If we loved Steve Aylett, really loved him in the way that he deserves, a selfless love that genuinely wanted nothing save his happiness and comfort, we'd lobotomise him.
___hall we go down and have a closer look?_ Hum asked.____ll right. I think we have time _ wait! What day is this?___um calculated silently, then said, __he fifth day of Luggat._____amn,_ Cordovir said. __ have to go home and kill my wife._____t__ a few hours before sunset,_ Hum said. __ think you have time to do both.___ordovir wasn__ sure. ____ hate to be late._____ell then. You know how fast I am,_ Hum said. __f it gets late, I__l hurry back and kill her myself. How about that?_____hat__ very decent of you._ Cordovir thanked the younger man and together they slithered down the steep mountainside.
Store of the Worlds: The Stories of Robert Sheckley
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___hall we go down and have a closer look?_ Hum asked.____ll right. I think we have time _ wait! What day is this?___um calculated silently, then said, __he fifth day of Luggat._____amn,_ Cordovir said. __ have to go home and kill my wife._____t__ a few hours before sunset,_ Hum said. __ think you have time to do both.___ordovir wasn__ sure. ____ hate to be late._____ell then. You know how fast I am,_ Hum said. __f it gets late, I__l hurry back and kill her myself. How about that?_____hat__ very decent of you._ Cordovir thanked the younger man and together they slithered down the steep mountainside.
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