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"Intellectually, they're about there, now. I had to operate in that sector, once  Oh, yes, another thing, sir. This rifle." INTELLECTUALLY THEY'RE ABOUT THERE NOW I HAD TO OPERATE IN THAT SECTAR ONCE OH YES ANOTHER THING SIR THIS RIFLE
ppens, now and then," Tortha Karf said. "Usually at the beginning of a transposition. 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 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. YES I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSES THAT BUT IT HAPPENS NOW AND THEN TORTHA KAR SAID USUALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF A TRANSPOSITION 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
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