Rimmer was hovering impatiently on the viewscreen when Lister, Holly, and Cat returned to the Drive Room. "You took long enough."

Lister didn't see what the big deal was. "I said we'd be a few hours."

Rimmer shook his head. "You said a couple hours. A couple is two. You're thirty-eight minutes late."

Cat howled. "You should see Holly dance! That girl's got moves!"

Holly blushed. "Only 'cause you showed me some of yours."

Cat shook his head. "No, you've got a really good feel for the music."

Lister chuckled, thinking of Cat and Holly dancing. "You should've seen it, Rimmer. It was great."

"I hate to interrupt this little lovefest, but can we get on with fixing me, please? All these stars whizzing by at high velocities are making my eyes cross," Rimmer said.

Lister turned to Holly. "Did you have a good time, Holly?"

"Yeah, Dave, I did. And I'm ready to go back now," Holly said. She glanced at her feet, waving to them. "Goodbye, feet."

Lister sat on the floor, although it was a little difficult for him to get down there. Then he grabbed the wire cutters and ducked back inside the conduit.

"For a computer, you make a really good hologram," Cat said to Holly.

"Thanks, Cat," Holly said.

"And I'm not just saying that because you have an amazing body," Cat said.

Inside the conduit, Lister rolled his eyes.

"I know," Holly said.

"Though if you ever manage to become a real person with that body, I'd be very interested in getting to know you better," Cat said.

"Lister? Could we possibly speed this up?" Rimmer asked.

"Almost done," Lister said, flipping the switch. When he emerged from the conduit, Rimmer and Holly were both gone.

"What happened?" Cat asked.

"We'll find out in a minute," Lister said.

Holly's face reappeared on the viewscreen and Rimmer appeared as a hologram.

Lister smiled in triumph. "There. See? Easy to fix. I'm the conduit master."

Holly spoke with Rimmer's voice. "You're barely the master of your own shoelaces, you gimboid. I'm still here."

Rimmer looked down at himself and spoke with Holly's voice. "I've still got legs, but they're different ones." He turned to look at Lister. "Dave, what happened?"

Lister winced. "Whoops."

THE END