Julien has appeared again. I bumped into him as I came into the block this evening. I’d been out for a jog in the Reality Park. I do like doing that if it’s not too hot, or to cold or raining.  Oh here I go, explaining why most people prefer the holoscense for exercise. But really, the air is better outside. Is that because it’s not so perfect? They say the treated air is better. Who knows? But anyway: Julien.

He was just going in as I arrived at the door. He looked a bit flustered when I bumped into him. He’d obviously been away. He looked tired, too, and wasn’t quite his normal cheery, confident self.

“Been on holiday, then have you?” I asked.

“Er, not exactly.”

“Well, you never told me, you were going away,”...

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