women. All trained agents, I suppose.”
“Of course.”
“And all of them are so happy to be here that they turn their talents to building this tight little island in time you seem so happy with.”
“Not all, Mr. Ravel. But a significant number.”
“I’ll bet it’s significant. Mostly ex-Third Era and prior Timesweep types, eh? Sophisticated enough to realize that matters are in a bad way, but not quite sophisticated enough to realize that what you’re building around yourself is just a sterile dead end.”
“I fail to understand your attitude, Mr. Ravel. Sterile? You are free to breed; plants grow, the sun shines, chemical reactions occur.”
I laughed. “Spoken like a machine, Karg. You just don’t get the point do you?”
“The point is to preserve rational life in the universe,” he said patiently.
“Uh-huh—but not in a museum, under a glass case and a layer of fine dust. Perpetual motion is an exploded theory, Karg. Going round
“Of course.”
“And all of them are so happy to be here that they turn their talents to building this tight little island in time you seem so happy with.”
“Not all, Mr. Ravel. But a significant number.”
“I’ll bet it’s significant. Mostly ex-Third Era and prior Timesweep types, eh? Sophisticated enough to realize that matters are in a bad way, but not quite sophisticated enough to realize that what you’re building around yourself is just a sterile dead end.”
“I fail to understand your attitude, Mr. Ravel. Sterile? You are free to breed; plants grow, the sun shines, chemical reactions occur.”
I laughed. “Spoken like a machine, Karg. You just don’t get the point do you?”
“The point is to preserve rational life in the universe,” he said patiently.
“Uh-huh—but not in a museum, under a glass case and a layer of fine dust. Perpetual motion is an exploded theory, Karg. Going round