Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

it is?" he said, "I think you are determined to take this awayfrom me. I think you can't stand the fact that I have made adiscovery that you haven't. I think you can't stand the thoughtof me being anything but your gigolo. You can't stand thethought of me having a life and interests of my own."She withstood his tirade calmly. "You've been in herefifteen hours so far today.""How many hours do you think I should be allowed?" heshouted, really losing it now. "Before you answer it,remember how little I saw of you during the times you wereonto something.""I haven't worked a fifteen hour day since turnover.""At turnover you were away all day every day formonths.""We almost lost the main attractor. Our survival dependedon me," she said."Implying that what I'm doing isn't important enough.""The expedition hardly depends on it.""What if the war does?" he asked."How could the war depend on this?" she waved her armat his lab."We've detected impactors from this far out.""You're talking about Darryl's study aren't you?" sheasked.Darryl Yorkham had detected bodies that were destined topass close to Sol's environment, and careful positionmeasurements and calculations showed that they were142