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who must be among us; other times she seems fixated on Vlad Taneev, the oldest
man here.

George Berkovic and Edvard Perrin are paired in their regard for Phyllis
Boyle. Yet it is not a competition but a partnership. They both think they
like Phyllis, but really what they like is the way the other one mirrors their
affection. Phyllis likes this too.

Ivana is quite beautiful, despite a thin face and an overbite; a goofy smile
lights up the face of the classic chemist nerd, and suddenly the goddess is
revealed. Shared a Nobel Prize in chemistry, but one has to quash the thought
that the smile is what won the prize. It makes one happy to see it. One would
give her the Nobel Prize just to see that smile.

Simon Frazier. a very quiet power. English; public school education from age
nine. He listens very closely, speaks well, but he says about one tenth as
much as everyone else, which naturally gains him the reputation of a complete
mute. He plays with this image, quietly. I think he likes Ann, who is like him
in some ways, though not so extreme; in other ways very unlike. Ann does not
joke with her image among the others, she is completely unaware of it American
lack of self-consciousness, versus Simon's Brit irony.

Janet Blyleven: beautiful. Speaks rapidly, confidently. Friendly. Looks
healthy. Nice breasts. Doggy friendship is no friendship at all.

Ann is a real beauty, though austere. Tall, angular, bony, strong;


both body and face. She draws the eye. She certainly does take Mars seriously.
People see that in her and like her for it. Or not, as the case may be. Her
shadow is very distinct.

Alexander Zhalin is a power. He likes women with his eyes. Some of them know
it, some don't. Mary Dunkel and Janet Blyleven are both with him a lot. He is
an enthusiast. Whatever has taken his fancy becomes the horizon of all
interest.

Nadia Cherneshevsky: at first you think she is plain, then you see she is one
of the most beautiful of all. It has to do with solidity physical,
intellectual, and moral. The rock everyone rests on. Her physical beauty is in
her athleticism -short, round, tough, skilful, graceful, strong - and in her
eyes, as her irises are parti-coloured, a dense stippled carpet of colour
dots, bits of brown and green mostly, with some blue and yellow, all flecked
together in concentric rings of pattern, shot by rays of a different pattern,
merging in a casual glance to a colour like hazel. You could dive into those
eyes and never come out. And she looks back at you without fear.

Frank Chalmers: a power. I think. It"s hard not to see him as an adjunct to
John Boone. The sidekick, or enabler. On his own out here, not so impressive.
Diminished; less an historical character. He's elusive. Big, bulky,