"Your dream was of the man with you." Unger whispered. "I saw it.
I understood it. It was another factor in the web of dreams I was
weaving."
"She was dreaming of me!" Johnson said. "But she is in love with
Martin."
"Idiot!" Her voice had a cutting edge. "Of course I love him. He's my
brother. I wanted to come with him here but he wouldn't let me. It was
from him that I learned so much about you, including how to break the
Karmer grip, from his talk before he left Earth, from his letters to
me."
"Your dream was of a space ship to the far-off stars. Her dream was of
love, and of you." Unger sighed.
"I can dream of space ships too," Vee Vee spoke. "I can do more than
dream of them. I can fly there with them."
"Good," Unger whispered as if now all things were complete. "That is
all that is needed. Go now. Go!"
His voice drove them.
Hand in hand they ran through the rainy night.
Ahead of them, in some far-off sky, like a vision seen in a dream, a
space ship floated.
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