Since I can't give myself to you the way I had hoped, I want you to know me as deeply as words can bring us together as deeply as I wish you were in my body this very instant. I revised the message diplomatically; Ishtar beamed, curtsied, and backed away. endent of log tables, a skill that was of enormous use to him from then on, computers being effectively unknown in those days. 'Okay,' he said, 'Make it two-bits; I never let 'a man bet on credit.
Which was all he was wanted; it was not fair to engage in anything serious with an ephemeral no matter how sweet she was-especially if she was truly sweet. At other times, when it was needful to change name and identity, I had always changed location as well, that being the only foolproof way to do it. Being her father was the best job I ever had; I just hoped I could do it well enough in the long campaign ahead. If that's impossible, with much less money you could get to Tertius, where Ira and the family could find some way to lay hands on a starship.
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