Operation Outer Space

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  • Jed
  • Cochrane
  • tried
  • to
  • be
  • cynical
  • as
  • the
  • helicab
  • hummed
  • softly
  • through
  • the
  • night
  • over
  • the
  • city.
  • The
  • cab
  • flew
  • at
  • two
  • thousand
  • feet,
  • where
  • lighted
  • buildings
  • seemed
  • to
  • soar
  • toward
  • it
  • from
  • the
  • canyons
  • which
  • were
  • streets.
  • There
  • were
  • lights
  • and
  • people
  • everywhere,
  • and
  • Cochrane
  • sardonically
  • reminded
  • himself
  • that
  • he
  • was
  • no
  • better
  • than
  • anybody
  • else,
  • only
  • he'd
  • been
  • trying
  • to
  • keep
  • from
  • realizing
  • it.
  • He
  • looked
  • down
  • at
  • the
  • trees
  • and
  • shrubbery
  • on
  • the
  • roof-tops,
  • and
  • at
  • a
  • dance
  • that
  • was
  • going
  • on
  • atop
  • one
  • of
  • the
  • tallest
  • buildings.
  • All
  • roofs
  • were
  • recreation-spaces
  • nowadays.
  • They
  • were
  • the
  • only
  • spaces
  • available.
  • When
  • you
  • looked
  • down
  • at
  • a
  • city
  • like
  • this,
  • you
  • had
  • cynical
  • thoughts.
  • Fourteen
  • million
  • people
  • in
  • this
  • city.
  • Ten
  • million
  • in
  • that.
  • Eight
  • in
  • another
  • and
  • ten
  • in
  • another
  • still,
  • and
  • twelve
  • million
  • in
  • yet
  • another
  • ...
  • Big
  • cities.
  • Swarming
  • millions
  • of
  • people,
  • all
  • desperately
  • anxious—so
  • Cochrane
  • realized
  • bitterly—all
  • desperately
  • anxious
  • about
  • their
  • jobs
  • and
  • keeping them...
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