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тАЬThe story of modern life,тАЭ Kit said, resigned, and headed to the kitchen to get himself a plate. тАЬJust be-
cause a species is more scientifically advanced than us doesnтАЩt mean its TV is any better, believe me.тАЭ

His father absorbed this assessment with a thoughtful look. тАЬMaybe that should make me feel better. IтАЩll


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let you know. What did Tom have to say?тАЭ

тАЬItтАЩs complicated,тАЭ Kit said. тАЬA missing persons case.тАЭ

тАЬAnd are you likely to go missing?тАЭ his pop said.

тАЬNot right away,тАЭ Kit said. тАЬI have to do some detective work here first.тАЭ

тАЬOh, my god,тАЭ KitтАЩs mama said, тАЬwhat are they doingтАЭ

Anything that could so seriously gross out KitтАЩs mama, the nurse, was worth a look. Kit grabbed a plate
and ducked back into the living room, looked at the writhing, thrashing, stridently colored image for a
moment, then took the remote away from his mama and punched it for subtitles. тАЬOh, thatтАЩs what I
thought,тАЭ he said, after spending about ten seconds reading them. тАЬItтАЩs a soap.тАЭ

тАЬNot of any brand I recognize,тАЭ his mother said. She looked scandalized.

тАЬItтАЩs real basic, Mama,тАЭ Kit said. тАЬBoy meets girl meets thing meets other thing. Boy loses girl loses
other thing finds thing. Boy loses thing gets girl loses thing. Happily ever afterтАжтАЭ He tossed the remote
back to his mother.

She fielded it badly as she studied the screen for any signs of boys or girls, and looked like she was
having trouble finding any, though there were plenty of тАЬthings.тАЭ тАЬтАШBasic,тАЩ you said?тАЭ

тАЬOld, old story, Mama. You should see some of these guysтАЩ literature. Shakespeare would have loved
it.тАЭ Kit considered that briefly: His lit class had been doing the late Shakespeare comedies, and suddenly
a whole set of opportunities opened out before him. тАЬJust imagine A Midsummer NightтАЩs Dream with ten
or twelve extra gendersтАжтАЭ

His mother raised her eyebrows, gave up on the soap, and started changing channels again. тАЬDoesnтАЩt this
thing have an online channel guide?тАЭ she said.

тАЬIтАЩll have a look at it later and let you know,тАЭ Kit said.

He saw the look she threw at his pop. тАЬAre there cooking channels?тАЭ

тАЬOh, yeah.тАЭ Then Kit paused, having a horrible thought. тАЬOn second thought, it might be smarter to
avoid those. Some of them feature humansтАж and not as the cooks.тАЭ

The look on his motherтАЩs face made Kit wish heтАЩd kept quiet. She began changing channels with unusual