“I’ve just told you essentially all we know so far. What I came down for this trip was to dig up some extra dough for a big program on it. Frankly, I’d hoped I could get all or most of it transferred to Earthside Labs. I think I’ll be able to get that come fall. Right now, it’s all upstairs, and if you feel the same way you did, I guess there’s no point in asking--but let’s put it this way: I have a hunch our best approach to this will be with the math and, if we can do it, with analogs. I don’t think straight bio experimentation will ever crack this--unless we can set up the labs on Mars.” _All right, man, all right, get to it, will you? The answer is_ No! “So the first thing I need is a hell of a good cybe man, and you--” “Lots of good cybe men around,” Johnny broke in evenly. “Yeah. You realize, that part could just as easily be done down here? Christ, no reason you couldn’t work at home--don’t blame you not wanting to swap a setup like this for--” “Ready for a refill?” Johnny asked. “Wish I could help you out, Chris, but I tell you, I’ve got my hands full right now. I--” Chris was eyeing the bottle and glass in his hands. _Why so eager, son? I thought_ I _was the lush_...? Then he got it. His hand tightened on the bottle neck as he poured.... _I’ve got my hands full_, he’d said. “Yeah,” he said out loud. He handed the glass back, and poured himself one. “Yeah. Well--luck.” * * * * * “... _really_ a pleasure. It’s a lovely place....” _Too smooth, too polite._ Whatever he come for, he didn’t find, Lisa thought. She was sorry. “Too lovely, maybe,” she said suddenly. “I think sometimes we forget we’re still part of the human race.” Shock raced around the room, bouncing off each of them to boomerang on the others. Johnny’s grin was a social grimace. “Her trouble is just not having things tough enough,” he said. “When we were still putting the place together, she didn’t have a gripe in her. Now I think she’d be jealous of the dishwasher.” _Laugh_, she told herself. _Go ahead. The man made a funny._ Chris was laughing: a polite laugh, too. Surely she ought to do as much. “Frankly, I think it would get _me_ that way,” Chris said. “You know, this is the only place I’ve ever been on Earth that has all the comforts of home. And right now, I’d give anything to have, say, a week, with nothing to do in a joint like this--Just lie around in the sun and listen to music and boss the servos around. But I’d bet I’d be half-nuts in three days--” He stopped short. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean....” “Well, why don’t you stick around...?” “We keep talking about taking a camping....” They broke in at once, both broke off at once, and for some reason the tension was gone. “Well, any time you think you can stand a day or two of it,” Johnny said, “just give us a couple days’ notice....” It wasn’t what you’d call wild enthusiasm; but for Johnny, it was an effusion.