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Dad goes into professor uerite, what do you know about infor about it?"

Maybe that sounds like a really broad question, but I understand what he’s driving at "Infor faster than the speed of light The universe knows things it shouldn’t know, before it should be able to know them Like--like when a quark is destroyed, and another is created instantly to take its place" Paul toldup into infinity

"Exactly,"as it would be, and as revolutionary as it would be even to identify and isolate consciousness--it’s not the best way of learning more about the other dies’ in the form of asymmetrical subatomic sequences and see how other quantuure out how best to handle this, we ht even be able to speak directly to other versions of ourselves--or, at least, to the other scientists doing our kind of work,"into someone else’s body unannounced"

I think of the Grand Duchess Margarita, even now hiding out in a Danish country house until she gives birth to a baby--one I conceived for her Of a Theo in New York City who’s still in the hospital, wondering if he’ll ever be able to walk again Of Lieutenant Markov dead in my arms I admit, "The ethics are a lot better"

Mom nods, but I can tell to her this is only a theoretical consideration, one she’s never had to truly face "We’ll have far better reach, as well Instead of only visiting universes where we ourselves exist, we should be able to learn so about virtually any di noodles to the dog"

"He likes noodles," Dad says, as Ringo slobbers down his one strand of spaghetti

My parents the illustrious scientists begin debating whether or not pasta gives the dog gas It offers me a moment to consider what I’ve just learned, the possibilities expanding in my mind every moment

The Home Office and the Triadverse must have dismissed this dimension as a threat because Mom and Dad abandoned the Firebird project What Conley never realized was that they would instead turn their attention to another way of contacting other universes If we got that power--my world, and the Warverse, and even the Paul and Theo from the Home Office--and we could communicate with each other constantly, without the risks of juer than Triad’s conspiracy Much ainst any attack the Home Office could make

This could be hoe take theer as I a home a third treasure--or, at least, a chance The coordinates to this di?" I ask

Mo up every roo until you can communicate with other dimensions?"

"Sweetheart, you knoe can’t pinpoint these things," my father says, but with a soes as well as we hopewait and see"

It’s all I can do not to laugh out loud

As I walk back toto "de-cloak" yet; first I should talk withwe’ve learned But as soon as I do that, we can start planning my return to this dimension Then we can tell the truth, the whole honest truth, and get these versions of ourselves to join forces with us Exhilaration bubbles inside me until I want to spin around and do soht

However, when I look at ht of Paul’s name in my in-box

When I open his reply, it says only 8:30 pm