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Verkan Vall picked it up, emptied the magazine, and handed it to his superior. "The supplies office slipped up on this; it's not appropriate to my line of operation. It's a lovely rifle, but it's about two hundred percent in advance of existing arms design on my line. VERKAN VALL PICKED IT UP AND EMPTIED THE MAGAZINE AND HANDED IT TO HIS SUPERIOR THE SUPPLY'S OFFICE SLIPPED UP ON THIS IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TO MY LINE OF OPERATION IT'S A LOVELY RIFLE BUT IT'S ABOUT TWO HUNDRED PER CENT IN ADVANCE OF EXISTING ARMS DESIGNED ON MY LINE
ut a hundred and fifty years ago--a hundred and thirty-nine, to be exact--I picked up a fellow on the Fourth Level, just about where you're operating, and dragged him a couple of hundred parayears. I went back to find him and return him to his own time-line, but before I could locate him, he'd been arrested by the local authorities as a suspicious character, and got himself shot trying to escape. I felt badly about that, but--" Tortha Karf shrugged. "Anything else happen on the trip?" "I ran through a belt of intermittent nucleonic bombing on the Second Level." Verkan Vall mentioned an approximate paratime location. "Aaagh! That Khiftan civilization--by courtesy so called!" Tortha Karf pulled a wry face. "I suppose the intra-family enmities of the Hvadka Dynasty have reached critical mass again. They'll fool around till they blast themselves back to the stone age." "Intellectually, they're about there, now. I had to operate in that sector, once--Oh, yes, another thing, sir. This rifle. SPOSITION I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS JUST A KID ABOUT A HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS AGO A HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE TO BE EXACT I PICKED UP A FELLOW ON THE FOURTH LEVEL JUST ABOUT WHERE YOU'RE OPERATING AND DRAGGED HIM A COUPLE OF HUNDRED PERIEHERS I WENT BACK TO FIND HIM AND RETURN TO HIS OWN TIME LINE BUT BEFORE I COULD LOCATE HIM HE'D BEEN ARRESTED BY THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES AS A SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER AND GOT HIMSELF SHOT TRYING TO ESCAPE I FELT BADLY ABOUT THAT BUT TORITHIKARV SHRUGGED ANYTHING ELSE HAPPENED ON THE TRIP I RAN THROUGH A BELT OF INTERMITTENT NUCLEONIC BOMBING ON THE SECOND LEVEL VERKAN VALL MENTIONED AN APPROXIMATE PAIRITOM LOCATION AH THAT KIFTON CIVILIZATION BY COURTESY SO CALLED TOWARD THE KARF PULLED A WRY FACE I SUPPOSE THE INTRA FAMILY ENMITIES OF THE VODKA DYNASTY HAVE REACHED CRITICAL MASS AGAIN THEY'LL FOOL AROUND TILL THEY BLAST THEMSELVES BACK TO THE STONE AGE INTELLECTUALLY THEY'RE ABOUT THERE NOW I HAD TO OPERATE IN THAT SECTAR ONCE OH YES ANOTHER THING SIR THIS RIFLE
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