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The Weather on Mercury - William Morrison
THE WEATHER ON MERCURY
William Morrison
JOVIAN PRESS
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ISBN: 9781537818603
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THE FIRST THING MCCRACKEN DID was shoot a Mercurian native. But then McCracken, although he had powerful muscles, was never supposed to be very strong in the head.
The expedition was in the Twilight Zone, naturally, at the time. Without special clothing, which no one had, both the perpetual night of the Cold Side and the furnace heat of the Hot Side were out of the question. The Twilight Zone at this point was about forty miles wide, and the Astrolight had been skillfully brought down smack in the middle of it. Two hours after the landing, having ascertained that the air was as breathable as Kalinoff had reported, McCracken went out and aimed his explosive bullet at the Mercurian.
If it hadn’t been for Carvalho, who accompanied him, the rest of the group would have known nothing of the incident. It was Carvalho who reported what had happened to Lamoureux, captain of the expedition.
McCracken, of course, burst into vigorous denials that he had shot a native. You don’t think I’d be fool enough to go around looking for trouble, do you?
Lamoureux thought he would, but didn’t say so. You did shoot at something. We heard the report.
I tried to hit a dangerous bird.
What sort of bird was it?
Kind of like a penguin, I’d say, but with a broader face. No bill to speak of—
Then don’t speak of it,
snapped Lamoureux. Did you score a hit?
I think the explosion caught it in the shoulder. It got away.
Thank God for small favors,
said Lamoureux. That bird, you pigeon-brain, was a Mercurian. How do you expect intelligent inhabitants of other planets to look? Like you? They’d die of mortification.
Damn it, how was I to know?
I told you not to shoot unless you were attacked.
Lamoureux scowled. Kalinoff is somewhere in the Twilight Zone and we were supposed to find him with the help of the Mercurians. It may interest you to know that, while you were out at target practice, some of them came around here and began to behave as if they wanted to be friendly. Then they suddenly disappeared. I imagine they got news of what you had done. A fat lot of help they’ll give us now.
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