"Who’stheirvictim?"Richardshrugged．
"Notveryclearaboutallthat，butit’ssomeonelivinginthat5-storyapartmentnearyourolddipidatedshelter．Hismenhavebeenseengitout.”
"Ihaven’tbeenbacktherefes，soIhavenocluewhotheymightbeiedin．"
"IwasafraidBig-Omightseeyouandkillyou．That’swhyIcalledyouaway．Let’sgoourownwaysfornow．I’lleforyoutonightatyouroldshelterandwe’llpnwhattodo.”Theyparted．Mr．Fingerwasstompinghisfootimpatiently．
"Iwantliquoandbuysome.”
"Nottoday．Now’snotthetimefordrinks．Therearethingstodotonightakeepsober.”
"That’syourbusiness,notmine,"saidMr.Fiulently．"Iwantliquor．Idon’tcarewhat’sgoingtohappentonight，Iwantmyliquornow!”Knowinghislittlefriend’sirascibletemper,Dimitrisaid，
"OK．OK．I’llgoandbuysomeforyou.”
Ohersideoftheke,allwascalmandquiet．Inabright，sun-liter，abeauty，sittingonthebenchhabituallyfrequentedbyDimitri,ilyacceptingthecaressesofthespringbreezerufflingherlonghair．Sherewardedthesunlightwithherradiantsmile，lookedattheblueskiesaasighofrelief．Fromthefar-offheavens,shehadflowninnumerablemilestoreachherdestinatioh．ItwasthenymphClementine．Shethoughtoftheyearsshespentroamingtheuniverse,likeswimminginwavesoflight,flyingfasterthanthespeedoflightwavesintheimmenseuniverse．Fastasthespeedoflightwas，itwasstillcalcuble,butthespeedofideasshetraveledbywasincalcubleandunfathomable．Makiheesticforceofthedifferentmagicfieldsoftheps，sheroamedtheboundlessuniverse.
“Ah，Iamtiredofthesilent，immenseexpanse，"shethought．"Tiredofsuihilisticlifestyle．Atst，Ihavereachedtheearth．whichIhadpeekedatsolonginglyforsolong．Ihopeitwon’trepudiatetheadditionofanadmiringstrangerfromtheouterspace．Thisisreallyalovelyp．Idon’tthinkitwillrepulsethevisitationofacitizehheaven.”Shestoodupandwalkedtowardsthesun．Thehemraydressflutteredhighisofairwhencarsscootedpast．Itwasadressshehadpickedoutfromaundromatinpassing．
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