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"You've never been asked," I reminded her. She had the last word. "Let's go!" she snapped. YOU'VE NEVER BEEN ASKED I REMINDED HER SHE HAD THE LAST WORD LET'S GO SHE SNAPPED
lks to a friend like that!" "Pretty convincing proof!" Shari said tartly. "Of what?" "Of the fact that you aren't making any sense about this gambling kick you're on, Tex. You should have laughed my teasing off. Who would seriously suggest that _you_ were a psi personality?" she demanded. "And most of all, with my background in psi, do you think I could be misled about it?" I shrugged, trying to cool down. Shari's doctorate had been earned with a startling thesis on psi phenomena and psi personalities, and she had stayed on at Columbia as a research fellow in the field. In egghead circles, she rated as a psi expert, all right. "Guess not," I said, trying to kill the subject. She wasn't going to let it die. "I don't think you're a psi, Tex. You're a Normal!" The way she said it, it didn't sound like a compliment. "Worse than that," she insisted. "You're beginning to act like a compulsive gambler." She took a deep breath, and let me have the clincher: "I could never marry a gambler, Tex! OULD FEEL MY FACE GETTING RED DAMN IT I STARTED NOBODY TALKS TO A FRIEND LIKE THAT PRETTY CONVINCING PROOF SHERRY SAID TARTLY OF WHAT OF THE FACT THAT YOU AREN'T MAKING ANY SENSE ABOUT THIS GAMBLING KICK YOU'RE ON TEX YOU SHOULD HAVE LAUGHED MY TEASING OFF WHO WOULD SERIOUSLY SUGGEST THAT YOU WERE A CY PERSONALITY SHE DEMANDED AND MOST OF ALL WITH MY BACKGROUND INSIDE DO YOU THINK I COULD BE MISLED ABOUT IT I SHRUGGED TRYING TO COOL DOWN SHERRY'S DOCTORATE HAD BEEN EARNED WITH A STARTLING THESIS ON CY PHENOMENA AND CY PERSONALITIES AND SHE HAD STAYED ON AT COLUMBIA AS A RESEARCH FELLOW IN THE FIELD IN EGG HEAD CIRCLES SHE RATED AS A SIGH EXPERT ALL RIGHT GUESS NOT I SAID TRYING TO KILL THE SUBJECT SHE WASN'T GOING TO LET IT DIE I DON'T THINK YOU'RE A SIZE YOU'RE A NORMAL THE WAY SHE SAID IT IT DIDN'T SOUND LIKE A COMPLIMENT WORSE THAN THAT SHE INSISTED YOU'RE BEGINNING TO ACT LIKE A COMPULSIVE GAMBLER SHE TOOK A DEEP BREATH AND LET ME HAVE THE CLINCHER I COULD NEVER MARRY A GAMBLER TEX
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