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"Shut up!" said Hollis

"Cohed easily, with a similar objectivity "Come and shut me up"

Hollis for the first tier filled hi at this ate He had wanted for ate was only a telephonic voice

Falling, falling, falling

Now, as if they had discovered the horror, two of the ht and screa

"Stop it!" Theinsanely He would never stop He would go on screae, disturbing all of the it impossible for them to talk to one another

Hollis reached out It was best this way He rasped thethe body until he reached the head Theswi filled the universe

One way or the other, thought Hollis The moon or Earth or meteors will kill him, so why not now?

He s stopped He pushed off fro

Falling, falling down space Hollis and the rest of the of silence

"Hollis, you still there?"

Hollis did not speak, but felt the rush of heat in his face

"This is Applegate again"

"All right, Applegate"

"Let's talk We haven't anything else to do"