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Condition Zebra
Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.
—Oliver Cromwell
Over the next several weeks, the people on the Chiron spent much of their time greeting new arrivals. Everyone wanted, above all things, to meet Dash. Then Colin or Chance or Amanda would show them to their new quarters on the Eos before letting them rush into the whirlwind where they learned to use the new tools, wrangle the bots, study the CEREBRUM forecasts, and explore the potentialities of the CRISPIER.
Two of the last to arrive came from the American University in Beirut. Jubair el-Parani, a heavyset man with a defensive edge to his voice, introduced himself. Dash welcomed him with enthusiasm, rattling off a number of his research papers she had read. You could see Jubair’s sm
