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"I know who we want for President!" another Storisende man exclaimed.
"He's right here in this room!"

"Yes!" Rodney Maxwell almost bellowed, before the other man could say
anything else. "Here he is!" He grabbed Kurt Fawzi by the arm and yanked
him to his feet. "Here's the man most responsible for finding Merlin;
the man who first suggested sending my son Conn to Terra to school, the
man who, more than anyone else, devoted his life to the search for
Merlin, the man whose inextinguishable faith and indomitable courage
kept that search alive through its darkest hours. Everybody, get a
drink; a toast to our next President, Kurt Fawzi!"

Conn was sure he heard his father add: "Ghu, what a narrow escape!"

Then he and Sylvie began chanting, in unison, "/We want Fawzi! We want
Fawzi!/"[Pg 191]