Double Dare

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By the time the spaceship had finished jiggling and actually stood firmly on Domerangi soil, Justin Marner was beginning to doubt his sanity.

“We must be crazy,” he said. “We must be.”

The other Earthman, who had been gazing out the viewplate at the green-and-gold alien vista, glanced around suddenly at Marner’s remark. “Huh?”

“There are limits to which one goes in proving a point,” Marner said. He indicated the scene outside. “This little journey exceeds the limits. Now that we’re here, Kemridge, I’m sure of it. Nobody does things like this.”

Kemridge shrugged sourly. “Don’t be silly Justin. You know why we’re here, and you know how come we’re here. This isn’t any time to—”

“All right,” Marner said. “I take it all back.” He stared for a moment at his delicate, tapering fingers—the fingers that could have belonged to a surgeon, were they not the property of a top-rank technical engineer. “Don’t pay any attention to whatever I just said. It’s the strain that’s getting me.”

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