The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
““Called away? What are you talking about?” I said, summoning the fortitude to look at my watch. It was barely four, and the test was to be in less than five hours, on top of which, there had been a concert in Amarillo the night before so that any foray at this hour of the morning seemed a particularly unappealing prospect.
“He has to go El Paso,” Rawhide said in his typical humorless way. “He has to operate on an Eskimo.”
I nodded, somehow knowing it was true. “What about me and Perfect... Tommy?” I said.
“Buckaroo wants the two of you to go on out to the test site with Professor Hikita and stand by. We’ll be there as soon as we can.”
“Isn’t the Secretary of Defense supposed to be there?” I asked, raising a small point.
“That’s why we’ll be back as soon as we can,” Rawhide repeated and disappeared. “Try to keep him busy.”
If I had dared to hope it was a nightmare, I was soon dissuaded by the anxious hands of Perfect Tommy shaking me awake for a second time.MoreLess
“He has to go El Paso,” Rawhide said in his typical humorless way. “He has to operate on an Eskimo.”
I nodded, somehow knowing it was true. “What about me and Perfect... Tommy?” I said.
“Buckaroo wants the two of you to go on out to the test site with Professor Hikita and stand by. We’ll be there as soon as we can.”
“Isn’t the Secretary of Defense supposed to be there?” I asked, raising a small point.
“That’s why we’ll be back as soon as we can,” Rawhide repeated and disappeared. “Try to keep him busy.”
If I had dared to hope it was a nightmare, I was soon dissuaded by the anxious hands of Perfect Tommy shaking me awake for a second time.MoreLess
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