Guest Night on Union Station (22 page)
“I can feel you,” Ailia declared. “Jeeves is a genius.”
“He’s okay,” Samuel allowed grudgingly. “The suits are from Paul’s flying ride, but I guess Jeeves did most of the math stuff.”
“Crimson Waltz, low volume,” Ailia requested, and soft strains of the Vergallian piece began to play in both rooms. Samuel hesitated for a beat, missing the first natural starting point, but then he began to move into the familiar steps that Marcus had taught him to dance with Vivian. The two glided quietly in their own rooms, and since he was leading, it was fortunate that Samuel’s room offered less free space than Ailia’s or he might have danced her into a wall.
“Your hand should be warm,” Ailia said, after the piece reached its end and they stepped apart to bow formally to each other.
“I’ll get Banger to ask Jeeves. Do you have time for another dance?”
“Empire of Glory, low volume,” Ailia said. Separated by over a thousand light-years, the nine-year-old queen and the ambassador’s son matched each other’s intricate steps as the music swelled over the little robot’s speakers.
Sprawled out in front of the empty bowl and blocking the doorway with his bulk, Beowulf snored and dreamed of chasing pretty Cayl hounds. He caught more than he could count.
Guest Night on Union Station
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About the Author
E. M. Foner lives in Northampton, MA with an imaginary German Shepherd who’s been trained to bite bankers. The author welcomes reader comments at [email protected].