"You'll keep going up and up, and see more and more. And each step will reveal worlds you never even knew existed."
People on the line who heard her turned to stare at me, and only when I nudged her to stop did she lower her voice.
"I just hope to God," she whispered, "that you don't get hurt."
For a little while after that I didn't know what to say. We ordered our food at the counter and carried it to our table and ate without talking.
The silence made me nervous. I knew what she meant about her fear, so I joked about it.
"Why should I get hurt? I couldn't be any worse off than I was before."
"Even Algernon is still smart, isn't he? As long as he's up there I'm in good shape."
She toyed with her knife making circular depressions in a pat of butter and the movement hypnotized me.
"And besides," I told her, "I overheard something—Professor Nemur and Dr. Strauss were arguing,"
"and Nemur said he's positive that nothing can go wrong."
"I hope so," she said. "You have no idea how afraid I've been that something might go wrong. I feel partly responsible."
She saw me staring at the knife and she put it down carefully beside her plate.
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