman in her late forties are heaping the dinner table with food. |
| When Ashlyn was 5, the Blockers decided the only way they were ever going to find another person in the world like her was to send up a flare. |
| The rush of adrenalin pumped through her veins, and Ashlyn raced toward Winnie and Rey's room. |
