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Your hand reaches the channel switch just as the lizards claw is about to com down. Your find yourself on the ground, covered with dust, next to the TV. Behind you someone is clapping and yelling, “Bravo!” You turn and see a short man with thick limbs jumping up and down and clapping. His blue eyes flash brightly as he leans down and exclaims, “Very good! Much better than when you were in the laboratory with no one else around! That was boring!” You sit up and look at this strange man. He grabs your hand and pumps it. “My name is Luther! How do you do!” You point tot he TV and ask, “Did that bring me here?” “Of course!” Luther says. “That's how you switch between worlds!” You mean—between parallel worlds?” “Of course! What else would you use it for?” “Well, where I come from,” you explain, “we sit in our living rooms and watch TV, we don't participate in it.” “How bizarre! You just sit and watch?” “Yes—it's you know entertainment.” “But how can that entertain you? How boring!” // Go on to the next page 43 //