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тАЬWell, yeah. ThatтАЩs the idea. But you know. ThereтАЩll be all sorts of other countries working on the same
thing. YouтАЩd have lots of allies.тАЭ

тАЬUh-huh.тАЭ

тАЬAnyway they could use your help, and theyтАЩre good guys. Interesting. I think youтАЩd enjoy them. You
should at least meet with them and see.тАЭ

тАЬYeah okay. My plate is kinda full right now, but I could do that. No harm in meeting.тАЭ

тАЬOh good. Thanks Sridar, I appreciate that.тАЭ

тАЬNo problem. Hey can I have Krakatoa too?тАЭ

тАЬBye.тАЭ

тАЬBye.тАЭ
 After that Charlie was in the mood to talk, but he had no real reason to call anybody. He and Joe played
again. Bored, Charlie even resorted to turning on the TV. A pundit show came on and helplessly he
watched. тАЬThey are suchlapdogs, тАЭ he complained to Joe. тАЬSee, that whole studio is a kind of petтАЩs bed,
and these guys sit in their places like pets in the palm of a giant, speaking what the giant wants to hear.
My God how can they stand it! They knowperfectly well what theyтАЩre up to, you can see the way they
parade their little hobbies to try to distract us, see that one copies definitions out of the dictionary, and
that one there has memorized all the rules ofpinochle for ChristтАЩs sake, all to disguise the fact that they
have not a single principle in their heads except to defend the rich. Disgusting.тАЭ

тАЬBOOM!тАЭ Joe concurred, catching CharlieтАЩs mood and flinging a tyrannosaurus into the radiator with a
clang.

тАЬThatтАЩs right,тАЭ Charlie said. тАЬGood job.тАЭ

He changed the channel to ESPN 5, which showed classic womenтАЩs volleyball doubles all day along.
Retired guys at home must be a big demographic. And so tall muscular women in bathing suits jumped
around and dove in the sand; they were amazingly skillful. Charlie particularly liked the exploits of the
Brazilian Jackie Silva, who always won even though she was not the best hitter, server, passer, blocker,
or looker. But she was always in the right place doing the best thing, making miraculous saves and
accidental winners.

тАЬIтАЩm going to be the Jackie Silva of Senate staffers,тАЭ Charlie told Joe.

But Joe had had enough of being in the house. тАЬGo!тАЭ he said imperiously, hammering the front door with
a diplodocus. тАЬGo! Go! Go!тАЭ

тАЬAll right all right.тАЭ

His point was undeniable. They couldnтАЩt stay in this house all day. тАЬLetтАЩs see. What shall we do. IтАЩm
tired of the park. LetтАЩs go down to the Mall, we havenтАЩt done that for a while. The Mall, Joe! But you
have to get in your backpack.тАЭ

Joe nodded and tried to climb into his baby backpack immediately, a very tippy business. He was ready