human
Nice? Malone said.
gpt
Peaceful? Lovely? Wonderful? I can see it now.
human
What do you mean, Malone?
gpt
What am I going to get? Malone said.
human
A nice easy job like arresting all the suspected nose-pickers in Mobile, Alabama?
gpt
No, he said.
human
No, no, no. I mean it. You've earned a vacation, Kenneth, a real vacation. A nice, peaceful--
gpt
Lovely, wonderful vacation, Malone said.
human
But--
gpt
You're one of my best agents, Burris said.
human
I might almost say you're my top man. My very top man. And because of that I've been overworking you.
gpt
But--
human
Now, now, Burris said, waving a hand vaguely.
gpt
I have been overworking you, Kenneth, and I'm sorry. I want to make amends.
human
A what?
gpt
Amends, Burris said.
human
I want to do something for you.
gpt
Or possibly even
human
I don't want to stop work, he said grimly.
gpt
Really, I don't.
human
You'll have lots of time to yourself,
gpt
Sure I will, he said.
human
Until they come and put me in a wet pack.
gpt
You don't have to go swimming, he said,
human
Where there are nice big guards to watch everything, Malone said.
gpt
And nuts.
human
Guides, Burris said.
gpt
But you could just sit around and take things easy.
human
All locked up, Malone said.
gpt
Sure. I'll love it.
human
If you want to go out, Burris said,
gpt
O.K., he said.
human
When do the men in the white coats arrive?
gpt
White coats? Burris said. There was a short silence.
human
Kenneth, he said,
gpt
Avacado,
human
What?
gpt
Nothing, Malone said shamefacedly.
human
An old song. It runs through my mind. And when you said that about going where I want to go--
gpt
An old song with avacados in it?
human
Avacado go where you go, he piped feebly,
gpt
Oh, Burris said.
human
Oh, my.
gpt
Sorry,
human
Well, Kenneth, Burris said at last, with an attempt at heartiness,
gpt
You forgot water coolers,
human
And water coolers, he said,