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far he has done nothing one of us could not do, had we entertained the notion.
He's shown nothing, nothingsupernormal."
"Hasn't he?" said the doctor thickly. "What about the defensive screen-our
most dangerous most terrible weapon-thatcould burn him to nothingness if he
touched it?"
The commander stared at him.
"But-" said the commander. "The screen was shut off, of course, to let the
food carrier out, at the same time the doorwas opened. I assumed--"
"I checked," said the doctor, his eyes burning on the com-mander. "They
turned it on again before he could get out."
"But hedid get out! You don't mean . . ." the commander's voice faltered and
dropped. The three stood caught in a suddensilence like stone. Slowly, as if
drawn by strings controlled by a n invisible hand, they turned as one to stare
up into the emptysky and space beyond.
"You mean--" the commander's voice tried again, and died.
"Exactly!" whispered the doctor.
Halfway across the galaxy, a child of a sensitive race cried out in its
sleep and clutched at its mother.
"I had a bad dream," it whimpered.
"Hush," said its mother. "Hush." But she lay still, staring at the ceiling.
She, too, had dreamed.
Somewhere, Eldridge was smiling at the stars.
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