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Robin Williams, Speaking Spanish by A. R. Morlan * * * * “Amazing ... that’s amazing. He should work for NASA or something like that.” ... “So much for NASA...” Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow, Rain Man , 1988 * * * * Case # 290727DD/I-R 03-01-58/T. Kenward, caseworker Day 1: Contact “The Jones’ cabin’s down past Storage Module Four ... don’t bother to knock. Ain’t like he’s gonna get up to greet ya—” “Throw some cheese balls in first, he’ll never notice you’re in there—” Sabriah put one hand on my shoulder and pressed her dark fingers into the soft hollow between my collarbone and the top of my upper arm, as she told the two asteroid engineers, “Dalton wouldn’t appreciate that ... he’s lactose intolerant.” Turning her scarf-wrapped head my way, as she steered me down the diffusely-lit corridor, away from Broga Hastings and Moire Payne, Sabriah continued, her voice loud enough for the man and woman behind us to hear easily, “I also have Dalton on a yeast and gluten-free diet. I’m not all that sure that it’s helping him, but between that and his meds, he does seem to be content.” I guessed that the last part was strictly for my benefit: every ship’s nutritionist on every asteroid-tracking or asteroid mining vessel I’d visited in the last eighteen months inevitably managed to toss off some sort of comment about how “happy” or “content” or “integrated” his or her Savvy happened to be. Even when the rest of the crew was attacking their Savvy, taunting him, teasing him, or calling him names like “Rain Man” or “Equipment” or (on the last vessel I’d been on before boarding the Isen-Rodor a few hours ago) “Ballast.” Nodding my own head, I said, “That is the goal here ... although I have to admit—” twisting my neck as far to the left as it would go comfortably, I made s