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Chapter 12

           TheconceptoffictionwasnowhereinMike’sexperience;therewasnothingonwhichitcouldrest,andJubal’sattemptstoexplaintheideaweresoemotionallyupsettingtoMikethatJillwasafraidthathewasabouttorollupintoaballandwithdrawhimself.

           ButMikehimselfsawhowperilouslyclosehewascomingtothatnecessityandhehadalreadylearnedthathemustnotresorttothisrefugeinthepresenceofhisfriends,because(withtheexceptionofhisbrotherDoctorNelson)italwayscausedthememotionaldisturbance.Sohemadeamightyeffort,sloweddownhisheart,calmedhisemotions,andsmiled."Iwillwaitingtillagrokkingcomesofitself."

           "That’sbetter,"agreedJubal."Buthereafter,beforeyoureadanything,askmeoraskJill,orsomebody,whetherornotitisfiction.Idon’twantyoutogetmixedup."

           "Iwillask,Jubal."Mikedecidedthat,whenhedidgrokthisstrangeidea,thathemustreportthefullnesstotheOldOnes?andsuddenlyfoundhimselfwonderingiftheOldOnesknewabout"fiction."ThecompletelyincredibleideathattheremightbesomethingwhichwasasstrangetotheOldOnesasitwastohimselfwassomuchmorerevolutionary(indeedhereticallyso)thanthesufficientlyweirdconceptoffictionthathehastilyputitasidetocool,saveditforfuturedeepcontemplation.

           "-butIdidn’t,"hisbrotherJubalwassaying,"callyouinheretodiscussliteraryforms.Mike,yourememberthedaythatJilltookyouawayfromthehospital?"

           "‘Hospital’?"Mikerepeated.

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