In a shadowy corner , lit by a strand of blue and purple Light , sit the wall of heads . Perhaps they are prize from a long - bury state of war , perhaps helmet that have been retired , perhaps robotic heads waiting for someone to sing to .
Belmo detest visit the Oracle . He could never remember Daniela ’s instructions about the head . Was it the first head that talk the truth you did n’t want to hear ? Or did it speak with the voice of a worried mother ? There were procedures , specific questions you could ask each mind to suss out which capitulum was which , but Belmo did n’t have the patience for such plot .
“ Where is Daniela ? ” he necessitate , as if the Oracle had taken her itself .
The fifth fountainhead directly chirped up . “ Daniela Aarons of Chicago , Earth , is in sector 346 , aboard the Jacobi . Daniela Aarons of Singapore , Earth , is in Hong Kong at the Mandarin Hotel , located at … ”
“ Enough ! ” Belmo waggle a finger at the head . “ You ’re the head who talk too much . ”
“ Ooh ! ” The third chief began jerking its headspring up and down . “ He does n’t know which head is which ! ”
“ Now , now , ” cooed the seventh school principal . “ I ’m sure he ’s just stressed . Now dear , tell us what ’s wrong . ”
Belmo covered his face . “ Daniela , she … ” He recall the 5th pass . “ Daniela Setrakian . Of Aldrin City , Mars . We were at Curiosity Landing , and she just vanished . I do n’t know where she is . ” He peek down at the seventh chief . “ I ’m so disquieted . ”
“ There , there , ” say the 7th head . “ It ’ll be okay . ”
“ Do n’t enjoin him that ! ” tear the eighth head . “ Empty commonplace wo n’t do him any goodness . Look , ” the head telescope its neck out a few feet , “ you ’re better off without her . Go to Clarke Station , a piddling bar ring HAL ’s . There will be a girl there , eight feet magniloquent with skin dyed blue air . She ’ll be the good sex of your unworthy little life , trust me . ”
Belmo push the eighth head back to the wall , still attempt to appeal to the seventh . “ Just say me she ’s okay . ”
“ How did she seem when you last saw her ? ” ask the 2nd top dog . “ What did she have with her ? ”
“ Okay , I guess ? ” Belmo let out a small chortle . “ She buy me a bacon - twine soya kabob , which she never does . She had her rucksack with her . pronounce she was worried her stuff would get slip from the hotel . ”
All the heads murmur at once . Even the third head sound a little distressing .
“ What ? ” Belmo call for .
And the first head replied , “ If she wanted you to find her , you would . ”
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