Blind Lake
“Sue Sampel said as Ray passed through the outer office. “Also Dajit Gill, Julie Sook, and two other department heads. Oh, and you have Ari Weingart at ten and Shulgin at eleven, plus—”
“Forward the agenda to my desktop,” Ray said. “And any urgent messages. Hold calls.” He disappeared into his sanctum sanctorum and closed the door.
Bless silence, Sue thought. It beat the sound of Ray Scutter’s voice.
Sue had left a cup of hot coffee on his desk, a tribute to his punctuality. Very good, Ray t...hought. But he was facing a difficult day. Since the Subject had set out on his pilgrimage last week, the interpretive committees had been in a state of hysteria. Even the astrozoologists were divided: some of them wanted to keep the focus in Lobsterville and tag a new and more representative Subject; others (and Marguerite was one of these) were convinced the Subject’s behavior was significant and ought to be followed to its conclusion. The Technology and Artifacts people dreaded losing their urban context, but the astrogeologists and climatologists welcomed the prospect of a long detour into the deserts and mountains.MoreLess
“Forward the agenda to my desktop,” Ray said. “And any urgent messages. Hold calls.” He disappeared into his sanctum sanctorum and closed the door.
Bless silence, Sue thought. It beat the sound of Ray Scutter’s voice.
Sue had left a cup of hot coffee on his desk, a tribute to his punctuality. Very good, Ray t...hought. But he was facing a difficult day. Since the Subject had set out on his pilgrimage last week, the interpretive committees had been in a state of hysteria. Even the astrozoologists were divided: some of them wanted to keep the focus in Lobsterville and tag a new and more representative Subject; others (and Marguerite was one of these) were convinced the Subject’s behavior was significant and ought to be followed to its conclusion. The Technology and Artifacts people dreaded losing their urban context, but the astrogeologists and climatologists welcomed the prospect of a long detour into the deserts and mountains.MoreLess
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