Tour 09 - Jupiter by Ben Bova

Author:Ben Bova [Bova, Ben]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-03-09T00:50:49+00:00

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Sheena picked up the bowl of fruit but stared hard at the ice cream. Then she looked up at Grant. “Grant ice cream?” “Would you like some ice cream, Sheena?”

“Yes,” came the immediate answer. “Okay.” Grant handed the small dish to her. Tucking the fruit bowl under one arm, Sheena grabbed for the ice cream with her free hand.

Grant laughed at her unabashed greed. “Save some ice cream for me.”

“Yes,” Sheena replied. But within less than a minute the ice cream was gone, except for a few smears around her muzzle. Then she started in on the fruit. Grant wolfed down his burger, surprised at how hungry he suddenly felt. He offered Sheena a few

leaves of his salad, but she sniffed at the dressing and refused them. Once the fruit was gone Sheena asked, “Grant bring hat?” He pulled the neural nets from his pockets. “Here they are, Sheena. One for you and one for me.” She leaned toward him and allowed him to place the net over her head and tie it under her chin.

Then he did the same for his own. “Let’s finish the puzzle,” Grant said, once he had both nets in place. “Grant do.” “No, no, Sheena. You’ve put most of the pieces together. There are only two left. You do them.” “Grant do first.” He nodded understanding. “You want me to do one piece?” Sheena said, “Yes.” And brought one big hand up to her skull. “No, no!” Grant blurted. “Don’t rub your head! You’ll mess up your hat.” “Hurts,” Sheena said. Grant forced a smile for her. “No, it doesn’t hurt, Sheena. My hat doesn’t hurt. Your hat doesn’t

hurt.” She had knocked the net slightly askew. Grant got to his knees and straightened it out for her. “Hurts,” Sheena repeated. “It can’t hurt you,” Grant said. “Here, let’s finish the puzzle.” He picked up one of the two remaining pieces and put it in place. Sheena stared at the puzzle for

a moment, then reached for the last piece. Suddenly she flung it away. “Hurts!” she growled, and reached up to yank at the neural net. Grant saw a tendril of smoke rising from one of the electrodes. My God, it’s burning her! Sheena ripped the net off her head and smashed it to the floor. She roared with pain and lurched

up onto her hind legs. She’s going to kill me! Grant thought. The gorilla balled one mighty fist and smashed it against the steel wall of her pen. The metal

buckled.

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