this is a very dark highway, delilah said, just to break the silence. and very straight.
yes, it is, the voice from behind her and to her right replied. why don’t you tell us something about yourself?
so far, the person directly behind delilah in the back seat had not spoken.
there is not much to tell, delilah said. and what there is, i can not remember.
then i will tell you about myself.
please do.
my name is kari wade. i was born in a castle in the south of france, and i was an heiress to a great fortune, including several solar systems,, and my every wish was indulged to the fullest.
one day when i was still an innocent child, i was introduced to a little boy named rodrigo. he seemed nice, and i was told he was heir to a fortune that dwarfed mine and included the riches of several galaxies. i liked him a lot, and decided to give my heart to him forever.
after we had our tea and cookies, rodrigo was taken away. my governess, miss stein, told me that she hoped i had enjoyed the meeting, but that henceforth i must never see rodrigo again, or make any attempt to see him, as we lived on different levels of different worlds.
i was having none of it. no sooner had i returned to my room, than i penned a note to rodgigo and gave it to what i thought was a trusted servant, but who turned out to be anything but.
in the morning i was rudely awakened - something that had never happened before. i was informed that my sister was to replace me as heiress and i was stripped of my finery and relegated to the lowest kitchen in the castle where i spent the next ten years peeling and chopping onions and potatoes. to this day i can hardly bear to look at a potato or an onion.
on my eighteenth birthday i was told to pack a bag and i was taken to the big city where i got a job as a social coordination technician at the r-99 corporation.
life at the r-99 corporation was not that bad. i just wish the coffee had been a little bit better.
well, that is my story. now that it has been told, i will leave you here with larry.
the car stopped, and kari got out.
so your name is larry? delilah asked without looking behind her at the last remaining other occupant of the car as it started up again and left kari behind.
yes, it is.
tell me a little bit about yourself.
i like star trek and bette davis movies, the voice replied. and blueberry pancakes with tofu syrup.
and? delilah asked. she turned around to look at larry.
but the seat was empty.
and then i woke up, delilah told lyman slade.
lyman made a note on a small pad of paper, with a pencil.
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