"I've been trying to. Couldn't you phone them?"
"Ted." She made two syllables out of it. She looked at him quietly. "Do they bore you terribly?"
"They do."
"And do I?"
"No. You should, but you don't. You've still a potential. Well, if the Drews are coming, I'd better shave."
She was looking at him thoughtfully as he left the room.
Peak outer-thought, "Well, Ha, what do you think of Earthians?"
"They're like us," Ha thought wonderingly, "except for that stuff growing on them."
"Hair," Peak explained. "They haven't our cloud blanket, and their climate is ridiculous. You've—been gone some time."