no_fastolfe

[Private to Beatty]

[Damage to the lab shut down the program for a while, but with the barge restored and the computer rebooted, the little program stirred back to life and finished its work. Sending out a few final sentences, it concluded with the same calming computerized voice it had begun with:]

And the three horrified adults, as they stood frozen in their tracks, saw what the excited little girl did not see, -a huge, lumbering tractor bearing blindly down upon its appointed track.
It took split-seconds for Weston to come to his senses kSSHT END OF TRANSMISSION

[Sorry about the delay, Kota.]

[Private to Rinzler, strikes backspaced]

I have obtained a small

an item

, in the Earth tradition of buying a token

[It seemed so justifiable when she was in the gift shop. Why is it so difficult now?]

I haveope that you are finding amusement in port.