— What where they wrecked up everything? No but see why these here students threw rocks at General Haight see this university down there by Ray-X where we did them this big real estate favor right when he comes down there to get this here honorable degree these students get pissed off at these big military contracts we got them for research development to like help them out you know? Where this same shithead this Senator Broos he starts these secret hearings where they’re like reviewing this defense budget, I mean it’s like this here hundred billion dollars so his crumby Armed Service Committee they’re making this big deal out of this lousy thirty-eight million about cost overruns where they been having these technical problems with these here shards and all hey? hey Bast?
— What.
— You looked like you weren’t listening, I mean did you ever know we hired Mister diCephalis hey?
— No and I don’t really…
— I mean I didn’t even know it either, see they got him from this computer executive employment place where everybody’s this here number so we’re looking for this skilled psychological personnel guy which it exactly matched his number isn’t that funny hey?
— Funniest thing I can…
— I know I mean I didn’t even know it till we just sent him down to see this big scientist he hired us down there at Texas this here Doctor Vogel you know? Like I even saw in the paper we told him don’t come back if they can’t fix up these technical problems with these here noise shards and this big thing I been waiting to tell you hey look. See where it says here a method of transport so new it remains classified top secret-sensitive by the Defense Department I mean I couldn’t even tell you it over the phone you know? I mean we already set up this here whole subsiderary for it what it is it’s called Teletravel, see what it is is this hey? Hey Bast?
— What what…
— I thought you went to sleep, I mean I’m telling you this here tremendous…
— Look the conductor’s waiting will you pay him for my…
— We all got return tickets this time see so I don’t…
— Well I didn’t! Pay him.
— Okay don’t get mad, I mean could you just hold this stuff a second…? Paper scraps, handkerchief wad, the wadded bills came out, coins — hey? Could you give me…
— Look I just bought your newspaper I don’t even have the thirty-sev…
— No I mean if you give me seventeen cents I won’t have to break this here quarter see then you can…
— Pay him!
— I am! but, wait give me two cents then I won’t have to break this nick okay okay! You don’t need to get so mad and I mean this here newspaper you can put it on your expen wait, wait where is it…
— You…
— No but where is it! holy, it must have dropped is it by your feet hey?
— You probably dropped it in the station get another one, what difference…
— No but all this stuff’s happening today I have to see what happened, I mean this here whole court thing and this explosion they’re like setting off underground out there for this here big gas deposit where these like radicals they’ve been going around telling the newspapers and everybody it’s so dangerous and getting this here injunction to what’s the matter hey, how come you’re shivering.
— Be, cause I’m cold…
— How could you be cold you’re like sweating all down your…
— Look just, just get this stuff of yours off my lap I’m going to take a nap.
— What like go to sleep? No but wait a second we got all this stuff to go over and these tapes and all I mean…
— I told you get another seat, you can lis…
— No but you need to help me out listening I mean how do I even know whose voice they are talking, I mean like I’m always reading this stuff in the paper where this company spokesman makes this statement which I don’t even know who it is’like this here whole explosion thing, it says this company spokesman which prefers to remain anonymous says what’s the difference if the whole state blows up who would even miss it so Senator Milliken gets real pissed off and we have to go…
— Look I haven’t even been here how can I…
— No but that’s what I mean Bast, like who just said it’s this bomb threat and these here company spokesmen I don’t hardly know who anybody is anymore like this here Mister Greenspan, I mean Piscator said he’s up there helping you out when you went which you didn’t even tell me so he goes and sells off this whole old Ray-X inventory right when we’re writing it off did you even know that?
— No I don’t even know where he…
— Me neither I mean I ask Piscator so all he knows he says they talked French so it must be somebody down at France, see they bought it all at retail and paid cash so at first Piscator’s taking all this credit like he tried that time with that neat Triangle deal it was really Beamish that figured up, see so if we hear these here tapes we can…
