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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - - -Title: Bad Memory - -Author: Patrick Fahy - -Release Date: March 19, 2016 [EBook #51498] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BAD MEMORY *** - - - - -Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - -</pre> - - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/cover.jpg" width="397" height="500" alt=""/> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="titlepage"> -<h1>BAD MEMORY</h1> - -<p>BY PATRICK FAHY</p> - -<p>illustrated by MARTIN</p> - -<p>[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from<br /> -Galaxy Magazine December 1960.<br /> -Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that<br /> -the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]</p> - -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/illus1.jpg" width="600" height="256" alt=""/> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p class="ph3"><i>Channing wanted a planet.<br /> -Had they sold him a pup?</i></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>Ex-vector Commander Jim Channing strode purposefully to the reception -desk of Planet Enterprises, Inc.</p> - -<p>"I want," he told the well-built blonde who was making an interested -survey of his lean features, "to buy a planet."</p> - -<p>"Yes, sir." Her interest evaporated. She took a card from a filing -cabinet and handed it to him. "If you will just fill this out."</p> - -<p>It was a simple questionnaire—type, location, size—and Channing's -stylo moved rapidly over it. He hesitated only at the last, stark -question, "How much are you prepared to pay?" Then he wrote neatly -in the space provided "One hundred thousand credits." That was -exactly the amount of his signing-off bonus. It also represented his -total finances. The unimaginative minds that calculated the pay of a -red-blooded space officer didn't take into account all the attractive -ways of spending it that a rumbustious pioneer Vector provided.</p> - -<p>He gave the blonde the card and she wrote a name on it. The smile she -gave him was altogether impersonal. She liked the look of the big, -gangling fellow with "Space" written all over his bronzed face and -crinkled blue eyes, but....</p> - -<p>She said, "Will you come this way, please?"</p> - -<p>The name on the desk identified him as "Mr. Folan" and he was a tall, -affable man.</p> - -<p>"I think we can suit you, Commander—er—Mr. Channing," he said, -"though what we have in mind mightn't be quite as large as you wish. -Earth-type planets come rather high, you know. Now if you were to -choose a Sirius- or a Vega-type—"</p> - -<p>"Thank you, no," Jim said firmly. He had heard too much about the -hazards of alien-type planets.</p> - -<p>"In that case," Mr. Folan said busily, "let's see what we have -available."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>A month later the doors of the automatic shuttle slid across and -admitted Jim Channing to the third planet of Phylox Beta. It also -disgorged one spaceboat, a clutter of machinery, a thousand tons of -strawberry plants and a fully equipped house. While he was still taking -in the first glimpse of his future home, the massive doors slammed shut -and the giant ship took off smoothly and silently. A moment later it -winked into sub-space. He was in business.</p> - -<p>The planet possessed only one sizable island—it could hardly be -dignified by the name of continent.</p> - -<p>The rest was covered by a vast ocean. Still, as Folan had explained, -he couldn't really expect anything more—not in the line of an -Earth-type, anyway—for the money.</p> - -<p>He spent a week figuring out the remote controls that operated the -planting machinery. Once it clanked into operation, it worked entirely -on its own. He had only to push a few buttons to send it lumbering in -new directions and the big island steadily took on a resemblance to a -huge strawberry patch while Channing fished and lounged in the sun.</p> - -<p>When the galactic trade agent came, the strawberries were waiting for -him, neatly piled into a mountain of gleaming cans. He was a friendly, -talkative little man, glad to exercise his tongue again after the -lonely months in space.</p> - -<p>"What are you growing here?" he asked Channing.</p> - -<p>"Strawberries."</p> - -<p>The friendly smile disappeared. "Every planet in the Galaxy seems to be -growing strawberries this year. I can't even give them away."</p> - -<p>"But I thought the Ursa Major colonies—"</p> - -<p>The little man shook his head. "So does everyone else. There's a -million tons of strawberries the colonies can't use headed there -already. Now if it was upklin seeds—"</p> - -<p>"Upklin seeds?"</p> - -<p>The agent looked at him in surprise. "You mean you haven't heard about -upklin seeds?"</p> - -<p>"No. Not a thing."</p> - -<p>"Well, of course, you are a newcomer. It's this new race that's been -discovered somewhere in The Sack. They are as rich as all get-out -and they have a passion for upklin seeds. Trouble is they can't grow -them on local planets and they are offering fancy prices to anybody -that can supply them. I paid a thousand credits a bushel for them to -your next-door neighbor on the fourth planet last week. Got a hundred -bushels."</p> - -<p>Channing did a bit of mental arithmetic. A hundred thousand credits for -one crop. Whew!</p> - -<p>"Could I grow them here?"</p> - -<p>The agent shook his head. "You need plenty of soft marsh and a -Jupiter-type atmosphere."</p> - -<p>Then he had a sudden idea and he spoke long and seriously to Channing, -explaining quite a few things that were new to him. Channing was still -considering them, staring thoughtfully at the ground, after the little -man left.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Next day Channing took off for the nearest sub-space center and a -few hours later he was in Mr. Folan's office at Planet Enterprises, -gingerly balancing his cap on his knee. Mr. Folan's sleek head nodded -as Channing made his points and when he was finished the executive -pressed a buzzer and called for the file.</p> - -<p>"You realize, Mr. Channing," he said conversationally, as he turned -over the pages, "that what you are asking will be a most expensive -undertaking."</p> - -<p>"I know that," Channing said eagerly, "but upklin seeds are such a -sure-fire proposition that I thought Planet Enterprises might be -willing to do the job on a percentage basis."</p> - -<p>Mr. Folan wrote some figures on the margin of the folder and considered -deeply. "Yes," he said at last, "I think it would work out on a -seventy-thirty split."</p> - -<p>"Seventy-thirty?"</p> - -<p>Mr. Folan inclined his head graciously. "Seventy per cent for Planet -Enterprises and thirty for yourself."</p> - -<p>Channing said slowly, "That's a bit steep."</p> - -<p>In a few brisk words, Mr. Folan showed just why he was an executive of -Planet Enterprises, Inc. He gave Channing the figures for transforming -the planet's characteristics to those of Jupiter; he told him what -acreage of upklin seeds he could grow and the exact profit to be -expected. Channing's share should be about one hundred and fifty -thousand credits per crop.</p> - -<p>Fighting a rearguard battle, Channing said, "Your three hundred and -fifty thousand won't look so bad on the balance sheet, either."</p> - -<p>Folan reeled off his figures again with practiced glibness. Channing -had the sudden suspicion that his proposition wasn't entirely -unexpected. But the figures sounded reasonable and he had to admit that -Planet Enterprises was risking a great deal of money.</p> - -<p>"Then there is the not inconsiderable cost of your own metamorphosis, -Mr. Channing," Folan added.</p> - -<p>"Huh?" said Channing.</p> - -<p>There followed the most excruciating half-hour of Channing's life. -Proposition followed explanation, counter-explanation followed -counter-proposition. At the end of that time he emerged from the office -with a stricken look and a small white card. The blonde receptionist -read the look correctly and definitely and finally crossed him off her -list.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>For a jube, Ckm Dyk wasn't at all bad-looking. His four legs growing -directly from the bottom of the muscular, hairy trunk were strong and -sturdy—always a mark of handsomeness in a male, for the legs had to -take most of the strain of a gravitational pull several times that -of Earth. He had three flexible tentacles, a thin melon slice for a -mouth, but nothing resembling a nose. He didn't need one, since he -breathed through a set of gills at the sides of his head.</p> - -<p>He remembered vaguely that he had once been Jim Channing, an Earthman, -but the memory had nearly faded. He had been warned of that, that he -would soon forget he had ever been anything except what he was now, but -he had already forgotten the warning.</p> - -<p>Phylox Beta III had changed, too, and in as great a degree. The wide -ocean had become a turgid, soupy mush, covered by the trailing growths -of the upklin flowers. The blue skies had turned an angry red and the -sharp wind that rustled the hair on his squat body was almost pure -methane.</p> - -<p>He waddled down to the low disk-shaped skimmer and started the jets. As -it pushed its way through the clinging masses of the upklin flowers, he -surveyed his crop happily. This was his second crop and it promised to -be even better than the first. He was going to be a very wealthy buk, -he told himself. He could buy.... His mind floundered. He didn't know -what Jubes longed for, what they sought wealth for. He was certain at -the same time that there was a flaw in his contentment, that something -was missing.</p> - -<p>What he was missing dropped from the sky a few days later. It came in -a spaceboat and was his neighbor from Phylox Beta IV. Her body hair -was a rich golden brown and she wore pretty bracelets, studded with -basim stones, on each of her four legs. Ckm Dyk's single eye, with its -perpendicular outer eyelids and horizontal nictitating inner membranes -to filter out the infra-red rays, shone with an emotion that was more -than pleasure.</p> - -<p>Her thoughts flooded his mind. There was a warm recognition of his -admiration and a delicious suggestion that it wasn't unacceptable.</p> - -<p>"The agent told me you were upklin farming. I came to see if I could be -of any help," she told him.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/illus2.jpg" width="600" height="244" alt=""/> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>The sentences rang like golden bells within his burgeoning -consciousness. He tried to shape his answering thought coherently, -but his lack of telepathic experience betrayed him. She flinched -momentarily beneath the raw, undirected stream of passionate love that -overwhelmed her mind.</p> - -<p>Then an answering wave of shy, tender awareness and acquiescence laved -his senses. Without the clumsy barrier of speech between them, they -had scaled in a few pulsating moments the shining heights of love and -devotion that human passion sometimes cannot find in a lifetime of -searching.</p> - -<p>Ckm Dyk had never been so happy. They decided to farm the two planets -together so they could be with each other always. There was sound -economic sense in this; with both of them helping, the output of -each planet would be nearly doubled. It meant a huge increase in -administrative and paper work for Ckm Dyk, but he didn't mind that. -Often, as he pored over account books and production figures, a -tremulous, shy devotion would envelop him in a gauzy mental cloud and -he would lay down his stylo and answer Aln Muh with all the great love -that surged within him.</p> - -<p>As the months passed, his happiness increased. The perfect attunement -of their minds excluded all the scalding jealousies and the offended -silences of misunderstanding that can mar the most loving human -relationships. They did not need to see each other; the physical -presence of the beloved was unimportant; they loved more with their -minds than with their bodies.</p> - -<p>It seemed improbable that such a glorious idyll should ever be -disturbed. Then, one morning, a shuttle-spacer came silently out of -the red sky and landed beside the house. Ckm Dyk waddled toward it, -impelled by a carefully built-in series of reflexes which he had -completely forgotten about and entered its gaping maw. He never once -looked at Aln Muh and the passionate entreaties that echoed through his -mind only roused in him a dull irritation.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Jim Channing again found himself in Mr. Folan's office. The figures -the tall, sleek-haired man was reading out to him made tuneful music. -Even when Planet Enterprises' massive deduction was made, his share was -comfortingly more than a million.</p> - -<p>"Not bad payment, Mr. Channing, for five years of life! In any case, -it's all over now—just a bad memory."</p> - -<p>The executive smiled at him from his comfortable, familiar chair, aware -of the torrents of confused thoughts hidden behind the gray eyes.</p> - -<p>When he had come out of the stupor that succeeded the almost -disintegrating effects of his re-metamorphosis, Jim Channing remembered -clearly the terms of the bargain he had made. He was to become a Jube, -a living nightmare, living in a nightmare world, for five years. At the -end of that time, Planet Enterprises promised him, he would be given -back his humanity and he would have earned enough money to keep him in -luxury for the rest of his life.</p> - -<p>They had kept their promise—to the letter. He felt it ungrateful -of him that his paramount emotion was fury. He had been happy; no -human attachment could ever make him as happy again. He longed for -the glorious love and trust he had shared during that tremendous five -years. Perhaps he had been a repulsive monster from whom any woman -would run screaming. But he didn't want a woman. He wanted Aln Muh.</p> - -<p>He said, picking his words with the greatest care, "Would a further -metamorphosis be possible?"</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Folan's jaw dropped. It was a question he'd never expected to hear from -any of the men who had taken the terrible choice for the glittering -reward he held out to them. Most of them had picked up their vouchers -and asked the way to the nearest tavern; many of the alien races did -not find alcohol compatible with their metabolisms. A few had inquired -tentatively about his current receptionist. Planet Enterprises had a -big turnover in pretty receptionists, but they didn't lose them to -men who had been unhuman horrors for five years. One big red-haired -character had wanted to start a private war against the Sirians, whose -brother he had been until two days previously. But none of them had -wanted to go back.</p> - -<p>He said, "It's possible, Mr. Channing. But I must tell you that a -second metamorphosis is very expensive—and it's permanent."</p> - -<p>"You mean if I become a Jube again, I must stay one?"</p> - -<p>The executive nodded.</p> - -<p>Channing gestured toward the payment voucher.</p> - -<p>"You said it was expensive. Is there enough there to cover it?"</p> - -<p>Folan looked curiously at him. "Yes, more than enough."</p> - -<p>He waited to hear what the big man would say next.</p> - -<p>Channing licked dry lips. A terrible doubt assailed him. Maybe Aln -Muh had been metamorphosed too. Maybe she had returned to her former -self—whatever that may have been—while he sat here.</p> - -<p>He looked down at the big, freckled hands resting on his knees. They -were trembling and his palms felt moist. Without looking up, he asked, -"Is the period of metamorphosis, always for a term of five years?"</p> - -<p>"Invariably. No other term is possible in the present state of our -knowledge of the technique—except permanency."</p> - -<p>A great sigh escaped Channing. That was all right, then. Aln Muh was -genuinely a Jube. The agent had told him about her—mentioned her by -name, he remembered now—had said that she was upklin farming on the -neighboring planet. If she had been metamorphosed, she would have been -taken from him more than a year ago.</p> - -<p>He tossed his cap on the table decisively and stood up.</p> - -<p>"All right. I'll take the permanent treatment."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Ckm Dyk sucked the methane through his gills with satisfaction. It was -good to be home again. He had forgotten already that he had ever been -Jim Channing, that he would never be human again.</p> - -<p>He did not know that less than five minutes after the shuttle-ship had -borne him off to Galactic Enterprises, Aln Muh had sent her spaceboat -hurtling toward the fiery orb of Phylox Beta, mad with the grief of -having lost him. It would not have concerned him much if he had known.</p> - -<p>Jubes make tender and devoted lovers, but they are notorious for their -exceedingly bad memories.</p> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Bad Memory, by Patrick Fahy - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BAD MEMORY *** - -***** This file should be named 51498-h.htm or 51498-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/5/1/4/9/51498/ - -Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - - -Title: Bad Memory - -Author: Patrick Fahy - -Release Date: March 19, 2016 [EBook #51498] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BAD MEMORY *** - - - - -Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - - - - - BAD MEMORY - - BY PATRICK FAHY - - illustrated by MARTIN - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Galaxy Magazine December 1960. - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - - - - Channing wanted a planet. - Had they sold him a pup? - - -Ex-vector Commander Jim Channing strode purposefully to the reception -desk of Planet Enterprises, Inc. - -"I want," he told the well-built blonde who was making an interested -survey of his lean features, "to buy a planet." - -"Yes, sir." Her interest evaporated. She took a card from a filing -cabinet and handed it to him. "If you will just fill this out." - -It was a simple questionnaire--type, location, size--and Channing's -stylo moved rapidly over it. He hesitated only at the last, stark -question, "How much are you prepared to pay?" Then he wrote neatly -in the space provided "One hundred thousand credits." That was -exactly the amount of his signing-off bonus. It also represented his -total finances. The unimaginative minds that calculated the pay of a -red-blooded space officer didn't take into account all the attractive -ways of spending it that a rumbustious pioneer Vector provided. - -He gave the blonde the card and she wrote a name on it. The smile she -gave him was altogether impersonal. She liked the look of the big, -gangling fellow with "Space" written all over his bronzed face and -crinkled blue eyes, but.... - -She said, "Will you come this way, please?" - -The name on the desk identified him as "Mr. Folan" and he was a tall, -affable man. - -"I think we can suit you, Commander--er--Mr. Channing," he said, -"though what we have in mind mightn't be quite as large as you wish. -Earth-type planets come rather high, you know. Now if you were to -choose a Sirius- or a Vega-type--" - -"Thank you, no," Jim said firmly. He had heard too much about the -hazards of alien-type planets. - -"In that case," Mr. Folan said busily, "let's see what we have -available." - - * * * * * - -A month later the doors of the automatic shuttle slid across and -admitted Jim Channing to the third planet of Phylox Beta. It also -disgorged one spaceboat, a clutter of machinery, a thousand tons of -strawberry plants and a fully equipped house. While he was still taking -in the first glimpse of his future home, the massive doors slammed shut -and the giant ship took off smoothly and silently. A moment later it -winked into sub-space. He was in business. - -The planet possessed only one sizable island--it could hardly be -dignified by the name of continent. - -The rest was covered by a vast ocean. Still, as Folan had explained, -he couldn't really expect anything more--not in the line of an -Earth-type, anyway--for the money. - -He spent a week figuring out the remote controls that operated the -planting machinery. Once it clanked into operation, it worked entirely -on its own. He had only to push a few buttons to send it lumbering in -new directions and the big island steadily took on a resemblance to a -huge strawberry patch while Channing fished and lounged in the sun. - -When the galactic trade agent came, the strawberries were waiting for -him, neatly piled into a mountain of gleaming cans. He was a friendly, -talkative little man, glad to exercise his tongue again after the -lonely months in space. - -"What are you growing here?" he asked Channing. - -"Strawberries." - -The friendly smile disappeared. "Every planet in the Galaxy seems to be -growing strawberries this year. I can't even give them away." - -"But I thought the Ursa Major colonies--" - -The little man shook his head. "So does everyone else. There's a -million tons of strawberries the colonies can't use headed there -already. Now if it was upklin seeds--" - -"Upklin seeds?" - -The agent looked at him in surprise. "You mean you haven't heard about -upklin seeds?" - -"No. Not a thing." - -"Well, of course, you are a newcomer. It's this new race that's been -discovered somewhere in The Sack. They are as rich as all get-out -and they have a passion for upklin seeds. Trouble is they can't grow -them on local planets and they are offering fancy prices to anybody -that can supply them. I paid a thousand credits a bushel for them to -your next-door neighbor on the fourth planet last week. Got a hundred -bushels." - -Channing did a bit of mental arithmetic. A hundred thousand credits for -one crop. Whew! - -"Could I grow them here?" - -The agent shook his head. "You need plenty of soft marsh and a -Jupiter-type atmosphere." - -Then he had a sudden idea and he spoke long and seriously to Channing, -explaining quite a few things that were new to him. Channing was still -considering them, staring thoughtfully at the ground, after the little -man left. - - * * * * * - -Next day Channing took off for the nearest sub-space center and a -few hours later he was in Mr. Folan's office at Planet Enterprises, -gingerly balancing his cap on his knee. Mr. Folan's sleek head nodded -as Channing made his points and when he was finished the executive -pressed a buzzer and called for the file. - -"You realize, Mr. Channing," he said conversationally, as he turned -over the pages, "that what you are asking will be a most expensive -undertaking." - -"I know that," Channing said eagerly, "but upklin seeds are such a -sure-fire proposition that I thought Planet Enterprises might be -willing to do the job on a percentage basis." - -Mr. Folan wrote some figures on the margin of the folder and considered -deeply. "Yes," he said at last, "I think it would work out on a -seventy-thirty split." - -"Seventy-thirty?" - -Mr. Folan inclined his head graciously. "Seventy per cent for Planet -Enterprises and thirty for yourself." - -Channing said slowly, "That's a bit steep." - -In a few brisk words, Mr. Folan showed just why he was an executive of -Planet Enterprises, Inc. He gave Channing the figures for transforming -the planet's characteristics to those of Jupiter; he told him what -acreage of upklin seeds he could grow and the exact profit to be -expected. Channing's share should be about one hundred and fifty -thousand credits per crop. - -Fighting a rearguard battle, Channing said, "Your three hundred and -fifty thousand won't look so bad on the balance sheet, either." - -Folan reeled off his figures again with practiced glibness. Channing -had the sudden suspicion that his proposition wasn't entirely -unexpected. But the figures sounded reasonable and he had to admit that -Planet Enterprises was risking a great deal of money. - -"Then there is the not inconsiderable cost of your own metamorphosis, -Mr. Channing," Folan added. - -"Huh?" said Channing. - -There followed the most excruciating half-hour of Channing's life. -Proposition followed explanation, counter-explanation followed -counter-proposition. At the end of that time he emerged from the office -with a stricken look and a small white card. The blonde receptionist -read the look correctly and definitely and finally crossed him off her -list. - - * * * * * - -For a jube, Ckm Dyk wasn't at all bad-looking. His four legs growing -directly from the bottom of the muscular, hairy trunk were strong and -sturdy--always a mark of handsomeness in a male, for the legs had to -take most of the strain of a gravitational pull several times that -of Earth. He had three flexible tentacles, a thin melon slice for a -mouth, but nothing resembling a nose. He didn't need one, since he -breathed through a set of gills at the sides of his head. - -He remembered vaguely that he had once been Jim Channing, an Earthman, -but the memory had nearly faded. He had been warned of that, that he -would soon forget he had ever been anything except what he was now, but -he had already forgotten the warning. - -Phylox Beta III had changed, too, and in as great a degree. The wide -ocean had become a turgid, soupy mush, covered by the trailing growths -of the upklin flowers. The blue skies had turned an angry red and the -sharp wind that rustled the hair on his squat body was almost pure -methane. - -He waddled down to the low disk-shaped skimmer and started the jets. As -it pushed its way through the clinging masses of the upklin flowers, he -surveyed his crop happily. This was his second crop and it promised to -be even better than the first. He was going to be a very wealthy buk, -he told himself. He could buy.... His mind floundered. He didn't know -what Jubes longed for, what they sought wealth for. He was certain at -the same time that there was a flaw in his contentment, that something -was missing. - -What he was missing dropped from the sky a few days later. It came in -a spaceboat and was his neighbor from Phylox Beta IV. Her body hair -was a rich golden brown and she wore pretty bracelets, studded with -basim stones, on each of her four legs. Ckm Dyk's single eye, with its -perpendicular outer eyelids and horizontal nictitating inner membranes -to filter out the infra-red rays, shone with an emotion that was more -than pleasure. - -Her thoughts flooded his mind. There was a warm recognition of his -admiration and a delicious suggestion that it wasn't unacceptable. - -"The agent told me you were upklin farming. I came to see if I could be -of any help," she told him. - -The sentences rang like golden bells within his burgeoning -consciousness. He tried to shape his answering thought coherently, -but his lack of telepathic experience betrayed him. She flinched -momentarily beneath the raw, undirected stream of passionate love that -overwhelmed her mind. - -Then an answering wave of shy, tender awareness and acquiescence laved -his senses. Without the clumsy barrier of speech between them, they -had scaled in a few pulsating moments the shining heights of love and -devotion that human passion sometimes cannot find in a lifetime of -searching. - -Ckm Dyk had never been so happy. They decided to farm the two planets -together so they could be with each other always. There was sound -economic sense in this; with both of them helping, the output of -each planet would be nearly doubled. It meant a huge increase in -administrative and paper work for Ckm Dyk, but he didn't mind that. -Often, as he pored over account books and production figures, a -tremulous, shy devotion would envelop him in a gauzy mental cloud and -he would lay down his stylo and answer Aln Muh with all the great love -that surged within him. - -As the months passed, his happiness increased. The perfect attunement -of their minds excluded all the scalding jealousies and the offended -silences of misunderstanding that can mar the most loving human -relationships. They did not need to see each other; the physical -presence of the beloved was unimportant; they loved more with their -minds than with their bodies. - -It seemed improbable that such a glorious idyll should ever be -disturbed. Then, one morning, a shuttle-spacer came silently out of -the red sky and landed beside the house. Ckm Dyk waddled toward it, -impelled by a carefully built-in series of reflexes which he had -completely forgotten about and entered its gaping maw. He never once -looked at Aln Muh and the passionate entreaties that echoed through his -mind only roused in him a dull irritation. - - * * * * * - -Jim Channing again found himself in Mr. Folan's office. The figures -the tall, sleek-haired man was reading out to him made tuneful music. -Even when Planet Enterprises' massive deduction was made, his share was -comfortingly more than a million. - -"Not bad payment, Mr. Channing, for five years of life! In any case, -it's all over now--just a bad memory." - -The executive smiled at him from his comfortable, familiar chair, aware -of the torrents of confused thoughts hidden behind the gray eyes. - -When he had come out of the stupor that succeeded the almost -disintegrating effects of his re-metamorphosis, Jim Channing remembered -clearly the terms of the bargain he had made. He was to become a Jube, -a living nightmare, living in a nightmare world, for five years. At the -end of that time, Planet Enterprises promised him, he would be given -back his humanity and he would have earned enough money to keep him in -luxury for the rest of his life. - -They had kept their promise--to the letter. He felt it ungrateful -of him that his paramount emotion was fury. He had been happy; no -human attachment could ever make him as happy again. He longed for -the glorious love and trust he had shared during that tremendous five -years. Perhaps he had been a repulsive monster from whom any woman -would run screaming. But he didn't want a woman. He wanted Aln Muh. - -He said, picking his words with the greatest care, "Would a further -metamorphosis be possible?" - - * * * * * - -Folan's jaw dropped. It was a question he'd never expected to hear from -any of the men who had taken the terrible choice for the glittering -reward he held out to them. Most of them had picked up their vouchers -and asked the way to the nearest tavern; many of the alien races did -not find alcohol compatible with their metabolisms. A few had inquired -tentatively about his current receptionist. Planet Enterprises had a -big turnover in pretty receptionists, but they didn't lose them to -men who had been unhuman horrors for five years. One big red-haired -character had wanted to start a private war against the Sirians, whose -brother he had been until two days previously. But none of them had -wanted to go back. - -He said, "It's possible, Mr. Channing. But I must tell you that a -second metamorphosis is very expensive--and it's permanent." - -"You mean if I become a Jube again, I must stay one?" - -The executive nodded. - -Channing gestured toward the payment voucher. - -"You said it was expensive. Is there enough there to cover it?" - -Folan looked curiously at him. "Yes, more than enough." - -He waited to hear what the big man would say next. - -Channing licked dry lips. A terrible doubt assailed him. Maybe Aln -Muh had been metamorphosed too. Maybe she had returned to her former -self--whatever that may have been--while he sat here. - -He looked down at the big, freckled hands resting on his knees. They -were trembling and his palms felt moist. Without looking up, he asked, -"Is the period of metamorphosis, always for a term of five years?" - -"Invariably. No other term is possible in the present state of our -knowledge of the technique--except permanency." - -A great sigh escaped Channing. That was all right, then. Aln Muh was -genuinely a Jube. The agent had told him about her--mentioned her by -name, he remembered now--had said that she was upklin farming on the -neighboring planet. If she had been metamorphosed, she would have been -taken from him more than a year ago. - -He tossed his cap on the table decisively and stood up. - -"All right. I'll take the permanent treatment." - - * * * * * - -Ckm Dyk sucked the methane through his gills with satisfaction. It was -good to be home again. He had forgotten already that he had ever been -Jim Channing, that he would never be human again. - -He did not know that less than five minutes after the shuttle-ship had -borne him off to Galactic Enterprises, Aln Muh had sent her spaceboat -hurtling toward the fiery orb of Phylox Beta, mad with the grief of -having lost him. 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