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Jubal

thought

about

it

.

Finally

he

said

,

"

Mike

,

I

know

that

you

are

brilliant

.

You

obviously

possess

powers

that

I

don

’

t

have

and

that

I

have

never

seen

before

.

But

a

man

can

be

a

genius

and

still

fall

ill

with

delusions

.

"

"

I

know

.

Let

me

explain

and

you

can

decide

whether

or

not

I

’

m

crazy

.

You

know

how

the

surveillance

satellites

used

by

the

Security

Forces

operate

.

"

"

No

.

"

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"

I

don

’

t

mean

the

details

that

would

interest

Duke

;

I

mean

the

general

scheme

.

They

orbit

around

the

globe

,

picking

up

data

and

storing

it

.

At

a

particular

point

,

the

Sky

-

Eye

is

keyed

and

it

pours

out

in

a

spate

all

that

it

has

seen

.

That

is

what

was

done

with

me

.

You

know

that

we

of

the

Nest

use

what

is

called

telepathy

.

"

"

I

’

ve

been

forced

to

believe

it

.

"

"

We

do

.

By

the

way

,

this

conversation

is

completely

private

–

and

besides

that

,

no

one

of

us

would

ever

attempt

to

read

you

;

I

’

m

not

sure

we

could

.

Even

last

night

the

link

was

through

Dawn

’

s

mind

,

not

yours

.

"

"

Well

,

that

is

some

slight

comfort

.

"

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"

Uh

,

I

want

to

get

to

that

later

.

I

am

‘

only

an

egg

’

in

this

art

;

the

Old

Ones

are

past

masters

.

They

stayed

linked

with

me

but

left

me

on

my

own

,

ignored

me

–

then

they

triggered

me

and

all

that

I

had

seen

and

heard

and

done

and

felt

and

grokked

poured

out

of

me

and

became

part

of

their

permanent

records

.

I

don

’

t

mean

that

they

wiped

my

mind

of

my

experiences

;

they

simply

played

the

tape

,

so

to

speak

,

made

a

copy

.

But

the

triggering

I

was

aware

of

–

and

it

was

over

before

I

could

possibly

do

anything

to

stop

it

.

Then

they

dropped

me

,

cut

off

the

linkage

;

I

couldn

’

t

even

protest

.

"

"

Well

?

it

seems

to

me

that

they

used

you

pretty

shabbily

-

"

"

Not

by

their

standards

.

Nor

would

I

have

objected

–

I

would

have

been

happy

to

volunteer

–

had

I

known

about

it

before

I

left

Mars

.

But

they

didn

’

t

want

me

to

know

;

they

wanted

me

to

see

and

grok

without

interference

.

"

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