A World Out of Time (2014)
“Corbell jerked violently and woke with a scream on his lips. Who but Peerssa could speak to him here?
But he was not aboard Don Juan.
The voice had stopped.
Peerssa spoke from his helmet, “I do not recognize the language.”
“Did you expect to? Play it again for me.” He listened to Peerssa’s recording of a boyish voice speaking in reassuring liquid tones. Afterward he sighed. “If that guy was waiting to meet me himself, what could I tell him? What could he tell me? I’ll probably b...e dead before I could learn his language.”
“Your story has wrung my heart. Most of your contemporaries only had one life to live.”
“…Yeah.”
“Your self-centered viewpoint has always bothered me. If you could see yourself as—”
“No, wait a minute. You’re right. You’re dead right. I’ve had more than most men are given.MoreLess
But he was not aboard Don Juan.
The voice had stopped.
Peerssa spoke from his helmet, “I do not recognize the language.”
“Did you expect to? Play it again for me.” He listened to Peerssa’s recording of a boyish voice speaking in reassuring liquid tones. Afterward he sighed. “If that guy was waiting to meet me himself, what could I tell him? What could he tell me? I’ll probably b...e dead before I could learn his language.”
“Your story has wrung my heart. Most of your contemporaries only had one life to live.”
“…Yeah.”
“Your self-centered viewpoint has always bothered me. If you could see yourself as—”
“No, wait a minute. You’re right. You’re dead right. I’ve had more than most men are given.MoreLess
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