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Lekvich looked at me rainbow of call lights blinking ur-
gently and swallowed. "Fine. I think."

"Good. Hold the fort." Ranee hung up.

The fort was bunking at Lekvich in every color imaginable.

"Hello, concierge, please hold. Concierge, please hold.
Concierge, please hold. Concierge, may I help you?"

"Yeah, I was just swimming on deck five when a robot
came in and dumped a load of sand in the deep end of the
pool."

"Are you sure?" Lekvich said. "They're not programmed
to do anything like that."

"Of course not," the caller said. "But some kids were play-
ing around with its controls -- they probably reprogrammed it.
There it goes again."

Lekvich could hear a faint splash and outraged cries.

"I believe you, I believe you," he said quickly. "I'll contact
Maintenance right away." He hung up, buzzed Pool Mainte-
nance, and reached for the next call.

"Concierge."

"My Poltronian guppy isn't doing well," the caller said in
a waspish voice. "I was just down at the kennel and I thought
it looked a little pink. 1 don't think you've got the right mix-
ture of gases in its cell."

"Did you tell the kennel master, sir?"

"Of course, but do you think he'd listen to me? I want
something done about this at once."

"Sir, it's really not my job -- "

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Karen Haber

"I don't care what your job is. If my guppy dies because of

mistreatment I'll sue this hotel!"