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`` Roughly , 15 to 18 thousand , '' Dex replied . '' _ What ? _ '' With fine impartiality , they ignored me completely . Harry continued , as though without interruption , `` Ye-es , I guess a compressor-and-coolant system could be arranged ... '' * * * * * We broke up at 6 A.M. I took one of my pills , frowning at the bottle . Seemed to be emptying fast . Sleepily , I shook the thought off and faced the new day -- little knowing the opposition had managed to skizzle us again . The last displays were moons of Jupiter and Saturn ; it was impossible to recreate tortured conditions of the planets themselves .