Chapter 21
Kzar found himself standing by his desk, looking at the V-Screen, staring at the blank milky translucence. Something was occupying his thoughts, but he was having a hard time tracking it down.
There was a trick - Kzar knew there was a trick - to turning the V-Screen on and making it show what he wanted it to show. And where was Catman with his food? All he had to do - he remembered now - was glance at it and count to three. It would track his eyes and know he was interested and respond.
Kzar did so. He stared unwaveringly at the V-Screen. Under his breath he counted to three, concentrating, leaving a suitable space between the numbers. Not one!-two!-three! In a quick staccato, but one, two, three in a slow leisurely even rhythm.
The V-Screen faithfully rewarded him with a vi
