"In an hour."
"I'll be up."
"He'll be up," said Doc. "How long will he be needed?"
"Perhaps an hour."
"He won't be up that long."
"What can we do?"
"Get everything ready. If he can hold out, or if you can set things so that the warp can be established in a shorter time, we're in. You couldn't hold a partial warp for any length of time?"
"Not a chance. It's one of those yes or no things. You can't stand still while building a space warp. You must either build up or let fall."
"If you could use something less than perfect, supersensitive balance, I could buck him up with a bit of dope and he'd last longer."
"Why not stand by with the needle? Or could you give him something that will wear off in a half hour and sort of increase that balance as the time passes—giving him the buck-up at the first and saving that strength for later?"