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Show "So were the Yeofolk my child, who were saddled by the Doctors with most of the administration until the Managers got here. But the Managers were the ones who clean lost their heads with the Constitution." "Meanest thou our Codex Ridiculum?" Janni had a chambermate for a time at Terra University named Lori Bronlow, an Earthski who was doing her Scholar's Thesis on BauerWorlde Law. Janni leaned down to brush the hair at the nape of her neck. "The fair Lori had her own deminame for BauerWorlde's GoverningComputer," Janni said to her mother, laughing. "'Twas The Black Hole! " She exchanged the brush for the comb. "The people at the EarthColonySystem Headquarters expect at any moment a most glorious crash in BauerWorlde's GoverningComputer, whereupon..." She parted her hair precisely in the middle. "...the whole of BauerWorlde will disappear from the EarthColonySystem." She combed her hair down smoothly on either side of the part and shrugged it back behind her shoulders. "Aye," said Dr'Anya, "knowest thou that even now, the System breaks down on the order of once a SevenDay?" "In truth, my mother, I've forgotten clean how bad t'was. I've been away that long." Dr'Anya shook her head. "BauerWorlde folk are so used to breakdowns, they mutter and mumble only and then make do. In faith, they've adapted over the generations. The Earthskis would rise up in rebellion over things that be taken for granted here." Janni shook her head. "My fair roommate at Terra did jest indeed about the Merchant's billing system here, too-the five-for-one." "Aye," said Dr'Anya, grimly. "Send five invoices out for each 79 |