"You're old enough not to come barging into a room this way," Bishop told her. "One of these days you'll reassemble yourself in the precise spot where someone else is standing."
She giggled. "That would be fun," she said. "Think of you and me - "
"It would be a mess," said Bishop.
"Invite me to sit down," said Maxine. "Let's act civilized and social."
"Sure, sit down," said Bishop.
She picked out a couch.
"I'm interested in this business of teleporting yourself," said Bishop. "I've never asked you before, but you told me - "
"It just came to me," she said.
"But you can't teleport. Humans aren't parapsychic - "
"Some day, Buster, you'll blow a fuse. You get so steamed up."