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"You lousy snake!" I gasped. I'd learned better than to take a poke at him. Lefty had taught me my lesson on that one. Snead might turn out to be a TK as well as a hallucinator, and I wanted no more heart attacks. He handed me a card. YOU LOUSY SNAKE I GASPED I'D LEARNED BETTER THAN TO TAKE A POKE AT HIM LEFTY HAD TAUGHTT ME MY LESSON ON THAT ONE SNEE MIGHT TURN OUT TO BE A T K AS WELL AS A HALLUCINATOR AND I WANTED NO MORE HEART ATTACKS HE HANDED ME A CARD
level about my psi powers--which meant I was right back being a snake again. And if they weren't, it was a simple case of blackmail, which at least let me rejoin the human race. On that basis, I was in tough shape. Occam's razor has no answer for hallucinations. Either you've had them or you hadn't. I had. Nobody would change my mind on that score. That made Snead, and presumably Lefty, a psi. And me, too. But--what if they were mistaken? Shari's tests looked conclusive to me. I saw that as the only way out. I had to insist on a test in their presence. And that meant I had to get in touch with Wally Bupp. My kibitzer came stalking out of the building, gangling and gawky. "Didn't mean to spoil your luck, neighbor," he said. "Don't give it a second thought, Snead," I said. "Call me Mortimer," he said. "You mind a word of advice, neighbor?" he asked, bobbing his head around and grinning in a self-conscious way. "Next time, bet that fourteen. Highest card in the deck. Beats all the others!  THE OTHERS WERE SIZE IF SO THEY MIGHT BE ON THE LEVEL ABOUT MY SIGH POWERS WHICH MEANT I WAS RIGHT BACK BEING A SNAKE AGAIN AND IF THEY WEREN'T IT WAS A SIMPLE CASE OF BLACKMAIL WHICH AT LEAST LET ME REJOIN THE HUMAN RACE ON THAT BASIS I WAS IN TOUGH SHAPE ACAM'S RAZOR HAS NO ANSWER FOR HALLUCINATIONS EITHER YOU'VE HAD THEM OR YOU HADN'T I HAD NOBODY WOULD CHANGE MY MIND ON THAT SCORE THAT MADE SNEED AND PRESUMABLY LOFTY A SIGH AND ME TOO BUT WHAT IF THEY WERE MISTAKEN SHERRY'S TESTS LOOKED CONCLUSIVE TO ME I SAW THAT AS THE ONLY WAY OUT I HAD TO INSIST ON A TEST IN THEIR PRESENCE AND THAT MEANT I HAD TO GET IN TOUCH WITH WALLY BUCK MY GIBBITSER CAME STALKING OUT OF THE BUILDING GANGLING AND GAWKY DIDN'T MEAN TO SPOIL YOUR LUCK NEIGHBOUR HE SAID DON'T GIVE IT A SECOND THOUGHT SNEE I SAID CALL ME MORTIMER HE SAID YOU MIND A WORD OF ADVICE NEIGHBOUR HE ASKED BOBBING HIS HEAD AROUND AND GRINNING IN A SELF CONSCIOUS WAY NEXT TIME BET THAT FOURTEEN HIGHEST CARD IN THE DECK BEATS ALL OTHERS
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