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John youve worked with him. Think you could
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be him? Until we come back, anyway, and can get you into a younger body.
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Castellano looked nervous they both did but he sighed and said, "I think ve
can pull it off, yes.
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The voice was all wrong, but he had the tone, accent, and inflection down
pat.
Eisenstadt stared at them and I thought I saw the tiniest glimmer of a tear in
his eye. You vould do this?
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Castellano nodded. Doctor, I dont want to see you under that thing
with
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Parch at the controls. I was ready to do it as Jeff Overmeyer, Im willing to
do it
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now.
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Pauley became all business. Lie down on the floor, then all three of you.
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Good. Now, grip each others hands tight. Just relax it wont hurt.
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We watched, fascinated. For the first time I was going to see the
Urulu exchange bodies without being a party to it.
It was very odd to watch. Pauley alone was not knocked out by the process, but
Pauley kept changing from body to body, so three would be out cold and the
fourth would move, then drop and another would move, and so forth.
I
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realized he was trying to put the right people in the correct,
although wrong, bodies. Suddenly it was over, and Stroyer got up fairly
confidently. Well have
"
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to wait for them to come around, said Dan Pauley. Partly to see if I got it
right, "
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and partly so we can see how convincing it all is.
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It took seven or eight minutes for the first to come around, the
Jeff
Overmeyer body which was now occu-pied by the original Stroyer. He rubbed
himself, groaned, sat up, shook his head, and tried to get a grip on his new
self.
I could sympathize.
Castellanos body was next, with the same trouble, but with a slight difference
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in manner and tone.
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Whew! gasped Stuart Eisenstadt. "Ven ve do it its slower but not such a jolt
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to the central nerwous system!
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His own body was last to revive and had the most trouble adjusting. "The
biggest problem, though, will be remembering that accent, Pauley warned him.
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He looked pleased.
"Well, now we have left them a Dan Pauley, a Jeff Overmeyer, and a Stuart
Eisenstadt, all of whom would be missed. And two technicians will leave at the
end of their shift as normal, not to be missed at least until they fail to
show up tomorrow morning.
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Stuart nodded. "Yes. I have the codes in my head, so ve are safe
there.
But see, you vomen give me your cards.
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We were a bit puzzled, but handed over the little plastic keys hed given us
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not long before.
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Let us make it look very right, he said conspiratori-ally, and went to his
inner
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office where there was a computer terminal. He switched it on, began
typing, then stopped and inserted one of the cards in the slot on the side.
There was a rat-tat-tat noise, and the card popped out again. Now he inserted
the other card and repeated the process.
Finally he handed the cards back to us, took his own that is,
Castellano
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s card and punched in, then Stroyer /Pauleys. I looked at mine but could see
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no differences.
"Ve are now married, he said with some amusement. "Me to you, Misty, and
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Dory to, ah, Stroyer. Isnt bu-reaucracy amazing? There is now even a statement
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on file in the computer files of Las Vegas County to that effect.
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I shook my head. But why?
"
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He grinned. It vill register now on the computer record that ve vere met by
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our vives, who vere cleared to this point, and left with them a couple of
hours later. When they do a cross-check by computer, they vill find ve are
married and things vill look normal. Every little step ve cover is important.
Besides, he
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added, giving a mock leer, I feel so much younger and better and
now the
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feeling it is legal.
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For such an absolute security prison it was remarkably easy to just walk out
as wed walked in so long ago. The right words were spoken, the
right
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combinations turned in the elevators, and all went smoothly. Stuart was right,
I
realized. The most burglar-proof safe in the world is no better
than paper if someone wanting to break into it knows the combination.
"Ve'll take Castellanos car, Stuart suggested. It is the largest. He stopped
a
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"
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moment. "If you have the keys, Pauley, in his pocket.
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Pauley looked surprised, fumbled, came up with a small key ring, and we all
sighed. Although large by todays standards it was still a small car,
and while
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Pauley took the drivers seat and Dory the front bucket Stuart and I squeezed
in
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the back. There was little room.
"Where to? the Urulu asked.
"
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Avay. Out of here, Stuart replied. Vunce on the vay ve vill make
better
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plans.
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He started the car, backed out, and switched on the air conditioner. I
was already starting to bake, and the hatchback in the rear gave the little
compressor a real workout. We drove out of the parking lot and down the base
road.
"Gate coming up, Dory warned.
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