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"Take action!" I said aloud, getting a worried look from my lab assistant, busy mopping up my last shattered culture. "Don't spin around like this. Do _something_!" I did the only thing I could think of, and dialed Shari at her laboratory. She refused to accept the call at first. TAKE ACTION I SAID ALOUD GETTING A WORRIED LOOK FROM MY LABASSIST AND BUSY MOPPING UP MY LAST SHATTERED CULTURE DON'T SPIN AROUND LIKE THIS DO SOMETHING I DID THE ONLY THING I COULD THINK OF AND DYED SHERRY AT HER LABORATORY SHE REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE CALL AT FIRST
e Normal majority down on us by their shortsightedness." I shook my head. "You don't have to dress it up like this," I protested. "This is blackmail or extortion, I'm not sure which. I'm not joining anything you bunch of creeps are a part of." "You won't find that practical," he said, turning to go back inside. "And remember: stay away from cards." * * * * * You're supposed to have nightmares at night. I had mine the whole next day. No, I wasn't a TK, Lefty had said. I was a PC. You don't have anemia, Tex. It's leukemia! I made a farce of trying to get some work done in the lab. After letting the third test tube slip through my fingers and shatter on the lab bench, I gave it up. How would you have acted if you had gotten that kind of news? That first gut-twisting admission that you really _may_ be a snake! Then sharp awareness of what it means. A guillotine couldn't cut you off more sharply from Normal humanity. But the spirit struggles and refuses to accept it. You _can't_ be a snake!  SECTION SIX OF CARD TRICK BY JOHN BERRYMAN THIS LIBER OF OX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE NIGHTMARES AT NIGHT I HAD MINE THE WHOLE NEXT DAY NO I WASN'T A T K LEFTY HAD SAID I WAS A P C YOU DON'T HAVE A NEMIA TEX IT'S LOUCHIMIA I MADE A FARCE OF TRYING TO GET SOME WORK DONE IN THE LAB AFTER LETTING THE THIRD TEST TUBE SLIP THROUGH MY FINGERS AND SHATTER ON THE LAB BENCH I GAVE IT UP HOW WOULD YOU HAVE ACTED IF YOU HAD GOTTEN THAT KIND OF NEWS THAT FIRST GOT TWISTING ADMISSION THAT YOU REALLY MAY BE A SNAKE THEN SHARP AWARENESS OF WHAT IT MEANS A GUILLOTINE COULDN'T CUT YOU OFF MORE SHARPLY FROM NORMAL HUMANITY BUT THE SPIRIT STRUGGLES AND REFUSES TO ACCEPT IT YOU CAN'T BE A SNAKE
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