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ourselves, you see, more than weтАЩve engineered the Earth.тАЭ
Casey turned to look out across the shadowed craters at
the huge globe of Earth, the green Americas blazing on the
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sunlit face, Europe and Africa only a shadow against the dark.
He stood there a long time and came slowly back to stand in
front of Uncle Pen.
тАЬIтАЩm going down to see the new Earth when I grow up.тАЭ
His face set stubbornly. тАЬNo matter what you say.тАЭ
тАЬAre you growing wings?тАЭ Uncle Pen laughed and reached
a golden arm to pat him on the head. тАЬIf you didnтАЩt know, the
impact smashed all your old rocket craft to junk.тАЭ
He drew quickly back.
тАЬReally, my boy, you do belong here.тАЭ Seeing his hurt,
Uncle Pen spoke more gently. тАЬYou were cloned for your work
here at the station. A job that ought to make you proud.тАЭ
Casey made an angry swipe across his eyes with the back
of his hand and swallowed hard, but he kept his voice even.
тАЬMaybe so. But whereтАЩs any danger now?тАЭ
Uncle Pen had an odd look. He took a long moment to
answer.
тАЬWe are not aware of any actual threat from another
impacting bolide. All the asteroids that used to approach
EarthтАЩs orbit have been diverted, most of them steered into
the Sun.тАЭ
тАЬSo?тАЭ CaseyтАЩs dark chin had a defiant jut. тАЬWhy did you
want to dig us up?тАЭ
тАЬFor history.тАЭ Uncle Pen looked away from us, up at the
huge, far-off Earth. тАЬI hope youтАЩre try to understand what
that means. The resurfaced Earth had lost nearly every trace
of our beginning. Historians were trying to prove that we had
evolved on some other planet and migrated here. Tycho


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Station is proof that Earth is the actual mother world. IтАЩve
found our roots here under the rubble.тАЭ
тАЬI guess you can be proud of that,тАЭ Casey said, тАЬbut who
needs the station now?тАЭ
тАЬNobody, really.тАЭ He shrugged, with an odd little twist of
his golden lips, and I thought he felt sorry for Casey. тАЬIf
another disaster did strike the Earth, which isnтАЩt likely at all, it