Text to complete: i stood up , kissed her hair quickly , and walked out into the perversely cheerful light . * * * * as i wandered toward my room , the route began to stretch until it seemed i was making no headway at all , and i realized that my steps had slowed and shortened and then stopped completely outside simmons ' door . i paused to finish a half-formed thought , then
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knocked

Text to complete: '' i do n't understand half of what i see , but if you 're going to give me a greeting-present , this is it . it 's beautiful . it makes my ship look awful . '' her face took on a look of ardent curiosity . '' are you really from the foundation ? '' '' how do you know about the
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foundation

Text to complete: if not , do you think i 'm improving well enough to reach that limit in the future ? '' he did n't answer . he ate his sandwich , remaining tight-lipped . i still had my own sandwich , too , and i grumbled and laughed and then finished it off . we ate , shoulder to shoulder , quiet but friendly . i liked friendly lucent . he was a lot better than a ** hole
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lucent