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(Sure, I bet it is.) He laughed. (What do you do there? I mean you, personally.) (I, uh … play games.) (What kind of games?) (They’re hard to explain, but I can show you one.) Charlie smiled. (O.K., show me. I’m a Missouri boy.) I cut in. (I don’t think you should … BB. We, uh, we don’t have enough time.) Charlie laughed hard. (Had to bail him out, huh, Robert? You should have coached him more. I suppose, BB, you’ve come to earth to save us humans from ourselves, stop the nukes from going off or some such thing.) BB blanked. (No, no. We were on this tour of TSI and …) (Just visiting, that it?) (That’s all. Then …) (Just where is this KT-95 you say you came from?) BB flickered. (Uh, just pull a couple of long skips that way.) Charlie turned to me, grinning. (Nice try, Robert. I appreciate all the trouble you and BB took to dream it up. Bring me a little hard data and I’ll believe you.) I smiled. (I’ll keep trying. We have to leave now. Thanks for your hospitality. I liked your sunset.) Charlie and I shook hands, and he turned to BB. (Come back and visit, BB. You don’t have to wait for Robert to bring you.) BB vibrated. (I don’t?) (Come whenever you feel like it. Next time you won’t have to detune. Then I can see you better.) (By the way,) I put in, (you decided yet about your next physical life?) He shrugged. (I’m still thinking about it. I’m in no hurry.) (That’s good. Be selective next time.) (That I will.) I smoothed. (Take care, Charlie.) We lifted outward, and soon we were back in the haze, and I could tell from the change in texture when we passed the null point. From here on out, things would change rapidly. The question was, where to drop in next? BB was tight beside me, and I knew he was trying to