SW10: Superhuman World 2022 #1: Pedigo!
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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