The Boy Who Would Live Forever by Frederik Pohl

Author:Frederik Pohl [Pohl, Frederik]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

When I came back to the throne room on my next check visit, Harry was there. He had been exploring in the same way as I and was anxious to compare notes. By the time Wan the Owner had begun the first "Wwwwwhhhh—" of his first interruption (it would eventually turn out to be "Where did you learn all this?"), Harry was excitedly spilling his news. He had discovered something I had missed entirely.

Harry had found a girl—young, good-looking and human, though not presently organic. She was machine-stored like Harry himself. "Her name's Allison," he told me eagerly, "and I think she likes me!" He thought for a second and then added, "She definitely doesn't like this Wan, anyway. She says he'd cut your throat as soon as look at you."

"We don't actually have throats," I reminded him. Wan was finally embarking on the "errrrre" of his first word, while the young organic women had yet to move off their hassocks.

"But if we did, I mean. Anyhow, it isn't just us he could kill. Allison says she's positive he's gonna blow up some planet or other one of these days."

That accounted for the stock of weaponry. And it made me think seriously about what I had to do next.

You see, my status as an adjunct peacekeeper for Thor Hammerhurler wasn't entirely honorary. If, worst-case scenario, a firefight with the Kugels had ever broken out, I would at once have become a big part of Thor's strike force. Preserving the peace was a big part of my job description, here as well as on the Wheel.

Therefore, if this rogue organic male was collecting these nasty gadgets for any practical purpose, something had to be done about it. And the only one around to do it was me.

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