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"Hugo?"
"Yeah, Lefty."
"Do you know what time it is?"
"Can we ever really know the time, Lefty? We pass through the universe on a wave of instants that are always 'now' and never 'then.' If we try to put a precise definition on time, then we are but looking backwards from where we are, which is constantly leaving the 'just then' to the 'right now.' I submit that it is impossible to know what time it is. Rather, we can only know what time is was."
"I meant, is our cue coming up? I don't want to miss it like we did last week."
"Oh, that. We're on in about ten. Grab that lineman's tool and let's go find our marks."
Unnoticed by the milling humans in the Casino, two socks rolled across the floor of the main tournament room. One of them was dragging a sturdy pair of pliers behind it.
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