“Try again.”
“No.”
Rio took his arm and they went into the street. In Rio’s hotel, Martin lay down on the bed. The other sat beside him.
“You ain’t quite so funny now,” said Rio.
Martin nodded.
“Where you been?”
Martin raised himself on his elbow.
“I’ve been playing bats with a visitor from Saturn. You know it has many moons. The visitor told me all about them.”
“Yeah,” said Rio dryly. “You only got one. But it ought to be kicked.”
“It has been,” said Martin.