Frankowski & Grossman - Tank 03 by Frankowski Leo

Author:Frankowski, Leo
Language: eng
Format: epub

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

FROM CAPTURED HISTORY TAPES,

FILE 1846583A ca. 1832 a.d.

BUT CONCERNING EVENTS OF UP TO

2000 YEARS EARLIER

How Much Is that Duchy in the Window?

Kren awoke after over a week of strange dreams, relieved himself, and took a long drink of water. He sat down in the early morning light at the large table in his sitting room, where Dol was carefully cleaning, polishing, and sorting a big collection of strange weapons.

"It's good to see you awake, sir. I was beginning to worry. The midterm break is almost over, and tomorrow is a school day."

"I see. Is everyone else up and around?"

"Oh, yes, we have been for days. But you ate three times as much of Kodo as any of the rest of us, and I suppose that it just took you much longer to integrate all of that."

"I suppose that it serves me right for being greedy," Kren said.

"I'm beginning to wish that I'd taken two bites out of him myself, but at the time, I was too frightened to be that adventurous."

"So, are you now a doctor of engineering?"

"Not officially, but I've been through Bronki's extensive engineering library here, and everything in it seems childishly simple to me now. You know, it is possible to pay a fee and take a test, which, if you pass, gives you credit for a certain required course. I expect to have my doctorate in a year or two," Dol said. "My grade point average is excellent, and if I play it properly, I think that I can pull it all off without anyone suspecting that I have become a vampire."

"Perhaps I should do that, too."

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"I'd advise against it, sir. You have to be an undergraduate to participate in the athletic program. If you graduate, you will lose a lucrative source of income."

"I suppose that's true. Is Bronki around?"

"Yes, and she's very anxious to talk to you. Shall I get her?"

"I'll go to her. You keep on doing whatever you're doing. What are you doing, anyway? " Kren asked.

"I'm getting your collection ready for mounting. I've ordered some display cases built to my design, in a style matching the other furniture here. They should be delivered in a few weeks. There will be one for your athletic medals, and two for your weapons."

"But, I didn't ask for any display cases."

"If you don't like them, I'll have them taken out, sir. I'd intended them as a gift, to show my appreciation for what you've done for me."

Kren had never received a gift before, and had absolutely no idea as to how to respond to such a strange thing.

"Well, uh, do as you wish, then," he said.

He found Bronki in her study, sitting at her computer.

"Kren, you can have no idea how refreshing it is to have my mathematical abilities back again! I can think properly for the first time in many weeks! Not only that, but I've had some thoughts that I think might be absolutely original!

"They are still

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