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"You wish" Yaeger sram There was no way she could order, wear or pay for material objects He shook his head in amazement at Max's nebulous yet vivacious te Max with his wife's appearance and personalityoff, Wonder Woman, I have a little job for you"

"I' Barbara Eden in the old I Dream of Jeannie TV show

Yaeger programmed the disc contents into Max's memory "Take your time and see what you make of this"

Max stood unblinking for a few moments and then asked, "What do you wish to know?"

"The question is, what possiblefour ua from the Atlantic to the Pacific?"

"That's easy The conundrum doesn't even warm my circuits"

Yaeger looked at her apparition "How can you have an answer? You haven't analyzed the problem yet"

Max patted her mouth in a yawn "This is so elementary I'm constantly astounded that humans can't think beyond their noses"

Yaeger was certain he had raer to hear your solution"

"The tunnels were built to transfer a vast amount of water"

"I don't count that as a dazzling revelation" He began to feel she had gotten off track "A series of tunnels leading into the oceans, and e pumps, makes that an obvious conclusion"

"Ah," Max said, holding up one hand with the index finger raised "But do you knohy they want to puh the tunnels?"

"For a huge desalinization prograation project? Hell, I don't know"

"How can humans be so dense?" Max said in frustration "Are you ready, master?"