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  Telepathic Network, Strain 23X: Archive (General): Psionic Transcript of the QuatWorld Lounge, June 22, 6692; 6:15pm-6:37pm:

  berrylady8: You’re back already!

  darner25: Yup. Can’t keep away.

  berrylady8: Have you been here long? Has anyone else been in here today?

  darner25: I’ve been here since around 5. Somebody named reaperman was here when I first entered, but he left shortly thereafter.

  berrylady8: I’m sure that must have come as quite a relief. Har.

  darner25: Yeah, well, I hadn’t wanted to say anything in case reaperman was a friend.

  berrylady8: I don’t think reaperman has any friends. I think he actually prefers it that way.

  darner25: Good thing.

  berrylady8: So…since it’s just the two of us, why don’t you tell me a little about yourself.

  darner25: Only if you tell me about you in return.

  berrylady8: Hmmm. How about this: I ask you three questions, then you can ask me three questions.

  darner25: Why do I have to answer first?

  berrylady8: It was my idea. First question: Are you a man or a woman?

  darner25: A man. You realize, of course, you have no way of verifying anything I say.

  berrylady8: I trust you.

  darner25: Your final mistake…

  berrylady8: I don’t think so. Second Q: How old are you?

  darner25: Older than you think.

  berrylady8: Not fair. That’s not a proper answer.

  darner25: I said you could ask, I never said I’d answer.

  berrylady8: Hmm…so cagey about your age. Maybe you’re really a woman after all. :)

  darner25: Har.

  berrylady8: Third Q: Have you ever been to New Portland?

  darner25: Solace?

  berrylady8: Reynard! Yes! I knew it!

  darner25: This is unbelievable!

  berrylady8: Not really. Both of us have, shall we say, *specialized knowledge* of the Drell Database, so it’s inevitable we’d be drawn to something like this.

  darner25: True. Hey, tell you what…why don’t we exit the Lounge and continue this via T-mail. In private. I mean, we don’t want to attract attention with info on…you know.

  berrylady8: I was going to suggest the exact same thing. Here’s my T-mail address: solace34*brask.

  darner25: And mine: kaleidoscope999*bandernot. Talk to you soon.