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from the next room.

тАЬI sure feel like a six-year-old at the moment,тАЭ Kit muttered. тАЬIt would work out about the same.тАЭ

KitтАЩs father wandered in and stood there staring at the TV. Not being a wizard himself, he couldnтАЩt see
the Speech written there, and wouldnтАЩt have been able to make sense of it if he had, but he could see the
blue screen well enough. тАЬSo whatтАЩs the problem?тАЭ


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тАЬIt looks like they hate each other,тАЭ Kit said.

His father made a rueful face. тАЬSoftware issues,тАЭ he said. He was a pressman for one of the bigger news-
papers on the Island, and in the process of the company converting from hot lead to electronic and laser
printing, he had learned more than most people cared to know about the problems of converting from
truly hard тАЬhardwareтАЭ to the computer kind.

тАЬNope,тАЭ Kit said. тАЬI wish it were that simple.тАЭ

тАЬWhat is it, then?тАЭ

Kit shook his head. Once upon a time, not so long ago, getting mechanical things to see things his way
had been KitтАЩs daily stock-in-trade. Now everything seemed to be getting more complex by the day.
тАЬIssues theyтАЩve got, all right,тАЭ he said. тАЬIтАЩm not sure they make sense to me yet.тАЭ

His father squeezed his shoulder. тАЬGive it time, son,тАЭ he said. тАЬYouтАЩre a brujo; nothing can withstand
your power.тАЭ

тАЬNothing thatтАЩs not made of silicon, anyway,тАЭ Kit said.

His father rolled his eyes. тАЬTell me all about it,тАЭ he said, and went away.

Kit sat there staring at the blue screen, trying to sort through the different strategies heтАЩd tried so far,
determining which ones hadnтАЩt worked, which ones had worked a little bit, and which ones had seemed
to be working just fine until without warning they crashed and burned. The manual for the new remote
said that the new DVD player was supposed to look for channels on the TV once they were plugged into
each other, but the remote and the DVD player didnтАЩt even want to acknowledge each otherтАЩs existence
so far, let alone exchange information. Neither the DVDтАЩs manual nor the remoteтАЩs was any help. The
two pieces of equipment both came from the same company, they were both made in the same year and,
as far as Kit could tell, in the same place. But when he listened to them with a wizardтАЩs ear, he heard
them singing two different songsтАФin ferocious rivalryтАФand making rude noises at each other during the
pauses, when they thought no one was listening.

тАЬCome on, you guys,тАЭ he said in the Speech. тАЬAll IтАЩm asking for here is a little cooperationтАФтАЭ

тАЬNo surrender!тАЭ shouted the remote.