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"We can work out the details later," Carl said, getting back on track. "But
what you need to do now, Tom, is go through your client list and as quietly
as possible, offload as many as you can. Joshua is your full-time job now."
"Well, I think that the fact you're only line was 'yes,' should have been a
tip-off," I admitted.
"I'm just wondering," I said. "You make no bones that it's a shitty little m
agazine, and that you're doing shitty little jobs on it. But you're still th
ere. Why?"
"This story," I said. "The first contact between humanity and an intelligenc
e from another world. It's the single most important story in the history of
the planet, Jim. And you'll be the only one who's in on it from the start.
The only one who knows the whole story. Everyone else will have the reaction
story. You'll be the one who gets to tell the world how it happened and wha
t it all means."

 

Stay rivetted for part II - or next weeks edition of the Herald?

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Cheers

PeterC [aka MildThing]
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'81 Yamaha Virago (XV) 750H (work in progress)
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