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We rewire it, power it, turn it into a magnetic induction furnace.
What s that?
It melts metal; nothing else. Only conductive metals. Understand?
So far.
Put in your hand and you feel nothing. But if you ve got a ring on
your finger, the ring will melt and burn your finger off. Induction.
Phew. That sounds grisly.
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Doesn t it? Get the Indian into your oven. We start the induction
slow and the torture begins.
You mean his fingers burn off?
No. The brain begins to burn. Bugged, isn t he?
No.
Bugs are platinum. Obviously Ed wasn t hearing me. Platinum is
conductive. QED.
At this point the other three, who had been listening utterly
fascinated, burst out laughing. They shrieked and rocked helplessly
while Edison glared at them. It looked as though this loyal rally was
going to turn into a Donnybrook Fair and I d get nowhere with the
murder of Sequoya. I was wondering how to make peace when Fee-5,
bless her, called and asked if she could project. I said come ahead and
there she was in a starched white lab coat looking every inch the
dedicated young scientist.
He wants you to come to JPL right away, she burst out in XX. Then
she looked around. Oh, sorry, cats. I didn t know there was company.
Am I intruding? still in XX.
All gung, Fee. All friends. As a matter of fact we were just discussing
the Chief. Now what s all this?
There s an elephant in the cellar. Did you know?
Yes, we know.
And a snake up there.
We know. Also an octopus in the drawing room. Why does Dr. Guess
want me to come to JPL right away?
She took fire again. The event of the century. The experimental
cryocapsule will put down in an hour. Three cryonauts have been out
in orbit for three months and now they re coming back. All the celebs
from U-Con will be there and the Chief wants you, too.
Why me? I m not celebrated. I don t even own any stock in United
Conglomerate.
He likes you. I don t know why. Nobody else does.
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Well, ask him if I can bring four friends.
Fee nodded and retro d. The others protested that they weren t
faintly interested in the event of the century; they d witnessed too
many in their time and they were always a let down. All of them began
bitching simultaneously; about the Boxer rebellion, Franklin and his
kite, Captain Bligh and theBounty , Henry Christophe. I tried to break
it up. You don t understand, I told them. I couldn t care less about
those frozen characters coming in for a landing, but this is a golden
opportunity to case the guy we re going to kill. Don t you want to size
up your victim?
Fee reappeared. It s gung, Guig. He says the more the merrier. You
can bring the elephant if you like. I ll meet you at the front gate and
pass you in. She disappeared.
As we trooped up to the roof (elephant not included) to get into the
big chopper, they were all delivering asides.
Who is she?
Sam says he s had her for three years.
One of yours, M bantu?
Alas, I would say not. She is too light. Most probably Maori and
Aztec Indian with a strong strain of Honk. It s the touch of the
Waspbrush that accounts for the delicate bones.
Guig always likes them exotic.
Behind the times all his life.
She is pretty.
And as nubile as a young dolphin.
I wonder how many he s scored.
Sam would know.
I was delivering a few asides to myself: How the hell did Fee-5 know
my guests understood XX? I had the uneasy feeling that there was a
lot more I didn t know about Fee. I also had a sinking that this
Cherokee caper was going to turn into the wrong kind of catastrophe.
I wanted to go to the university hospital and ask Jacy to move over.
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We were mugged by some senior citizens on the way from the
chopper to the main gate, but no great harm done; they were using
vintage revolvers. There was one funny incident. After we chased
them I looked around and there was Nemo kneeling on a prostrate
maladroit and sincere as hell. He was slamming the Shortie across the
face with his own pistol and chanting in rhythm, This is not& the
road to& survival& You must& transplant& transplant&
transplant&
We pulled him off the poor old Shortie and were met at the gate by
Fee, who seemed rather impressed by Nemo s performance. Muggings
she knew all about, but this was the first time she d ever seen one
used as an excuse for a lecture. Fee conducted us to the landing site
and it was my turn to be impressed.
It was an enormous theater-in-the-round with a circular stage. There
were seats for a thousand in the amphitheater, all filled with U-Con
brass and politicos doing their best to keep JPL happy and paying
taxes in the state. Fee seated us in the reserved section and went down
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