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Mickey, rhetorically, exclaims if Van Statten is kidding, which he denies. He goes on, explaining that in the past few years, his firm — [[GEOCOMTEX]] — has properly begun to take off, and that has resulted in the [[money]] for him to afford whatever he wants. He divulges the existence of "[[the Gray Market]]", an underground [[trading]] scene specialising in "[[leftover]]s and [[curio]]s", although he has had to learn to differentiate real artefacts from [[fake]]s and [[loon]]s. He admits that it is [[addictive]]. Van Statten hopes to, one day, meet the [[holidaymaker]]s who left these little [[hint]]s of their existence behind. Mickey asks Van Statten if this is his [[ambition]], and it is: to him, as [[fun]] as [[configuration|configuring]] [[mainframe]]s is, he is just a [[kid]] who wants to be an [[astronaut]] who goes to [[Mars]] and befriend an alien. Mickey thanks him for his time. | Mickey, rhetorically, exclaims if Van Statten is kidding, which he denies. He goes on, explaining that in the past few years, his firm — [[GEOCOMTEX]] — has properly begun to take off, and that has resulted in the [[money]] for him to afford whatever he wants. He divulges the existence of "[[the Gray Market]]", an underground [[trading]] scene specialising in "[[leftover]]s and [[curio]]s", although he has had to learn to differentiate real artefacts from [[fake]]s and [[loon]]s. He admits that it is [[addictive]]. Van Statten hopes to, one day, meet the [[holidaymaker]]s who left these little [[hint]]s of their existence behind. Mickey asks Van Statten if this is his [[ambition]], and it is: to him, as [[fun]] as [[configuration|configuring]] [[mainframe]]s is, he is just a [[kid]] who wants to be an [[astronaut]] who goes to [[Mars]] and befriend an alien. Mickey thanks him for his time. | ||
Mickey then reveals a [[competition]] for [[Readers of whoisdoctorwho.co.uk|his readers]], where — thanks to Van Statten's generosity — a [[pile]] of the latest [[ | Mickey then reveals a [[competition]] for [[Readers of whoisdoctorwho.co.uk|his readers]], where — thanks to Van Statten's generosity — a [[pile]] of the latest [[Geocomtex]] [[Hardware]] will be awarded as a [[prize]] to the person who writes the best entry to the prompt... | ||
:: ''"Why I want to meet an alien".'' | :: ''"Why I want to meet an alien".'' | ||
