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Circe shot the pickups a look with an EMP strong enough to overload unshielded components. "Well, dar-lin', ah've always wanted to tackle sumpthin' on what you call your higher intellectual plane. An'

now ah have the time, resources, and expert advisors."

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"Now, we'll be startin' off on this faraway planet called Lebensraum, where there's rumors of some
amazin'
finds!"

Circe shook a ringer at the pickup, mock scolding. "An' y'all better believe me, ah'll work harder on this than ah evah worked on anything! An' when mah show debuts, Salome, hon, ah hope people'll see me in a different light. D'you think they will?"

The question was so straightforward that Salome almost dropped her veneer. "Wh—uh, yeah! That is, why not? That's right! Viewers, you heard it here first!"

The crowd was applauding. Heart couldn't see what the search AI was getting at. Then somebody yelled,

"Kiss 'im, Circe!" and people whooped and whistled.

As Circe obliged them, a monumental buss with Gentry Standing Bear, the huge and lovely Minx shoulder disappeared out of focus, the pickup automatically ranging in across empty space to focus on two figures lounging around the main hatch of the
Tramp-Royal.

Alacrity and Floyt leaned against the ship, watching the press conference with expressions that made Heart clap her hands together and mimic Alacrity's voice: "Let's get movin'! We know what we're doin'!

Uh, Ho, what
are
we doin'?"

The Nonpareil dropped her hands to her sides.
Alacrity, what
are
you doing?
She dug out the note he'd left under her pillow and
thought
it at the image in the holo.

You're mine and I'm yours
!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Brian Daley is the author of numerous novels of science fiction and fantasy, the most recent being
Jinx
on a Terran Inheritance.
He also scripted the National Public Radio serial adaptations of
Star Wars
and
The Empire Strikes Back.
His whereabouts are subject to change without notice, but he favors Manhattan Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 86-91315

ISBN 0-345-32919-8

First Edition: January 1987

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