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00000070: 20 4C 49 56 45 20 49 4E 20 41 20 50 41 52 41 4C | LIVE IN A PARAL|
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000000C0: 27 46 52 45 45 27 2E 20 20 C9 54 20 49 53 0D 51 |'FREE'. .T IS.Q|
000000D0: 55 49 54 45 20 41 20 53 48 4F 43 4B 20 54 4F 20 |UITE A SHOCK TO |
000000E0: 55 53 20 54 4F 20 44 49 53 43 4F 56 45 52 20 54 |US TO DISCOVER T|
000000F0: 48 41 54 0D 49 46 20 57 45 20 43 4F 4E 54 49 4E |HAT.IF WE CONTIN|
00000100: 55 45 20 54 4F 20 55 53 45 20 54 48 49 53 20 50 |UE TO USE THIS P|
00000110: 4F 57 45 52 20 4D 55 43 48 0D 4C 4F 4E 47 45 52 |OWER MUCH.LONGER|
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00000130: 45 20 45 4E 44 20 4F 46 20 42 4F 54 48 0D 4F 46 |E END OF BOTH.OF|
00000140: 20 4F 55 52 20 55 4E 49 56 45 52 53 45 53 2E 0D | OUR UNIVERSES..|
00000150: 20 20 20 20 D4 48 45 52 45 20 41 52 45 20 54 48 | .HERE ARE TH|
00000160: 52 45 45 20 54 59 50 45 53 20 4F 46 20 D3 4F 46 |REE TYPES OF .OF|
00000170: 54 0D CF 4E 45 53 2C 20 54 48 45 20 D2 41 54 49 |T..NES, THE .ATI|
00000180: 4F 4E 41 4C 53 2C 20 54 48 45 20 C5 4D 4F 54 49 |ONALS, THE .MOTI|
00000190: 4F 4E 41 4C 53 0D 41 4E 44 20 54 48 45 20 D0 41 |ONALS.AND THE .A|
000001A0: 52 45 4E 54 41 4C 53 2E 20 20 C1 54 20 4D 41 54 |RENTALS. .T MAT|
000001B0: 55 52 49 54 59 20 54 48 45 59 0D 43 4F 4D 45 20 |URITY THEY.COME |
000001C0: 54 4F 47 45 54 48 45 52 20 49 4E 20 41 20 53 48 |TOGETHER IN A SH|
000001D0: 49 4D 4D 45 52 49 4E 47 2C 0D 45 43 53 54 41 54 |IMMERING,.ECSTAT|
000001E0: 49 43 20 43 4C 49 4D 41 58 20 43 41 4C 4C 45 44 |IC CLIMAX CALLED|
000001F0: 20 54 48 45 20 C6 49 4E 41 4C 0D CD 45 4C 54 49 | THE .INAL..ELTI|
00000200: 4E 47 2C 20 54 48 41 54 2C 20 54 48 41 4E 4B 53 |NG, THAT, THANKS|
00000210: 20 54 4F 20 D7 41 4C 54 20 C8 41 52 4E 45 44 2C | TO .ALT .ARNED,|
00000220: 0D 57 45 20 43 41 4E 20 4E 4F 57 20 53 45 45 20 |.WE CAN NOW SEE |
00000230: 46 4F 52 20 54 48 45 20 46 49 52 53 54 20 54 49 |FOR THE FIRST TI|
00000240: 4D 45 2E 0D 20 20 20 20 C1 53 20 47 41 53 45 4F |ME.. .S GASEO|
00000250: 55 53 20 42 45 49 4E 47 53 2C 20 49 54 20 49 53 |US BEINGS, IT IS|
00000260: 20 50 52 4F 42 41 42 4C 45 0D 54 48 41 54 20 D3 | PROBABLE.THAT .|
00000270: 4F 46 54 20 CF 4E 45 53 20 53 4D 4F 4B 45 20 41 |OFT .NES SMOKE A|
00000280: 46 54 45 52 57 41 52 44 53 2E 0D |FTERWARDS.. |
.. T H E S O F T O N E S.
FROM ISAAC ASIMOV'S. "THE GOD'
S THEMSELVES".. THE SOFT ONES LIVE IN
A PARALLEL.UNIVERSE TO OURS, FROM WHICH
WE DRAW.POWER THAT WE CONSIDER 'FREE'.
IT IS.QUITE A SHOCK TO US TO DISCOVER T
HAT.IF WE CONTINUE TO USE THIS POWER MUC
H.LONGER IT WILL MEAN THE END OF BOTH.OF
OUR UNIVERSES.. THERE ARE THREE TYPE
S OF SOFT.ONES, THE RATIONALS, THE EMOTI
ONALS.AND THE PARENTALS. AT MATURITY TH
EY.COME TOGETHER IN A SHIMMERING,.ECSTAT
IC CLIMAX CALLED THE FINAL.MELTING, THAT
, THANKS TO WALT HARNED,.WE CAN NOW SEE
FOR THE FIRST TIME.. AS GASEOUS BEING
S, IT IS PROBABLE.THAT SOFT ONES SMOKE A
FTERWARDS..
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