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What sun? Where?" "I don't know. WHAT SUN WHERE I DON'T KNOW
 mention the gangsters; nor any personal matters. Otherwise, his report was accurate and complete. He had no idea that everything he said was going out on an Earth-wide hookup; or that many other planets, monitoring constantly all subspace channels, were hooking on. When he was finally released Captain French said, with a chuckle: "Off the air for a minute. You've no idea what an uproar this has stirred up already. They let them have all your stuff, but we aren't putting out a thing until some Brass gets out there and gets the real story----" "That _is_ the real story, damn it!" "Oh, sure, and a very nice job, too, for an extemporaneous effort--if it was. Semantics says, though, that in a couple of spots it smells like slightly rancid cheese, and ... no-no, keep still! Too many planets listening in--_verbum sap_. Anyway, THE PRESS smells something, too, and they're screaming their lungs out, especially the sob-sisters. Now, Herc, on the air, you're orbiting the fourth planet of a sun.  D SPOKE ALMOST STEADILY FOR THIRTY MINUTES HE DID NOT MENTION THE GANGSTERS OR ANY PERSONAL MATTERS OTHERWISE HIS REPORT WAS ACCURATE AND COMPLETE HE HAD NO IDEA THAT EVERYTHING HE SAID WAS GOING OUT ON AN EARTH WIDE HOOKUP OR THAT MANY OTHER PLANETS MONITORING CONSTANTLY ALL SUBSPACE CHANNELS WERE HOOKING ON WHEN HE WAS FINALLY RELEASED CAPTAIN FRENCH SAID WITH A CHUCKLE OFF THE AIR FOR A MINUTE YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT AN UPROAR THIS HAS STIRRED UP ALREADY THEY LET THEM HAVE ALL YOUR STUFF BUT WE AREN'T PUTTING OUT A THING UNTIL SOME BRASS GETS OUT HERE AND GETS THE REAL STORY THAT IS THE REAL STORY DAMN IT OH SURE AND A VERY NICE JOB TOO FOR AN EXTEMPORANEOUS EFFORT IF IT WAS SEMANTIC SAYS THOUGH THEN IN A COUPLE OF SPOTS IT SMELLS LIKE SLIGHTLY RANCID CHEESE AND NO NO KEEP STILL TOO MANY PLANETS LISTENING IN VERBIN SAP ANYWAY THE PRESS SMELLS SOMETHING TOO AND THEY'RE SCREAMING THEIR LUNGS OUT ESPECIALLY THE SOB SISTERS NOW HARK ON THE AIR YOU'RE ORBITING THE FOURTH PLANET OF THE SUN 
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