" "212." "212. So you were 97 then?" "Right. I checked through the news listings to see if anyone had a request for someone of my particular skills; I was surprised to find there were more requests for what I knew then I could possibly ever answer. I decided to take a particularly hard assignment, one dealing more with methods of soil replenishment delivery then any real chemistry." He grinned quietly. "For some reason, my classmates found that difficult. Since I was used to making my own toys and such, I saw the answer as basic innovation. "Rudin was fourteen when I met him, and he was looking for one thing and one thing only. Sex. It was first and foremost on his mind; he would hang around me while I was directing robots and setting up pumps and hoses and storehouses for this farm, asking questions about what I was doing, but inevitably his conversation would come around to sex. |