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"Not if you were really trying," she said. "Were you?" "You think I _want_ to be a psi?" NOT IF YOU WERE REALLY TRYING SHE SAID WERE YOU YOU THINK I WANT TO BE A SI
ousy dealer. Or maybe it was because it was a one-handed operation. She was scoring my hits and misses with the little counter in her other hand. She ran the deck ten times for me. I got thirty-eight right on my best attempt and thirty-seven wrong on my worst. In total, of five hundred and twenty chances, I was right on two hundred and seventy-three, or fifty-two point two per cent of the time, according to Shari's slide rule. "Oh, no," I said dismally. "I _do_ have a little edge on the cards!" "As a statistician, you'll make a great biochemist," Shari said, putting the deck away. "That would only be true if I hadn't let you see your hits and misses as each deal proceeded. You made succeeding guesses in the knowledge of what had already been dealt. Actually, your score was below average for trained observers without psi powers." She heaved a sigh, which somehow seemed to be of relief. "And now, you crazy cowpoke," she said, "tell me what this is all about." "I'm not a psi?" I demanded. RED OR BLACK FAIR SURE I SAID DEAL SHE WAS A LOUSY DEALER OR MAYBE IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS A ONE HANDED OPERATION SHE WAS SCORING MY HITS AND MISSES WITH A LITTLE COUNTER IN HER OTHER HAND SHE RAN THE DECK TEN TIMES FOR ME I GOT THIRTY EIGHT RIGHT ON MY BEST ATTEMPT AND THIRTY SEVEN WRONG ON MY WORST IN TOTAL OF FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY CHANCES I WAS RIGHT ON TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY THREE OR FIFTY TWO POINT TWO PER CENT OF THE TIME ACCORDING TO SHERRY'S SLIDE RULE OH NO I SAID DISMALLY I DO HAVE A LITTLE EDGE ON THE CARDS AS A STATISTICIAN YOU'LL MAKE A GREAT BIO CHEMIST SHERRY SAID PUTTING THE DECK AWAY THAT WOULD ONLY BE TRUE IF I HADN'T LET YOU SEE YOUR HITS AND MISSES AS EACH DEAL PROCEEDED YOU MADE SUCCEEDING GUESSES IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT HAD ALREADY BEEN DEALT ACTUALLY YOUR SCORE WAS BELOW AVERAGE FOR TRAINED OBSERVERS WITHOUT SIGH POWERS SHE HEAVED A SIGH WHICH SOMEHOW SEEMED TO BE OF RELIEF AND NOW YOU CRAZY COW POKE SHE SAID TELL ME WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT I'M NOT A SIGH I DEMANDED
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