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But tormals have certain useful, genetically transmitted talents which make them much more valuable than mere companions or pets. Calhoun got a light-reading for the banded sun. It could hardly be an accurate measure of distance, but it was a guide. He said; "Hold on to something, Murgatroyd!"
"Very, very good! Blueskins do not have tormals! You are Med Service! By all means come in. Your coördinates will be ..." Calhoun wrote them down. He clicked off the communicator again and growled to Murgatroyd; "So I might have been a blueskin, eh? And you're my passport, because only Med Ships have members of your tribe aboard! What the hell's the matter, Murgatroyd?
There were some doctors who ignored the irony of medical techniques being taught to cure nonnutritional disease, when everybody was half-fed, or less. They approved of Calhoun. They even approved of Murgatroyd when Calhoun explained his function. He was, of course, a Med Service tormal, and tormals were creatures of talent.
But tormals have certain valuable, genetically transmitted talents which make them much more valuable than mere companions or pets. Calhoun got a light-reading for the banded sun. It could hardly be an accurate measure of distance, but it was a guide. "Hold on to something, Murgatroyd!" he said. Murgatroyd watched. He saw Calhoun make certain gestures which presaged discomfort.
Murgatroyd peered out of his little cubbyhole. His eyes were anxious. Tormals are amiable little creatures. During the days in overdrive, Calhoun had paid less than the usual amount of attention to Murgatroyd, while the girl was fascinating. They'd made friends, awkwardly on the girl's part, very pleasantly on Murgatroyd's. But only moments ago there had been bitter emotion in the air.
There was a click, and somehow the silence was clamorous. Calhoun rubbed his nose reflectively with his finger. Murgatroyd, bright-eyed, immediately rubbed his nose with a tiny dark digit. Like all tormals, he gloried in imitating human actions, as parrots and parakeets imitate human speech.
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