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the Barnum System," he said through his concealed voicebox. "I
know Barnum itself well, having journeyed to each planet before
my accident. . . . Ah, but you'd no doubt prefer to hear no more
about that."
"It doesn't matter." In that same accident, six years ago here on
Esmeralda, Tad's father had been killed. "It was a long time ago,
and life has to go on."
A chuckling rattled the talkbox. "Exactly, young Tad," his cousin
said approvingly. "No matter what happens, no matter how sad
events may seem at the moment, Rhymer Industries goes on. It
must."

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"I imagined you'd feel that way, Cousin Joshua." Tad, very sleepy,
moved closer to one of the tinted oval windows. Nothing out there
except flat fields and a few of those squat trees which were
apparently native to this territory. The snow had long ago covered
the blank fields. "I wonder if maybe I can go to bed now."
After a little more chuckling and then some creaking, Joshua, on his
flesh and bone leg and his metal and plastic leg, came tottering
toward him. "I'm afraid, Tad, you've a bit more traveling to do
before you bed down for the night."
He turned to face his approaching cousin. "I'm not staying here with
you?"
"I'm sorry, no. Did my people who met you at the spaceport give
you such an impression?"
"No, but I thought . . . the impression our attorney gave me was that
I was to come to the Aurora Territory, here on the planet Esmeralda,
to live with you and Cousin Cornelia."
Joshua's gleaming arm gave off a high-pitched squeak as he put his
false hand on Tad's shoulder. "My sister and I would surely like to
have you here with us all the time, Tad," he said. "However, ruzzle
muzzle bingle burzz muzz."
"Beg pardon?"
Joshua let go the young man, dealt himself several resounding
thumps on the chest. "For a Rhymer Industries product this talker of
mine doesn't always function as it should. There. I think that's back
in first-class shape. How's it sound to you, lad?"
"About as usual I guess," answered Tad. "Where am I going to stay,

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then?"
"Well, quite obviously an heir to the Rhymer Industries holdings, a