Smoke Ghost & Other Apparitions (2001)
“– which was the most interesting?" "I can't tell you that, you cold-blooded fish!" the Astrogator replied. "They were all equally interesting ... and equally sad." He paused. "But I can tell you which was the strangest – no, that's not the word." "The eeriest," the Planetographer supplied.
"Yes, that describes it," the Robotist agreed, "provided you were both referring to the star we called Lonely and its planet Hope. I thought so! Yes, the eeriest!" "Oh, good!" the Robotist's Fond Companion ur...ged. "I love spooky stories." "Tales of death and desolation – by all means!" the Planetographer's Sweet Love chimed, smacking her lips.
"Morbid monster!" he told her playfully.
"Prurient parasite!" she joked back.
"Which of us should begin?" the Astrogator asked.
"You!" they all chorused: his two fellow explorers and the stay-at-home mates of all three of them were gathered together in convivial and truly symbiotic friendship for the first time since the three explorers' great voyaging.
The Astrogator finished his drink, was poured another, and began, "We surfaced from hyperspace out in the Arm.MoreLess
"Yes, that describes it," the Robotist agreed, "provided you were both referring to the star we called Lonely and its planet Hope. I thought so! Yes, the eeriest!" "Oh, good!" the Robotist's Fond Companion ur...ged. "I love spooky stories." "Tales of death and desolation – by all means!" the Planetographer's Sweet Love chimed, smacking her lips.
"Morbid monster!" he told her playfully.
"Prurient parasite!" she joked back.
"Which of us should begin?" the Astrogator asked.
"You!" they all chorused: his two fellow explorers and the stay-at-home mates of all three of them were gathered together in convivial and truly symbiotic friendship for the first time since the three explorers' great voyaging.
The Astrogator finished his drink, was poured another, and began, "We surfaced from hyperspace out in the Arm.MoreLess
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