human
It isn't a cemetery, Herb was saying with emphatic motions of his hands.
gpt
It was a parking area, and this stone was where I parked my airsled. I can remember it as though it were yesterday.
human
How can you prove it was a parking area? Her eyes roamed over the large field with its regularly spaced stones.
gpt
It certainly looks impractical for a parking lot.
human
Just the same, that's what it was. I wish I had a shovel here. I seem to remember burying something near my stone. If I could find that it would prove I really remember.
gpt
Why don't you forget it? Dotty pleaded.
human
After all, even if it were true, what does it matter _now_?
gpt
It matters to me. Ever since we arrived here I've seen familiar things. Too familiar to be coincidence. I never felt this way before. I always considered reincarnation as ancient superstitious belief, just like everyone else. But not any more. I _know_. I lived here when all this was new.
human
But can't you just be satisfied to feel that you did and let it go at that? Dotty asked.
gpt
I'm afraid of what they would do to you if they found out what you're thinking.
human
Hah! Herb snorted.
gpt
I have a feeling that before we leave Mars I'll be able to prove it to them. Somewhere in this city is something that only I know exists. It's hidden under stones that haven't been disturbed since man first set foot on the planet. It isn't entirely clear yet, but it will come--it will come. Then I'll make them listen. They'll dig, and they'll find what I say is there. You wait and see.
human
They'll lock you up, darling, Dotty said.
gpt
They won't believe you.