Babylon 5: The Gathering Page #4

Now, be a good ambassador

and be at Docking Bay 9 in two hours.

- I don't want to have to come and get you.

- I'll be there.

What else have I got to do? I'm broke.

Excuse me, I couldn't help overhearing.

This system of yours, it's a sure thing?

My good fellow,

I've worked it out to 15 decimal points.

All it requires is a little backing, Mr...

- Varner.

- Varner?

- Del Varner.

- Del Varner.

- Two Minbaris is what you'll need.

- No.

This looks fine.

We can deposit the down payment

in 24 solar hours.

But we need to take possession

of the spare parts no later than the 15th.

Can you deliver by then?

Absolutely. No problem.

The 22nd.

He's thinking he can't deliver

any sooner than the 22nd.

He figures that once he has the contract,

you can take a flying-

That's what I meant to say.

The 22nd.

Unacceptable.

But wait, we...

We can make the 15th...

...just I'd have to pay the workers more,

but that would cut my profits in half.

He's telling the truth.

Better half of something

than all of nothing.

Done. See you on the 15th.

Thank you again for your services.

Someday I am going to find the guy

that thought up the idea...

...of renting telepaths to businessmen,

and I am going to kill him.

Funny, I just knew

you were going to say that.

- Lyta Alexander?

- Yes?

Ambassador G'Kar, of the Narn regime.

- May I speak to you for a moment?

- Of course.

When I learned of your arrival,

I ran a genetics scan of your records.

Most impressive.

A sixth-generation telepath.

It goes back further than that,

but that's when Earth Central...

...started keeping track of people

with psi capability.

We have no telepaths among my people.

A genetic oversight, I suppose.

One which you could help correct.

I am empowered to compensate you

for your genetic background.

The process would be either

a direct mating, you and I...

...or a donation of vital cells

from which we could clone a replica.

Yes, obviously the cloning is less efficient,

since we have to grow the clone...

...so payment would have to be

proportionately smaller.

We'd still have to fuse your genes

with ours and that would take even longer.

The direct mating is far more...

...cost-effective.

Now, would you prefer to be conscious

or unconscious during the mating?

I would prefer conscious,

but I don't know what your...

...pleasure threshold is.

Confirmed, Ambassador,

you are clear for docking.

Please surrender control of your vessel

to central computer, on my mark.

Mark.

Commander, the Vorlon ship

is on approach to Bay 9.

On my way.

Status report.

Momentary power loss.

Re-routing to secondary power supply.

Time-delay factor: 2.3 minutes.

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