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to wean from Outside ways, provided he could be sufficiently tempered to Hive
chemistry. The female, Clovis Carr, was a carrier of aggressive
characteristics that the Hive might turn to its advantage. The third one,
whose identification papers said he was Daniel Thomas Alden, carried himself
like a soldier. There could be valuable characteristics in all of them, but
Janvert remained the most interesting. He was small, too, which was desirable
in the Hive.
Hellstrom turned back to the observer stations, bent low over the second one
from the right. "What about our patrol in the creek bottom?" he asked. "Have
they anything new to report on the conversation from that car they're
watching?"
"The Outsiders are still puzzled, Nils. They call this a 'very strange case'
and they refer occasionally to someone named Gammel, who apparently believes
the case is a snafu. What's a snafu?"
"A foul-up," Hellstrom translated. "It's military slang: situation normal
all fouled up."
"Something that has gone wrong, then?"
"Yes. Tell me if they hear anything new."
Hellstrom straightened, thought of calling Saldo. The younger man had been
sent to keep a discreet observation on Project 40, working from one end of the
long gallery at level fifty. It was not a good vantage point, because the
major work was being conducted toward the middle of the gallery, at least half
a mile from the end, but the researchers had shown increasing irascibility
after the earlier incident with an "interfering observer." Hellstrom was
counting on Saldo's intelligence to manage the situation. It was a matter of
desperation for them to know in the aerie if the situation in the lab showed
new promise.
We could never get away with a bluff against the Outsiders, Hellstrom told
himself. The Hive might gain a little time for itself, might be able to
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parlay the stunwands to create a temporary belief in a more potent weapon
built on the same principle. But the Outsiders would demand a demonstration.
And there was always Harl's warning to consider. The threat to use an
absolute weapon put the trigger in the hands of an opponent who might say, so
use it! The weapon must be applicable at less than absolute energies, and
that must be demonstrable, unmistakably demonstrable. The Outsiders had a
saying that fit the situation aptly. "Don't kid the kidders." A
bluff would not work for long. The Hive would be called -- and then what?
The wild Outsiders were very strange, really. They tended not to believe in
violence until it was inflicted upon them. They had a saying about this, too.
"It can't happen here."
Perhaps this was inevitable in a world that based its societies on threat,
violence, and illusions of absolute power. How could such people as Janvert
be expected to think in more malleable terms, to think of life dependencies
and the interlocked relationships of living systems, to think of inserting the
human species into the great circle of life? Such concepts would be gibberish
to
Outsiders, even those who spoke for the new fad -- ecology.
From Joseph Merrivale's private notes. As per the instructions handed to me
at JFK Airport, I
arrived late Sunday in Lakeview to establish a preliminary liaison with
FBI-SAIC Waverly
Gammel, who had set up a base in Fosterville. He took me to Fosterville where
we arrived at 2318
hours. Gammel reported having taken no action except minimal surveillance of
target area from distance of approximately two miles and involving only four
vehicles with nine men. According to
Gammel, this was in compliance with his instructions, a statement not in
accord with what I was led to believe at the action briefing. Gammel reports
no word from any of our team that entered the target area earlier on this
date. Gammel evinces doubts that this case involves narcotics. He has seen
the preliminary report on the Peruge autopsy. I must protest my dependence on
another agency for the manpower to prosecute this case. Divided authority is
producing a situation fraught with potential embarrassments and
inconveniences. The loose working agreement under which I
must perform my duties can only exacerbate present difficulties. Since many
actions have already been taken in the field on this case without my knowledge
or agreement, I must lodge my formal protest at the earliest opportunity. My [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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