Persistence of Vision
“They bought five German shepherds. Not the psychotic wretches that are marketed under the description of "attack dogs," but specially trained ones from a firm recommended by the Albuquerque police. They were trained as both Seeing-Eye and police dogs. They were perfectly harmless until an outsider showed overt aggression, then they were trained, not to disarm, but to go for the throat.
It worked, like most of their solutions. The second invasion resulted in two dead and three badly injured, all... on the other side. As a backup in case of a concerted attack, they hired an ex-marine to teach them the fundamentals of closein dirty fighting. These were not dewy-eyed flower children.
There were three superb meals a day. And there was leisure time, too. It was not all work.
There was time to take a friend out and sit in the grass under a tree, usually around sunset, just before the big dinner. There was time for someone to stop working for a few minutes, to share same special treasure. I remember being taken by the hand by one womanwhom I must call Tall-one-with-file:///G|/rah/John%20Varley%20-%20Persistence%20Of%20Vision.txt (13 of 24) [2/17/2004 11:43:30 AM] file:///G|/rah/John%20Varley%20-%20Persistence%20Of%20Vision.txt green-eyes-to a spot where mushrooms were growing in the cool crawl space beneath the barn.MoreLess
It worked, like most of their solutions. The second invasion resulted in two dead and three badly injured, all... on the other side. As a backup in case of a concerted attack, they hired an ex-marine to teach them the fundamentals of closein dirty fighting. These were not dewy-eyed flower children.
There were three superb meals a day. And there was leisure time, too. It was not all work.
There was time to take a friend out and sit in the grass under a tree, usually around sunset, just before the big dinner. There was time for someone to stop working for a few minutes, to share same special treasure. I remember being taken by the hand by one womanwhom I must call Tall-one-with-file:///G|/rah/John%20Varley%20-%20Persistence%20Of%20Vision.txt (13 of 24) [2/17/2004 11:43:30 AM] file:///G|/rah/John%20Varley%20-%20Persistence%20Of%20Vision.txt green-eyes-to a spot where mushrooms were growing in the cool crawl space beneath the barn.MoreLess
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