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SHOTWELLKEEPSTHEJACKSandtherubberballinhisattachecaseandwillnotallowmetoplaywiththem.Heplayswiththem,alone,sittingonthefloorneartheconsolehourafterhour,chant?ing"onesies,twosies,threesies,foursies"inapre?cise,well-modulatedvoice,notsoloudastobeannoying,notsosoftastoallowmetoforget.IpointouttoShotwellthattwocanderivemoreenjoymentfromplayingjacksthanone,butheisnotinterested.Ihaveaskedrepeatedlytobeal?lowedtoplaybymyself,buthesimplyshakeshishead."Why?"Iask."Theyremine,"hesays.Andwhenhehasfinished,whenhehassatedhimself,backtheygointotheattachecase.
ItisunfairbutthereisnothingIcandoaboutit.Iamachingtogetmyhandsonthem.
ShotwellandIwatchtheconsole.ShotwellandIliveunderthegroundandwatchtheconsole.Ifcertaineventstakeplaceupontheconsole,wearetoinsertourkeysintheappropriatelocksandturnourkeys.ShotwellhasakeyandIhaveakey.Ifweturnourkeyssimultaneouslythebirdflies,cer?tainswitchesareactivatedandthebirdflies.Butthebirdneverflies.Inonehundredthirty-threedaysthebirdhasnotflown.MeanwhileShotwellandIwatcheachother.Weeachweara.45andifShotwellbehavesstrangelyIamsupposedtoshoothim.IfIbehavestrangelyShotwellissupposedtoshootme.Wewatchtheconsoleandthinkaboutshootingeachotherandthinkaboutthebird.Shotwellsbehaviorwiththejacksisstrange.Isitstrange?Idonotknow.Perhapsheismerelyaselfishbastard,perhapshischaracterisflawed,per?hapshischildhoodwastwisted.Idonotknow.
Eachofuswearsa.45andeachofusissup?posedtoshoottheotheriftheotherisbehavingstrangely.Howstrangelyisstrangely?Idonotknow.Inadditiontothe.45Ihavea.38whichShotwelldoesnotknowaboutconcealedinmyattachecase,andShotwellhasa.25calibreBerettawhichIdonotknowaboutstrappedtohisrightcalf.SometimesinsteadofwatchingtheconsoleIpointedlywatchShotwells.45,butthisissimplyaruse,simplyamaneuver,inrealityIamwatchinghishandwhenitdanglesinthevicinityofhisrightcalf.IfhedecidesIambehavingstrangelyhewillshootmenotwiththe.45butwiththeBeretta.SimilarlyShotwellpretendstowatchmy.45butheisreallywatchingmyhandrestingidlyatopmyattachecase,myhandrestingidlyatopmyattachecase,myhand.Myhandrestingidlyatopmyattachecase.
InthebeginningItookcaretobehavenormally.SodidShotwell.Ourbehaviorwaspainfullynor?mal.Normsofpoliteness,consideration,speech,andpersonalhabitswerescrupulouslyobserved.Butthenitbecameapparentthatanerrorhadbeenmade,thatoutreliefwasnotgoingtoarrive.Ow?ingtoanoversight.Owingtoanoversightwehavebeenhereforonehundredthirty-threedays.Whenitbecameclearthatanerrorhadbeenmade,thatwewerenottoberelieved,thenormswererelaxed.Definitionsofnormalitywereredrawnintheagree?mentofJanuary1,calledbyus,TheAgreement.Uniformregulationswererelaxed,andmealtimesarenolongerrigorouslyscheduled.Weeatwhenwearehungryandsleepwhenwearetired.Con?siderationsofrankandprecedenceweretempo?rarilyputaside,ahandsomeconcessiononthepartofShotwell,whoisacaptain,whereasIamonlyafirstlieutenant.Oneofuswatchestheconsoleatalltimesratherthantwoofuswatchingthecon?soleatalltimes,exceptwhenwearebothonourfeet.Oneofuswatches
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