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- From: feath@agora.rain.com (Feather)
- Newsgroups: alt.callahans
- Subject: Re: Dalek has entered the building
- Message-ID: <C033A6.2G0@agora.rain.com>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 17:58:53 GMT
- References: <wTTcwB3w165w@cybernet.cse.fau.edu> <BzxoFF.JBq@agora.rain.com> <JBrandt-291292164800@aaa.uoregon.edu>
- Organization: Open Communications Forum
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- >> Feather takes off from her former resting point on Taldin's head and lands
- >> on a high place directly above the hot tub.
- >>
- >> "Did someone say 'telekinetic'?" Feather grins. "Hey, THYRA! How does one
- >> levitate an object submerged in water without levitating the water itself?
- >> Teach me, and we can do it together, somehow. What do you say?"
- >
- >"Prrrrrrhmmmmm." Thyra looks at the very small bird who wants to levitate a
- >rather large, wet Dalek. "I thought Linda The Starship hauled Dalek out
- >already with a tractor beam. Oh well, I guess he fell in again." She pads
- >over and leaps up onto the rim of the tub. At the moment, Thyra is still in
- >the form of a largish, tawny housecat, wearing a black velvet collar. She
- >looks at the Dalek, looks at little Feather, and washes her ear with a paw.
- >"Well, the easiest thing is to apply the TK to Dalek's 'head'. The top of
- >him is sticking up out of the water, after all. The other option is to
- >extend the TK forces -through- the water, but concentrate on attaching them
- >to the surface and interior of his casing. Sort of like reaching into a
- >barrel of black-eyed peas and grabbing an orange that's beneath the
- >surface. You work by touch, get a good grip, and haul it out." She smiles
- >at her avian friend, and the sapphire on her collar glows a soft blue.
- >"Give it a try. I'll help if you need it."
- >
- Feather looks down and gulps. "Uhhh..."
- The tiny gray bird looks down at the big wet robot, and decides that she
- has bitten off more than she can chew. (as if that tiny beak could chew! :-)
- "This is what I get for being impulsive. NOW what do I do?"
- The small bird is feeling intimidated...
-