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trying to tail us to scoop me.”
    “That’s why you’re watching out for her?”
    “Righto. If it won’t take me too far off the
trail I’ll misdirect her and let her flounder around and miss the
story. I won’t attack her, but I’ll barricade the road.”
    “Or barracuda it? I heard that word someplace
and it sounds neat but I don’t know what it means,” Jones
admitted.
    “You’re right that there’s something fishy
about it, Zippedy,” Krinkle said and allowed himself a quiet little
chuckle. “Look, I’ve been driving in a pattern to see if I can spot
Reggie following me but I don’t see her so I’m gonna pull over here
for a few minutes in case that might fool her. Also to check for
developments on the news programs.”
     
     
     

Chapter 04
    Nerber checked that his wig and hat were
firmly in place and that his feet were entirely inside his big
shoes. “These pains to my feet are necessary to pass but I will be
so happily ever after to be rid of them as soon as this competition
is done and gone. Is this one approaching us acceptable,
Wilburps?”
    “The entity moves about on its own so we
should assume it could be one of the ruling species. We know what
they sound like but since we have never had good picture reception
from here until too recently for the techs to have updated me about
that we cannot be certain. The technicians are only now using the
images I am sending to see how to adjust the visual decipher
programs so they can go back and reinterpret the signals on which
our assumptions about how things are on this planet are for truly
since it is clear they are different than we expected. You are not
only a pioneer, you are an explorer, Nerber. One who goes on
adventures to discover information and treasure.”
    “I like the sound of treasure.” Nerber picked
up Wilburps and slung him over his shoulder like a backpack. “We
will start off with leaving you exposed so you can record the full
range of visuals as well as voices. If you attract too much
attention I will have to return you to the cloth bag
appearance.”
    “Understood. We are both explorers, every
move we make is a test since we know nothing much about what
happens here and the social expectations, if there are such
things.”
    “No, they assured me that they have learned a
lot about this place and its inhabitants,” Nerber objected.
    “They assured you about much but I have in my
memory bank what is actually stored to use in any encounters with
inhabitant creatures and there is not much there. Starting with
what the dominant or at least any intelligent kinds look like.”
    “This which I am proposing to approach is not
known to us to be one of a type with high intelligence?”
    “It’s status and intelligence rating is not
known to us for truly sure. Its kind are often found with another
kind we want to check out. You are the first to actually assess it.
Go, be a pioneer.”
    “This is not truly how I imagined first
encounter to be.”
    Nerber walked confidently to where a male dog
was sniffing a tree trunk. He stopped several yards from the animal
and said to it, “Greetings and nice to meet yous. I am friendly so
you are too, yes?”
    The dog glanced at him but continued its
scent exploration.
    “A feline, whatever that is, has taken your
tongue? Is that a joke, no?” Wilburps translated for Nerber. The
voice the animal heard actually came from the zerpy while Nerber
moved his lips but those moves didn’t correspond to the sounds
coming out.
    The dog lifted it leg and urinated long and
productively on the tree trunk.
    Nerber moved around awkwardly trying to
figure out how he could do the same. He said to Wilburps, “They did
not prepare me for this social behavior. I do not think I can do
that without problems but I want to meet the challenges.”
    The dog walked on down the street without
giving this stranger another look.
    Wilburps reported, “New inputs indicate that
that was not one of the dominant life form