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He cackled a laugh at me. "Purpose. Exactly, Mr. Robertson. Well, the Lodge has a purpose, and you'll act a lot more sensibly if you know it." "You," he said to me. "Are a TK." "You," I yelled right back. "Are a liar!" HE CACKLED A LAUGH AT ME PURPOSE EXACTLY MISTER ROBERTSON WELL THE LODGE HAS A PURPOSE AND YOU'LL ACT A LOT MORE SENSIBLY IF YOU KNOW IT YOU HE SAID TO ME ARE A K YOU I YELLED RIGHT BACK ARE A LIAR
ard day," he complained. "And I got out of bed solely to adjudicate your case. Now, this will go a lot more quickly if you listen." He smacked his lips a couple times as if he wondered where he had left his partial plate. I hoped he had swallowed it. "Sit down, sit down," he said irritably, pointing at the chair across the desk from him. I debated it, but took the chair, grinding my teeth. "You aren't stupid, or you wouldn't be a scientist," he said, revealing that he knew a lot more about me than I did about him. "Let's start out with a couple facts." He pointed a gnarled finger at Lefty. "Wally Bupp stacked a deck of cards on you tonight," he said gruffly. "What you don't know is that he stacked them with telekinesis. He's a TK." "A snake!" I gasped. "Watch your lip!" Maragon croaked. "Everybody in this room is a psi. 'Snake' is a dirty word around here, Mr. Robertson. Mr. Bupp has a special aversion to it." "What's the purpose...?" I began hotly. "Hah!" Maragon barked. "A good word! E BIT ABOUT HOW I FELT BUT HE HELD UP HIS HAND I'VE HAD A HARD DAY HE COMPLAINED AND I GOT OUT OF BED SOLELY TO ADJUDICATE YOUR CASE NOW THIS WILL GO A LOT MORE QUICKLY IF YOU LISTEN HE SMACKED HIS LIPS A COUPLE TIMES AS IF HE WONDERED WHERE HE HAD LEFT HIS PARTIAL PLATE I HOPED HE HAD SWALLOWED IT SIT DOWN SIT DOWN HE SAID IRRITABLY POINTING AT THE CHAIR ACROSS THE DESK FROM HIM I DEBATED IT BUT TOOK THE CHAIR GRINDING MY TEETH YOU AREN'T STUPID OR YOU WOULDN'T BE A SCIENTIST HE SAID REVEALING THAT HE KNEW A LOT MORE ABOUT ME THAN I DID ABOUT HIM LET'S START OUT WITH A COUPLE OF FACTS HE POINTED A GNARLED FINGER AT LEFTY WALLY BOB STACKED A DECK OF CARDS ON YOU TO NIGHT HE SAID GRUFFLY WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW IS THAT HE STACKED THEM WITH TELECHINIS HE'S A K A SNAKE I GASPED WATCH YOUR LIP MARAGAN CROAKED EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM IS A SIGH SNAKE IS A DIRTY WORD AROUND HERE MISTER ROBERTSON MISTER BUMP HAS A SPECIAL AVERSION TO IT WHAT'S THE PURPOSE I BEGAN HOTLY AH MAREGAN BARKED A GOOD WORD
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