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I seethed, beginning to feel my anger grow as my fear dwindled. "Let them try to pin the psi label on me! I'll call their bluff!" The TV phone on Shari's desk rang, and she pressed the Accept key. I SEETHED BEGINNING TO FEEL MY ANGER GROW AS MY FEAR DWINDLED LET THEM TRY TO PIN THE CY LABEL ON ME I'LL CALL THERE BLUFF THE TEEPHONE ON SHERRY'S DESK RANG AND SHE PRESSED THE ACCEPT KEY
"For what?" I demanded, beginning to feel pretty icy. "Being such an easy mark, for one thing," Shari said. "And for seriously thinking that you might be a PC! That, I must confess, I find the most comical of all. You, Tex, a PC!" "Why is that funnier than being a TK?" I demanded, getting up. She waved her hand impatiently. "We see a little TK here in the lab right along," she said. "At least, there are those who seem to have a small genuine edge on the cards that we can explain no other way. It's small, but apparently exists. But precognition? That's not simply mechanical or kinetic, like TK. PC is something terrifyingly different." Her voice hushed as she said it. "It's a kind of sensitivity that has nothing to do with mere kinetics. It defies time!" She looked back at me. "I simply find it comical that you thought of yourself as sensitive to that degree." "So I've been a fool," I mused. "In a word, yes. You're a Normal. They suckered you, if you want the jargon." "Wait till tonight!  WHEN YOU GAMBLE THAT WOULD SERVE YOU RIGHT SHE CONCLUDED FOR WHAT I DEMANDED BEGINNING TO FEEL PRETTY ICY BEING SUCH AN EASY MARK FOR ONE THING SHERRY SAID AND FOR SERIOUSLY THINKING THAT YOU MIGHT BE A P C THAT I MUST CONFESS I FIND THE MOST COMICAL OF ALL YOU TEX A P C WHY IS THAT FUNNIER THAN BEING A T K I DEMANDED GETTING UP SHE WAVED HER HAND IMPATIENTLY WE SEE A LITTLE T K HERE IN THE LAB RIGHT ALONG SHE SAID AT LEAST THERE ARE THOSE WHO SEEM TO HAVE A SMALL GENUINE EDGE ON THE CARD THAT WE CAN EXPLAIN NO OTHER WAY IT'S SMALL BUT APPARENTLY EXISTS BUT PRECOGNITION THAT'S NOT SIMPLY MECHANICAL OR KINETIC LIKE P C IS SOMETHING TERRIFYINGLY DIFFERENT HER VOICE HUSHED AS SHE SAID IT IT'S A KIND OF SENSITIVITY THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MERE KINETICS IT DEFIES TIME SHE LOOKED BACK AT ME I SIMPLY FIND IT COMICAL THAT YOU THOUGHT OF YOURSELF AS SENSITIVE TO THAT DEGREE SO I'VE BEEN A FOOL I MUSED IN A WORD YES YOU'RE A NORMAL THEY SUCCORED YOU IF YOU WANT THE JARGON WAIT TILL TO NIGHT
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