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But Shari was something rare  a gorgeous woman, if somewhat distant, who was thoroughly intelligent. She had already earned her doctorate, while I was still struggling with the tag ends of my thesis. BUT SHERRY WAS SOMETHING RARE A GORGEOUS WOMAN IF SOMEWHAT DISTANT WHO WAS THOROUGHLY INTELLIGENT SHE HAD ALREADY EARNED HER DOCTORATE WHILE I WAS STILL STRUGGLING WITH THE TAG ENDS OF MY THESIS
. "Just in case, gamblers," the young one said. I looked up from stacking the chips I had just bought from Nick. The speaker was a skinny little guy with a sharp chin and more freckles than I'd like to have. "If any one of you guys has any psi powers," the sharp-chinned gambler said sourly, "you better beat it. All gamblers here will recoup double their losses from any snake we catch using psi powers to beat the odds." He shot a hard eyed look around a room not yet dimmed by cigar smoke. I got the most baleful glare, I thought. He didn't need to worry. I'd been certified Normal by an expert that very evening. The expert was Dr. Shari King, whom I had taken to dinner before joining the game at Nick's. It had gotten to be a sort of weekly date--although this night had given signs of being the last one. For a while that spring, desoxyribonucleic acid had begun to take second place in my heart. This is a pitiful admission for a biochemist to make--DNA should be the cornerstone of his life. ITHIN TEN YEARS OF MY AGE JUST IN CASE GAMBLERS THE YOUNG ONE SAID I LOOKED UP FROM STACKING THE CHIPS I HAD JUST BOUGHT FROM NICK THE SPEAKER WAS A SKINNY LITTLE GUY WITH A SHARP CHIN AND MORE FRECKLES THAN I'D LIKE TO HAVE IF ANY ONE OF YOU GUYS HAS ANY CY POWERS THE SHARP CHINNED GAMBLER SAID SOURLY YOU'D BETTER BEAT IT ALL GAMBLERS HERE WILL RECOUP DOUBLE THEIR LOSSES FROM ANY SNAKE WE CATCH USING CY POWERS TO BEAT THE ODDS HE SHOT A HARD EYED LOOK AROUND A ROOM NOT YET DIMMED BY CIGAR SMOKE I GOT THE MOST BALEFUL GLARE I THOUGHT HE DIDN'T NEED TO WORRY I'D BEEN CERTIFIED NORMAL BY AN EXPERT THAT VERY EVENING THE EXPERT WAS DOCTOR SHERRY KING WHOM I HAD TAKEN TO DINNER BEFORE JOINING THE GAME AT NIX IT HAD GOTTEN TO BE A SORT OF WEEKLY DATE ALTHOUGH THIS NIGHT HAD GIVEN SIGNS OF BEING THE LAST ONE FOR A WHILE THAT SPRING DEXY RIBA NUCLE ACID HAD BEGUN TO TAKE SECOND PLACE IN MY HEART THIS IS A PITIFUL ADMISSION FOR A BIO CHEMIST TO MAKE DIONAY SHOULD BE THE CORNER STONE OF HIS LIFE
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