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Miri Hanai might have been setting herself
up for trouble. "I thought that was illegal. Aren't you taking
your Iaradapine injections?" Andy quipped. Iarapadine was a drug
that inhibited telepathy and empathy.
"There's a difference. I can only read thoughts that are
projected to me. That's no problem."
"Ah. I see. Interesting. So what did I say-- uh, think?"
"I don't know how to put it in words," Miri Hanai glanced at the
floor and paused momentarily. "But I can tell you that I
appreciate the thought, and--the feeling is--mutual." Miri Hanai waited
for a response.
Andy looked down at the microlex table top, a thousand
things rushing through his head. What does Miri Hanai want? A friend?
"I'm a little confused," he said slowly. "What is it you want
from me?" He tried his best not to sound rude.
"I don't know," Jshara shrugged. "I transferred in from
Orian-Minor to Qlara this semester. I live down on the planet in
matrix TC-10." Miri Hanai pointed out to the large sphere visible
through the viewport. "I guess I'm just--bored."
Andy could relate to that, considering he'd just moved away
from home himself, and his only
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