"Eh?"
"Everyone hates telepaths. You know that."
"I don't."
"Oh, you go wandering all over the Galaxy—but my friends—what could I say to my friends if they learned I had something like a telepath in the apartment?"
"It's only a baby diver, I keep telling you, honey. And anyway, you'll be able to tell what they're really thinking about you."
Florence looked thoughtful. "And what they've been doing?"
"Sometimes they will do what they think they'll do. And sometimes they don't make it. But it's what their subliminal plans to have happen, yes."
She kissed me. "I think it's a lovely present, Sol."
She snuggled up to me and I concentrated on bringing the diver over to her. I thought I'd read her, just for a joke, and see what she had in mind. I took a close look.
"What's the matter, Sol?"