human
I have done everything I did for the sake of winning Lyddy, Mattern said, biting off the words.
gpt
If all hope of her is gone, then my whole reason for working with you is gone. I will never go back to hyperspace.
human
There are other women--
gpt
Not for me!
human
The business itself means nothing to you?
gpt
It's just a living, Mattern said,
human
I thought perhaps with the deepening of your interests--
gpt
They have only made me love her the more profoundly.
human
You do not have a house or any regular place of residence. You cannot expect a lady to live permanently on a spaceship.
gpt
I will build her a house.
human
Will it not show her how carefully you have prepared for her if, first, you build her a palace worthy--
gpt
I have no time to build palaces.
human
There is a tiny planet that circles the dim sun you call Van Maanen's star, the alien persisted.
gpt
It is always twilight there. The beings who live on that planet build crystal towers miles high and as fragile as spun glass, in dusk colors the rainbow never dreamed of.
human
If she wants a crystal tower, I will have one built for her. But first I will ask her.
gpt
Very well, the kqyres sighed,