Delphi Crossroads (Delphi in Space Book 18) by Bob Blanton

Author:Bob Blanton [Blanton, Bob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Delphi Publishing Inc
Published: 2024-08-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

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When Catie returned to Avalon, the twins were waiting to greet her at the dock.

“Hi, Catie.”

“What are you girls doing here?”

“We’ve finished our paper, so we’re going home. Can we and Mummy get a ride with you when you go back to Earth?”

“Of course you can. But I’m not leaving for a few weeks.”

“That’s okay. Mummy still has some work to finish up.”

“I thought you guys might want to stay on Avalon,” Catie said.

“No way! There aren’t any young people here. We’re going back to Delphi City, where all our friends are.”

“I guess that makes sense. We do need more young people on the starbases. We have to work on it, but it’s a chicken and egg thing.”

“What do chickens and eggs have to do with it?”

“What comes first, the chicken or the egg? We need young people on the starbase to attract more young people, so how do we ever get started?”

“Oh, that’s a weird saying, but we think you’re going to have to use money.” As usual, Catie could never tell which twin was which, and they kept finishing each other’s sentences, so it was hopeless anyway.

“Probably. Well, I’m heading to my cabin to get cleaned up. See you later.”

“Yes, at the obstacle course? Right?!”

“Sure. When do you want to go?”

“When can we get you to go?!”

“How about 14:00.”

“We’ll reserve it; see you then.”

“I’ve taken care of the reservations,” ADI informed everyone.

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The twins quickly embarrassed Catie at the obstacle course, but that wasn’t enough for them; they wanted to do it over and over.

“Enough!” Catie yelled. “You guys go and chase each other.”

“How are you ever going to get better if you don’t practice?”

“Oh, don’t try that on me. I practice more than enough. You just like to embarrass me.”

“Sure, but we like playing with you, too.”

“Playing? Or toying?”

The Twins both put a finger to their lower lips as they thought. “Both.”

“Ha, at least you admit it.”

“Come on. If you do one more round, we’ll buy you lunch.”

Catie hesitated a bit but then gave in. An hour later, they were at the restaurant ordering while the Twins recapped their humiliation of Catie.

“Okay, enough of that. What are you guys going to do when you get back to Delphi City?”

“We’re going to go to Rarotonga to do some surfing.”

“Who with?”

“Not sure yet. We’ll invite a bunch of people and see who wants to go. That’s what’s nice about Delphi City, you can always scare up a group of people to go have fun with.”

“Yes, you told me. But what about Delphi Station?”

“Same problem as here, not enough young people. You can usually find one or two to do something with, but never eight or nine. You’ve got to figure out how to attract more kids.”

“Well, if you two would live there, then that would attract a lot of boys,” Catie said.

“Ha, ha. We don’t think so. We did open a holo suite up there. That helps with the entertainment once people are there, but you have to come up with a reason to pay young people to go there in the first place.

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