Waiting
“Hall had shaken him lightly by the shoulder and Artie gingerly took off the helmet and the gloves. It was difficult to come back to reality, and he was afraid for a moment that he was going to be sick.
“You’re pale as a ghost,” Hall said, worried. “Too much for you? Some people get vertigo with the VR glasses.”
Artie got to his feet, holding on to the top of the chair for support. “You’re not going to show this to kids, are you?”
Hall looked surprised. “Why not? I think it’s pretty effective. T...he kids’ll love it when the pterodactyl zooms down at them. We’re doing another one with a fight between a seismosaurus and a tyrannosaurus—one’s from the Lower Cretaceous and the other from the Upper, but at least they’re both North American, and anyway, I think we should be allowed some license.”
“That’s not what I saw,” Artie said slowly.
Hall frowned and stepped around him to pull the diskette out of the drive. “Sure it is—see, it’s marked.”
Artie glanced at the typed label and mumbled, “What the hell …”MoreLess
“You’re pale as a ghost,” Hall said, worried. “Too much for you? Some people get vertigo with the VR glasses.”
Artie got to his feet, holding on to the top of the chair for support. “You’re not going to show this to kids, are you?”
Hall looked surprised. “Why not? I think it’s pretty effective. T...he kids’ll love it when the pterodactyl zooms down at them. We’re doing another one with a fight between a seismosaurus and a tyrannosaurus—one’s from the Lower Cretaceous and the other from the Upper, but at least they’re both North American, and anyway, I think we should be allowed some license.”
“That’s not what I saw,” Artie said slowly.
Hall frowned and stepped around him to pull the diskette out of the drive. “Sure it is—see, it’s marked.”
Artie glanced at the typed label and mumbled, “What the hell …”MoreLess
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