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?Are you a doctor??
?I am
?I was? she was, tooWho am I??
?We'll find out
I edged toward the exitTrudy would be a good person to help Doc, or maybe HeidiSomeone
with a calming face
?She's not human!? the woman whispered urgently to Doc, her eye caught by my movement
?She's a friend; don't be afraidShe helped me bring you back
?Where is Summer Song? She was scared?
I ducked out the door while she was distracted
I heard Doc answer the question behind me?She's going to a new planetDo you remember
where she was before she came here??
I could guess what her answer would be from the name
?She was? a Bat? She could fly I remember? but it was? not here
Where am I??
I hurried down the hall to find help for DocI was surprised when I saw the light of the great
cavern ahead?surprised because it was so quietUsually you could hear voices before you saw
the lightIt was the middle of the dayThere should have been someone in the big garden room,
if only crossing through
I walked out into the bright noon light, and the giant space was empty
The fresh tendrils of the cantaloupe vines were dark green, darker than the dry earth they
sprang fromThe earth was too dry?the irrigating barrel stood ready to fix that, the hoses laid
out along the furrowsBut no one manned the crude machi
