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"Only what Captain Birdsel here told me," Starbuck said. No doubt there
was a pattern of fine logic to the calculator's inquiries, but he was
too dense to see it. The question sounded to him like the mumblings of
a mongoloid.
"I'd be delighted to fill the brain in on the subject," Birdsel said.
The calculator's communication screen remained blank.
"Was there anything else you wanted to know?" Starbuck inquired.