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"No, no 'except'. Right now, or as soon as you can. You can't, without resigning, can you? They'd fire you?" "Don't worry about that," he grinned. "My record is good enough, I think, to get a good ground job. Even if they fire me for not waiting until we ground, there's lots of jobs. I can support you, sweetheart." NO NO EXCEPT RIGHT NOW AS SOON AS YOU CAN YOU CAN'T WITHOUT RESIGNING CAN YOU THEY'D FIRE YOU DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT HE GRINNED MY RECORD IS GOOD ENOUGH I THINK TO GET A GOOD GROUND JOB EVEN IF THEY FIRE ME FOR NOT WAITING UNTIL WE GROUND THERE'S LOTS OF JOBS I CAN SUPPORT YOU SWEETHEART
_want_ to believe it; is dead set against it. So it has to force its way through whillions and skillions of ohms of resistance, so only the most powerful stimuli--'maximum signal' in your jargon, perhaps?--can get through to you at all." Suddenly she giggled like a schoolgirl. "You're either psychic or the biggest wolf in the known universe, and I know you aren't a wolf. If you hadn't been as psychic as I am, you'd've jumped clear out into subspace when a perfectly strange girl attacked you." "How do you know so much about me?" "I made it a point to. One of the juniors told me you're the only virgin officer in all space." "That was Eddie Thompson." "Uh-huh." She nodded brightly. "Well, is that bad?" "Anything else but. That is, he thought it was terrible--outrageous--a betrayal of the whole officer caste--but to me it makes everything just absolutely perfect." "Me, too. How soon can we get married?" "I'd say right now, except...." She caught her lower lip between her teeth and thought. U'VE BEEN FIGHTING IT NINETY NINE PER CENT OF YOUR MIND DOESN'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT IS DEAD SET AGAINST IT SO IT HAS TO FORCE ITS WAY THROUGH WILLIAMS AND SKILLIONS OF OMS OF RESISTANCE SO ONLY THE MOST POWERFUL STIMULI MAXIMUM SIGNAL IN YOUR JARGON PERHAPS CAN GET THROUGH TO YOU AT ALL SUDDENLY SHE GIGGLED LIKE A SCHOOLGIRL YOU'RE EITHER PSYCHIC OR THE BIGGEST WOLF IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE AND I KNOW YOU AREN'T A WOLF IF YOU HADN'T BEEN AS PSYCHIC AS I AM YOU'D HAVE JUMPED CLEAR OUT INTO SUBSPACE WHEN A PERFECTLY STRANGE GIRL ATTACKED YOU HOW DO YOU KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT ME I MADE IT A POINT TO ONE OF THE JUNIORS TOLD ME YOU'RE THE ONLY VIRGIN OFFICER IN ALL SPACE THAT WAS EDDIE THOMPSON AHA SHE NODDED BRIGHTLY WELL IS THAT BAD ANYTHING ELSE BUT THAT IS HE THOUGHT IT WAS TERRIBLE OUTRAGEOUS A BETRAYAL OF THE WHOLE OFFICER CAST BUT TO ME IT MAKES EVERYTHING JUST ABSOLUTELY PERFECT ME TOO HOW SOON CAN WE GET MARRIED I'D SAY RIGHT NOW EXCEPT SHE CAUGHT HER LOWER LIP BETWEEN HER TEETH IN THOUGHT
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