<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV><BR>re Tony's comments on the man being a German pilot - do you think that the balloon is really The Gazelle (with a woman at her helm?) or an aficionado who recreated the silk balloon dress (ie - is there anything funny going on with time?) Is it a story of a pilot who yearns for his past glory or obsession ripping a fabric in time?</DIV>
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<DIV>Also, as far as "Robot's Story", one interesting unanswered question comes from the entire set up - the children are "groupies"- groupies of what? They are hanging out in Candy's house, but there are other Candies (how do you pluralize a name?) mentioned in town. Are the Candies clones/artificial constructs/youth icons? Are they all the same that they can only be differentiated by where they were created?</DIV></td></tr></table>