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Finally she tore herself away from a "delicate experiment" long enough to look at me angrily in the screen. "We don't have anything to say to each other," she said coldly. FINALLY SHE TORE HERSELF AWAY FROM A DELICATE EXPERIMENT LONG ENOUGH TO LOOK AT ME ANGRILY IN THE SCREEN WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY TO EACH OTHER SHE SAID COLDLY
aid, turning to go back inside. "And remember: stay away from cards." * * * * * You're supposed to have nightmares at night. I had mine the whole next day. No, I wasn't a TK, Lefty had said. I was a PC. You don't have anemia, Tex. It's leukemia! I made a farce of trying to get some work done in the lab. After letting the third test tube slip through my fingers and shatter on the lab bench, I gave it up. How would you have acted if you had gotten that kind of news? That first gut-twisting admission that you really _may_ be a snake! Then sharp awareness of what it means. A guillotine couldn't cut you off more sharply from Normal humanity. But the spirit struggles and refuses to accept it. You _can't_ be a snake! "Take action!" I said aloud, getting a worried look from my lab assistant, busy mopping up my last shattered culture. "Don't spin around like this. Do _something_!" I did the only thing I could think of, and dialed Shari at her laboratory. She refused to accept the call at first.  SECTION SIX OF CARD TRICK BY JOHN BERRYMAN THIS LIBER OF OX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE NIGHTMARES AT NIGHT I HAD MINE THE WHOLE NEXT DAY NO I WASN'T A T K LEFTY HAD SAID I WAS A P C YOU DON'T HAVE A NEMIA TEX IT'S LOUCHIMIA I MADE A FARCE OF TRYING TO GET SOME WORK DONE IN THE LAB AFTER LETTING THE THIRD TEST TUBE SLIP THROUGH MY FINGERS AND SHATTER ON THE LAB BENCH I GAVE IT UP HOW WOULD YOU HAVE ACTED IF YOU HAD GOTTEN THAT KIND OF NEWS THAT FIRST GOT TWISTING ADMISSION THAT YOU REALLY MAY BE A SNAKE THEN SHARP AWARENESS OF WHAT IT MEANS A GUILLOTINE COULDN'T CUT YOU OFF MORE SHARPLY FROM NORMAL HUMANITY BUT THE SPIRIT STRUGGLES AND REFUSES TO ACCEPT IT YOU CAN'T BE A SNAKE TAKE ACTION I SAID ALOUD GETTING A WORRIED LOOK FROM MY LABASSIST AND BUSY MOPPING UP MY LAST SHATTERED CULTURE DON'T SPIN AROUND LIKE THIS DO SOMETHING I DID THE ONLY THING I COULD THINK OF AND DYED SHERRY AT HER LABORATORY SHE REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE CALL AT FIRST
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