credulously.

"Yes. You were right when you said Bohr didn't have a friend except the
toogan. I think that's why he sort of liked me--perhaps he felt I would
be one. All men have the need to talk to someone, some times, so Bohr
chose this toogan, who is really quite intelligent, and who could talk
back with him. The bird doesn't 'remember' it all, of course, but it's
all engraved on his brain."

"That means, then," Newton said thankfully, "that we won't have to worry
about a war with another system or galaxy."

"Yes, and that's a real help," Hawarden added. "Even one man, or entity,
like Bohr, could have given us a bad enough time, and perhaps even
wrecked the Federation."

"Well, I guess that winds it up except for a lot of detail work," Newton
rose. "I've got to get back to my own job on Estrella. Hawarden, call
the port and have them ready my ship, please. And it's been good seeing
you again. Thanks for everything."

"Safe flights, Newton," and the admiral started calling the spaceport.

"You'll get your orders in a day or two about going back to Algon with
the commission," Newton told Hanlon. "Might as well stay here until
then."

After affectionate farewells he started out, then stopped, bursting into
a laugh.

"What's the gag, Dad?"

"It just came to me that this was once where the son told the father all
about 'the birds and the bees'."

"Well," Hanlon quipped, but kept his face straight. "I figured you were
old enough now to know."

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