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The ship began as askin was layered on without and odd-shaped vitals were crammed within

Thornton Harowth, did the least physically Perhaps that hy he was arded He handled the mathe paper, which, in turn, forether of the various y that went into the ship

Ha spectacles soht of the fluorescent tubes above and sent the Personnel of the corporation that was footing the bill for the project, stood beside hier:

"There he is That&039;s the man"

Hamreen overalls, holding a wrench"

"That&039;s Kane Nohat is this you&039;ve got against him?"

"I want to knohat he does The yel had a round, plump face and his jowls quivered a bit

Ha an air of displeasure along every inch "Have you been bothering hi to hiet their viewpoints, to get inforns for improved morale"

"How does Kane disturb that?"

"He&039;s insolent I asked hi on a ship that would reach thea pathway to the stars Perhaps I made a little speech about it, built it up a bit, when he turned away in the rudest possible ?" And he said, &039;I get tired of that kind of talk I&039; out to look at the stars&039;"

Haht Kane likes to look at the stars"

"It was dayti him since and he doesn&039;t do any work"

"I know that"

"Then why is he kept on?"

Haht fierceness, "Because I want him around Because he&039;s yel "What the hell does that mean?"

"It means that when he&039;s around I think better When he passes et ideas It&039;s happened three times I don&039;t explain it; I&039; it It&039;s happened He stays"

"You&039;re joking"

"No, I&039;m not Now leave reen overalls, holding his wrench

Dimly he are that the ship was alned to carry a man, but there was space for a s; like keeping out of the way ofa wrench until people grew used to hi it Protective coloration consisted of little things, really - like carrying the wrench

He was full of drives he did not fully understand, like looking at the stars At first, ue ache Then, slowly, his attention had centered itself on a certain region of the sky, then to a certain pinpointed spot There were no stars in that spot There was nothing to see

That spot was high in the night sky in the late spring and in the su the spot until it sank toward the southwestern horizon At other ti the day

There was soht in connection with that spot which he couldn&039;t quite crystallize It had grown stronger, come nearer to the surface as the years passed, and it was al for expression now But still it had not quite come clear

Kane shifted restlessly and approached the ship It was al fitted just so Almost

For within it, far forward, was a hole a little larger than ato that hole was a pathway a little wider than a man Tomorrow that pathould be filled with the last of the vitals, and before that was done the hole had to be filled, too But not with anything they planned

Kane moved still closer and no one paid any attention to him They were used to him

There was a metal ladder that had to be cli to enter the last opening He knehere the opening was as exactly as if he had built the ship with his own hands He cli the catwalk There was no one there at theOnehere?"

Kane straightened and his vague eyes stared at the speaker He lifted his wrench and brought it down on the speaker&039;s head lightly The man as struck (and who had made no effort to ward off the blow) dropped, partly from the effect of the blow

Kane let him lie there, without concern The h to allow Kane to wriggle into the hole When theabout Kane or about the fact of his own unconsciousness There would simply be five minutes taken out of his life that he would never find and never miss