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down here for."

Finally, an opening. "Now that you mention it, would you finally tell me
what all this is about?"

Kristin nodded, and looked David directly in the eyes. "Your recent paper
was brought to my attention."

"Which paper?"

Kristin opened a desk drawer, and pulled out a copy of "High-Energy
Consequences of the Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics." She
placed it gently on the desk, facing up for David.

David looked at the paper and resisted the temptation to laugh. "This is
what all this is about? My parallel universe paper?"

"It was all your own work, wasnТt it?"

He leaned back. "Sure, sure it was. But itТs a lark, nothing else.
Completely theoretical. Just like string theory and time travel using
wormholes."

Kristin gazed into the distance, then looked right into DavidТs eyes.
"Teleportation seemed like a lark when Bennett and company published their
findings back in 1993."

"Yes, and as far as IТm concerned, itТs still a lark, despite the
experimental inroads. Its only application is quantum computing, anyway."

"WeТre drifting from the point."

"And that point is?"

"The point is why we brought you here. If I understood your paper
correctly, you imply that when high enough energies exist, it could prove
the existence of other universes."

"СOtherЦТ DidnТt you hear what I just said? The paper was a throwaway piece
of theory, one of those things that canТt be proven. Its only significance
is in theoretical cosmology."

"Are you sure?"

"Of course IТm sure! The energy levels I describe in my paper are those of
the Big Bang. My theory might imply a way to test the different
interpretations of quantum mechanics, perhaps see if Many-Worlds has
greater validity than the rest. But thatТs all. And it still doesnТt
explain why you dragged me to Texas."