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           "Duke,canyouslowitdownstillmore?"

           "Justasec.Somethingisfouledupwiththestereo."

           "What?"

           "DarnedifIcanfigureitout.Itlookedallrightonthefastrun.ButwhenIsloweditdown,thedeptheffectwasreversed.Yousawit.Thatboxwentawayfromusfast,mightyfast–butitalwayslookedcloserthanthewall.Swappedparallax,ofcourse.ButInevertookthatcartridgeoffthespindle.Gremlins."

           "Oh.Holdit,Duke.Runthefilmfromtheothercamera."

           "Unh?oh,Isee,That’llgiveusaninety-degreecrossonitandwe’llseeproperlyevenifIdidjimmythisfilmsomehow."Dukechangedcartridges."Zipthroughthefirstpart,okay?Thenundercrankedten-to-oneonthepartthatcounts."

           "Goahead."

           Thescenewasthesamesaveforangle.WhentheimageofJillgrabbedthebox,Dukesloweddowntheshowandagaintheywatchedtheboxgoaway.Dukecursed."Somethingwasfouledupwiththesecondcameratoo."

           "So?"

           "Ofcourse.Itwaslookingatitaroundfromthesidesotheboxshouldhavegoneoutoftheframetoonesideortheother.Insteaditwentstraightawayfromusagain.Well,didn’tit?Yousawit.Straightawayfromus."

           "Yes,"agreedJubal."‘Straightawayfromus.’"

           "Outitcan’t–notfrombothangles."

           "Whatdoyoumean,itcan’t?Italreadydid."Harshawadded,"IfweIhaduseddoppler-radarinplaceofeachofthosecameras,Iwonderwhattheywouldhaveshown?"

           "HowshouldIknow?I’mgoingtotakeboththesecamerasapart."

           "Don’tbother."