"That's up to you. If you do, you'll be accused of stealing McGuire, and I don't think it can be hushed up at this stage of the game." "But I can't just run away." "There's another out," I said. "We'll have a special ship pick us up on one of the nearer asteroids and leave McGuire there. We'll be smuggled back, and we'll claim that McGuire went insane again." She shook her head. "No. That would ruin Father, and I can't do that, in spite of the fact that I don't like him very much." "Can you think of any other solution?" "No," she said softly. "Thanks. But you have. All I have to do is take it to Shalimar Ravenhurst. He'll scream and yell, but he has a sane ship--for a while. Between the two of us. I think we can get everything straightened out." "But I want to go to school on Luna." "You can do that, too. And I'll see that you get special training, from special teachers. You've got to learn to control that technique of yours." "You have that technique, don't you? And you can control it. You're wonderful." I looked sharply at her and realized that I had replaced McGuire as the supermind in her life. I sighed. "Maybe in another three or four years," I said. "Meanwhile, McGuire, you can head us for Raven's Rest." "Home, James," said Jack Ravenhurst. "I am McGuire," said McGuire. THE END * * * * *