“Joy told us about your attempt at telepathy. Well done. Keep it up. In theory, long-distance thought transference is as simple, or difficult, as short-distance, but in practice, it is harder. There's a lot more interference between the two communicators. True, you do have a direct connection, but it takes a trained mind to filter out the background noise. I'm impressed though, well, we all were. Jan, dish out the beers, please. We could do with one, couldn't we, Michael?”
“Er, yes, certainly. Good idea”.
“Take a seat”, he said pointing at his usual place. Roger and Michael usually sat opposite one another, and the girls sometimes sat on the other side of the bar in a line, and sometimes, one or two would sit next to him. This time, Joy sat next to him with a smile on her face and a plas
