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Koster had doubts. тАЬYou know that weтАЩve already lost a Silver Arrow twice
because we hesitated to intercept it.тАЭ
тАЬThereтАЩs some reason for it, Major.тАЭ Pucky was once more serious. тАЬI donтАЩt
have to remind you. You know it as well as I. Standard procedure holds for this
instance, too.тАЭ
тАЬOK, Lieutenant,тАЭ Koster agreed and took pains not to think badly about the
mousebeavers. тАЬIf youтАЩd like to go to central control-robot Homunk is in charge
now. IтАЩll be in my cabin if you need me.тАЭ
He turned around and kept his face frozen as the door was again opened and
shut by ghostly hands. Regally he stepped into the hallway. He disappeared in the
direction of his cabin.
тАЬWeтАЩll catch it yet,тАЭ piped up Ooch enthusiastically and leaped onto one of the
beds. He was the only one of the mousebeavers except for Pucky and Iltu who had
mastered not only telekinetics but also telepathy. It was no wonder, then, that he
thought a lot of himself. тАЬIs this our ship or not?тАЭ
тАЬMaj. Koster is, after allтАЩs said and done, the commander. тАЬPucky tried to
dampen OochтАЩs enthusiasm. тАЬWe canтАЩt really complain.тАЭ
тАЬIf you look at it realistically,тАЭ chirped in a mousebeaver with striking curly
hair who was standing off to one side, тАЬheтАЩs quite a rational individual, even
though heтАЩs a human being.тАЭ
Pucky threw the speaker a devastating look. тАЬThat was an entirely superfluous
remark, Wullewull. Besides, it was stupid. Where would we be without the
Terranians, hm? Have you forgotten that they rescued us when our own home
planet was destroyed? WasnтАЩt it they who brought us to Mars where we grew up?тАЭ
He cleared his throat. тАЬYou at least.тАЭ
тАЬI didnтАЩt mean it quite that way,тАЭ said Wullewull ruefully.
Pucky was silent and regarded the little band.
Besides himself and Iltu, 10 mousebeaversтАФit was more than anyone alive
could bear. Ten half-grown mousebeavers perpetually ready to play practical
jokes; mischievous menaces born with telekinetic abilities. Worse yet: they
insisted that these abilities were primarily for play. On all possible and impossible
occasions, they тАШplayedтАЩ at it. For the past few days they had put the EX-238
antigravitation elevator out of order and had assumed for themselves the role of
the gravitational fields. Nobody had noticed a thing. Officers and crew were swept
up or down as usual, but now they were held only by the telekinetic powers of the
mousebeavers. Until Pucky caught onto it. The unlucky one was a fat technician
who happened to be in the elevator at the time. He fell the last two meters into the
shaft, landing on his hind end. Ten seconds later, the elevator was again
functioning normally.
тАЬKeep your hands off Biggy!тАЭ OochтАЩs shrill voice startled Pucky out of his
thoughts. He looked up. Wullewull had used the interval to waddle up to pretty
Biggy who was known by all to be OochтАЩs favourite. Since Ooch was the leader
of their colony on Mars, no one tried to win pretty BiggyтАЩs favours. No one except
Wullewull. He stood next to Biggy and stroked her fur.
тАЬMy paws should be no concern of yours,тАЭ he shrilled back and flashed his one
incisor. No mousebeaver had more than one tooth.
Wullewull had not yet finished speaking when he was already pasted to the
ceiling of the great common cabin. Ooch held him there through telekinesis. Since
Wullewull was also genetically endowed with telekinetic powers, the contest
promised to prove interesting.