"Nuts," I said, leaning forward and pounding the desk.

"Nuts," she said, and put a foot out in the air.

"Nuts to him," Joe said to his brother.

"Nuts," Johnny said in a very small voice.

"I've always wanted to see ancestral Earth," said Nuts, laying down the torch.

"Nuts," Purley said, and began going over him for a gun.

"Nuts to you," said the younger man and sat down.

"Nuts," he said and lifted the glass to drink.

'Nuts,' she said again, and tossed the book to one side.

"Nuts," George said, looking back over his shoulder.