Even within the walls of the MOCR, Llewellyn had his own way of doing things. For example, Retro was supposed to count down to retrofire in the usual “ten, nine, eight . . .” pattern, but with Llewellyn, you never knew. Once he started at fifteen. Another time he began “ten, eight,” and, when the puzzled FIDO looked over at him, quickly added “nine, seven . . .” Sometimes he got behind, and so the count would end up “five, four, one, retrofire!” But he always got to “Retrofire!” at the right time, and was otherwise an exemplary Retro—inside the MOCR. Outside was another story, or dozens of
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