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Show 116 Biggs had basn placeo in chargs bscauss, it was bslisved, ha was too dumb to ba dishonest. In an excess of alcoholic goodwill some CO in the past had promoted him, and thareby reaped the crop of mistaken encouragement: finding jobs simple enough for him to handle. That problem had come on down to Sid, and he thought ha had found ths answer, or answers. Since Biggs neithar stole nor blackmarketed ha could run tha PX; since he was too gentla to drive agressively he could pilot the company A jeep; whsn Carlton fell prey to his afternoon narcolepsy he could dispense aspirin; and since he was too insensitive to know when he was under pressure, he could dispense the liquor ration. (As the first troops in Oji, the Detachments had been the original consignees; when the Engineers arrived, Kyoto mersly attached tham to the original supply.) Biggs adored Koontz, since Koontz was quick, handsome and authoritative, thereby complementing Biiggs on evsry point. Mot only was Biggs large and slow, but he had a tiny high-pitched voice that issued far-off and quavery, G311i-Curci's from an anciant record. Moreover his physiqus was at odds with his uniform, and like the Mercator projsction mads all lines arcs, leaving a vast Sahara near ths Equator. "Gosh, Sarga," hs said when Koontz, leaving Kimiko for a moment, walked over for a pack of cigarsttes, "Didn't know you had a girl." "Fiances, Biggs." "Oh." Hs pssrsd. "Been going with her long?" |