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Long turned to Uncle Jock. "Jock, I'm sorry about this. I pray that you
will not let the troubles of '88 make your household gloomy during the forward
years till then. I never planned to bring your nephew here not yet trained in
the disciplines of Time-I never planned to bring your nephew here at all. We do
need him, but we expected to recruit him at Boondock with no need to bring him
to Headquarters. But he refused to enlist. Do you want to try to change his
mind?"
"I'm not sure I have any influence over him, Lafe. How about it, Dickie?
Want to hear what a good deal a career in the Time Corps can be? You could say
that the Time Corps supported you throughout your childhood-you could say it
because it's true. The sheriff was about to auction this farm right out from
under us... when I joined up. You were just a tad ... but you may remember a
time we ate corn bread and not much else. Then things got better and stayed
better-do you remember? You were about six."
I had some long thoughts. "Yes, I remember. I think I do. Uncle, I'm not
against joining. You're in it, my wife is in it, several of my friends are in
it. But Lazarus has been trying to sell me a pig in a poke. I've got to know
what it is they want | me to do and why they want me to do it. They say they
want me for a job with the chances only fifty-fifty that I get out of it alive.
With those odds there is no point in talking about retirement benefits
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