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the way they would in life.

"But she has to go visit her grandfather, Citizen Blue,"
Agape protested. "The plane is ready to take her to his coun-
try dome estate."

"I can catch it after!" Nepe cried. "I know the way. Be-
sides, it's autmatic."

"What has gotten into you?" Agape inquired. "Your fa-
ther would have taken you there, if you had asked!"

"It's all right," Mach said. "I will take her. Probably my
son Flach is pestering Fleta similarly, in Phaze."

Nepe turned sober. "I want to meet Aunt Fleta."

"It wouldn't work," Agape said. "Even if she came here,
she would be in my body.''

"Over there," Nepe said. "I want to meet the uncom!"

"I'd better take her to the Tan Adept," Mach said. "She
will be all right, and I will see that she boards the plane on
schedule."

Agape nodded, yielding without liking it. It was hard to
see her as an alien creature at a time like this; her reactions
were completely human, as were those of her daughter.

Nepe took his hand, and they stepped out of the chamber.
The panel closed behind them. "Why did you make that
scene?" Mach inquired as they walked down the hall.

"I heard something," the child confided. "Something fun,
maybe."

"The Citizen Tan doesn't serve ice cream," he cautioned
her.

"Bettem that! But it's a secret!"

"Oh." He knew better than to question her further. He
might leam the secret, but it would spoil her fun.

He checked his watch. He was early for his appointment
with the Adept, by about an hour. Normally he would have
retreated to his own suite and used the time to check for
accumulated messages, as well as verifying the operation of