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3 wonder about other voices
I checked my watch again and
settled back into my comfy chair.
There’s nothing like a good comfy
chair: it rocks, it swivels, it eases
the mind.
Another two or three minutes
and the three of us were supposed
to get together from the safety of
our homes. We would use images
of the door in the bar as a trigger to
help make the telepathic link.
I surveyed my room and its
familiar contents. The computer,
the books, some cooking things
and a bedroll. Easy to pack, easy to
move. I had been in a sleeping pod
for a while, then found an aban
doned room and fixed it up.
The pod was nice out too
cramped, too many people. Here, I
could relax and finally get started
on my own work. Except for this
whole business we were involved
* * * * *
Mary? Drake? Are you there?
Yep, I’m here.
Me too. (I had gotten used to
letting those two do most of the
talking. Or thinking, or whatever it
is.)
Everyone all tucked in for bed?
Ha, I’ll be up all tonight working
on a program. I’ve been out of the
network too long.
How about you, Karen?
I’ve been wondering about
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something. I used to always be so I
scared when I heard all those voices I
and I didn’t know what they were.
I almost forgot about all this once I I
finally met the two of you.
So what’s the problem? Sounds I
like you’re doing better now.
That’s the whole thing. I haven’t
heard any of the other voices lately.
Just you guys, when we want to.
(Whoa, she was right. I used to
hear more voices than ours as well.)
Yeah, I was thinking about that the
other day. (Sure 1 was.)
Do you think something has
happened to them? Wouldn’t they
still be trying to reach us?
(Flash! I had something valuable I
to contribute, for once.) Maybe we I
shouldn’t do this. That could be [
how they got the others. If there’s
something going on.
But why? They had us right there
We went straight to their head
quarters. And they let us walk right
out. It doesn’t make any sense.
What if they didn’t know who
you were? (That was Karen. She
hadn’t been with us on that little
trip.)
But they did, they told us all
about it. the whole research pro
gram we told you about.
I don’t know. I want to meet
tomorrow. This whole thing wor
ries me. The park again?
Great. Sure. (Mary and 1 spoke,
or thought, or whatever at the same
time. It isn’t like a conversation,
where people talk one at a time It
gets a little confusing, but this goes
faster.)
I was the first one at the park It
gave me some time to think on
things, to try to sort this out. Karen’s
idea still was bugging me.
She was right. We all used to
hear a bunch of voices earlier, and
now it’s just us three. And there
had to be a reason for it.
Why would the company come
back after us all? We haa been right
there in front of them, the perfect
opportunity.
How had they found the others?
They might know where the three
of us are now. Or maybe they only
could find us when we made the
mental link. If that was so, they
might already be after us.
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I don’t know how long I had
been there, but it was definitely too
long. They were more than fifteen
minutes late. One or the other I
could understand, but I started to
worry’ with both missing.
I rose and made another circuit
of the park, trying to think if I had
misunderstood the plans made last
night. That couldn’t be. It was ten
in the morning, today, here in the
park. There’s no way any of us
could have messed it up.
A second circuit, and still no
sign of them. I rounded the third
corner and saw two men walking
toward me. I paused, then figured
if they wanted me, they would gel
me no matter what I did.
Peterson is a senior psychology and
philosophy major and a Dally Nebras
kan staff reporter and columnist. This is
the 10th in a continuing series.
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