Still he made no reply. My companion nodded with ponderous slowness, pursing his lips and tugging thoughtfully at the fold of skin under his chin as he ruminated upon my words. I cringed under the scrutiny of his powerful, analytical mind. It was like a searchlight exposing each flaw in my statement. His silence was crushing me.
Name is Simms.
Kroeger Rob is a post-doctoral research assistant in particle physics for the University of Tennessee, currently working at the Stanford Linear Particle Center. He writes fiction for fun. 1992 Reasons To Believe.