• SW10: Superhuman World 2022 #1: Pedigo!

    From Scott Eiler@3:633/10 to All on Monday, February 02, 2026 02:51:02
    SW10: Superhuman World 2022 #1: Pedigo!

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    Six of my adult and near-adult relatives and I are in a courtyard.
    Where? I was trying to go anywhere else, but this wasn't it.

    A banner strip around the courtyard is written in several languages. I recognize, "Pedigo" and "I beg".

    I say, "Oh, $#!+. Ordered Realities Plaza."

    ...

    My brother Calvin says, "Huh?"

    "... We're at an interdimensional immigration bureau. And they've met
    me before. You are probably welcome here, but I'd best go." I turn to
    leave.

    My sister-in-law Laurie yells, "No! Please stay!"

    I turn back. "Uhh?"

    "You're the only one of us who knows what's going on here! Please stay
    until they *make* you leave!"

    "... When you put it that way, I suppose I ought to stay."

    ...

    People are lined up in the courtyard, to enter in one building. I wave
    our party back from the line. And I start explaining stuff.

    "This is the Congress of Ordered Realities. It has alternate Earths.
    And it has attitude."

    My nephew Calvin says, "I bet."

    "Ye