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simultaneous. Once while we were in the beginning throes of
foreplay, my mind wondered what three or four Seconders in bed
together would be like. I doubted that I would be able to stand it.
Rita enfolded the thought with her mind, caressing it, then sent it
back to me with conditional approval, her own thoughts touched with
amusement about the way men forever want more than one sex
partner.
We spent some time wandering around the few streets of downtown
Ruston, practicing our newfound abilities by seeing how well and
from how far we could gauge what a normal person was intending to
do. We got better as time passed, but eventually reached a plateau.
There were limits, but I now knew how Messler s agents had managed
to elude the NSC team and so escape without being shot. Being able to
sense another person s presence, and his intentions, was like having
four arms in a wrestling contest.
We also went over some of the questions we wanted to put to Messler.
I wanted to know what he meant when he said they had a hint about
the purpose of the gates. If they did, it was more than I had been able
to gather, for all of my time spent doing research and stories on the
gates. What I really wanted to know, was why the gate entities or
powers, or whatever, constructed the Seconders new minds in a way
which kept them from revealing any information to normals. Rita and
I had discussed the subject and agreed that there must be some sort of
continuing purpose and guiding direction connected to the changes
that occurred with a gate passage, especially the way that Seconders
became telepaths, at least between lovers. We also wanted to know
whether Seconders could comprehend the thoughts of other
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telepathic powers? I really doubted that we would get any definite
answers, but I surely hoped so. I was as curious and bemused with the
changes as a cat in a roomful of catnip-scented puppies.
Chapter Twenty-six
Congratulations, Lee. You too, Rita, Mary said, running her fingers
through her disorderly hair.
Messler had reserved a conference room for her at the North
Houston First National Web Bank building. She sat at the head of the
long table and stared at us with frank curiosity.
Congratulations for what? I felt uneasy, knowing she was upset
with me.
For being alive, I suppose. When are you going to do that story for
me?
Mary had called several times, leaving messages when I wouldn t
accept her calls. She wanted a human-interest story from Rita and me
on our second change. In fact, she was desperate for one. One of her
other porters had broken the news of our narrow escape and
subsequent simultaneous change. With my reputation and following,
she was outraged that I wasn t writing my own firsthand report and
earning a huge amount of money from it.
I m sorry, Mary. I ve decided not to do any more porting or
cording.
She jumped to her feet and pulled at her hair as if she were trying to
yank knots out of it. Well, maybe she was. You can t do this to me!
When you said you would come to this conference I promised three
different webs and one work I d have something for them within
twenty-four hours!
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The other porters seated at the table stared at me as if I had refused
an invitation from President Jones to do an interview.
Messler had given me instructions about how to handle her. Our
presence at this meeting was nothing but a blind to enable us to meet
with him in person.
I m sorry, I said again. I only came as a personal courtesy to you,
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