 What hit the narrator?
There was a lidless eye at the top of his head and five lidded ones, one above each arm. "Before we begin, I'll need certain information about—" "I am a being of Regulus II," came the grave, booming reply, even before I had picked up the blank. The spherical creature clapped his hands in joy, three hands clapping on one side, two on the other. I passed him along to Auchinleck to sign at anything short of top rate. Before then, anyone could visit Earth. I nudged the trouble-button on the side of my desk and Auchinleck and Ludlow appeared simultaneously from the two doors at right and left.
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