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"Sounds pretty crude to me, sir." The pilot handed it back. "Nice workmanship, though. Looks like good machine production." SOUNDS PRETTY CRUDE TO ME SIR THE PILOT HANDED IT BACK NICE WORKMANSHIP THOUGH LOOKS LIKE GOOD MACHINE REDUCTION
ing pushed gently back against the upholstery. The seats, and the pilot's instrument panel in front of them, swung on gimbals, and the finger of the indicator swept slowly over a ninety-degree arc as the rocket rose and leveled. By then, the high cirrus clouds Verkan Vall had watched from the field were far below; they were well into the stratosphere. There would be nothing to do, now, for the three hours in which the rocket sped northward across the pole and southward to Dhergabar; the navigation was entirely in the electronic hands of the robot controls. Verkan Vall got out his pipe and lit it; the pilot lit a cigarette. "That's an odd pipe, sir," the pilot said. "Out-time item?" "Yes, Fourth Probability Level; typical of the whole paratime belt I was working in." Verkan Vall handed it over for inspection. "The bowl's natural brier-root; the stem's a sort of plastic made from the sap of certain tropical trees. The little white dot is the maker's trademark; it's made of elephant tusk. T TREMBLED AND VERKAN VALL FOUND HIMSELF BEING PUSHED GENTLY BACK AGAINST THE UPHOLSTERY THE SEATS AND THE VIOLENT INSTRUMENT PANEL IN FRONT OF THEM SWUNG ON GIMBALS AND THE FINGER OF THE INDICATOR SWEPT SLOWLY OVER A NINETY DEGREE ARC AS THE ROCKET ROSE AND LEVELED BY THEN THE HIGH SERIOUS CLOUDS OF ERKAN VALL HAD WATCHED FROM THE FIELD OR FAR BELOW THEY WERE WELL INTO THE STRATOSPHERE THERE WOULD BE NOTHING TO DO NOW FOR THE THREE HOURS IN WHICH THE ROCKET SPED NORTHWEST ACROSS THE POLE AND DOWNWARD TO THE DE HAIR BAR THE NAVIGATION WAS ENTIRELY IN THE ELECTRONIC HANDS OF THEIR ROBOAT CONTROLS VERKAN BOW GOT OUT HIS PIPE AND LIT IT THE PILOT LIT A CIGARETTE IT'S AN ODD PIPE SIR OUT TIME ITEM YES FOURTH PROBABILITY LEVEL TYPICO OF THE WHOLE PAIR TIME BELT I WAS WORKING IN VERKAN VALL HANDED IT OVER FOR INSPECTION THE BULL'S NATURAL BRIAR ROOT THE DIM SORT OF A PLASTICK MADE FROM THE SAP OF CERTAIN TROPICAL TREES THE LITTLE WHITE DOT IS THE MARKER'S TRADEMARK IT'S MADE OF ELEPHANT TUSK
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