"The minute we confirm any part of the story, the credit of the Galaxian Society will jump from X-O to AA-A1."
"Oh. So Belle and I will have to lose our Pleiades for a while. I don't like that, but we do need the money ... but we can have her for this coming week?"
"Of course."
"So maybe we'd better break the story now, instead of letting it leak."
"Can you, after what you just told them?"
"Sure I can." He set his mind and searched. "Bundy, this is Garlock...."
"So what am I supposed to do—burst into tears of joy?"
"Save it. I changed my mind. You can break it as fast and as hard as you like. I'll play along."
"Yeah? Why the switch? What's the angle?"