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nor suspected anything of the Core s existence or the talents of its
individual members.
He d been on the verge of committing murder, of killing an ally and, indeed, a
personal friend, for nothing.
Except that now she could as easily be slain to suppress the theory she had
developed, for it threatened not only him and his relations but the entire
Human-Weave relationship.
 Do you intend to disburse your theory?
 Not yet. I am quite aware of the dangers inherent in doing so, and as I have
said, I am still willing to be persuaded of its inaccuracy. Having devoted
many years to its construction I do not think it will be easily demolished.
In a half-wild moment he found himself saying,  Maybe I can help you.
 Why should you help me? I would think& I would think you would want to stop
me. She shook her head.  I don t know why I ve even told you any of this
after keeping it a secret for so long, even from my own colleagues.
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 You can t keep it hidden forever, he told her.  If you don t put it forward
someone else eventually will. Better to disprove it now. As for telling me,
I m amazed that you haven t shared your thoughts before this. Maybe it s
easier to tell a member of another species. It wasn t an elegant
rationalization, he mused, but it would have to do for the moment.
 I do not mean to offend, Nevan, but I d think to trust my colleagues before I
would an alien.
 I m not offended. I guess something within you decided now was the time to
get it out and that I was a reasonably safe receptacle. Maybe the isolation
had something to do with it. He indicated the sweeping panorama of sea and
stone.  In any event you don t have to worry about me running off to the
nearest media rep. I can see the potential for disruption and I ll keep your
secret.
 How can I be certain of that?
 You have my word as an officer and a Human. You argue that your data
corroborates the inevitability of Human-Weave conflict. I claim otherwise and
I ll do anything I can to prove you wrong.
She made a gesture he was unfamiliar with.  I accept your offer. Perhaps the
interposition of a Human viewpoint will expose flaws in my work that I would
otherwise not be able to see. She turned and started back toward the waiting
slider. He paced alongside, his long stride slowing to match her much shorter
one.
 How can you assist me? She let the slider seat adjust itself to her body
type.  You re a field soldier assigned to an active theater of combat.
 I have some leave time accumulated that I never got around to applying for.
With the delta and the upriver region now under our control Command should be
able to do without me for a while.
 Won t you miss the butchery? It has been my experience that if Humans are
deprived of participation in conflict for too long they begin to suffer from
disorienting psychological phenomena.
 Naturally I disagree with that observation also. Fighting is just what we re
trained for. He switched on the slider s engine. A low whine rose beneath
their feet.
 It is what you are genetically disposed toward. There was a Human, an
individual who from my studies of your history I gather did not want to be as
famous as he became, who was an intimate part of the first meetings between
the Weave and your species.
 Sure. Straat-ien had to talk through a pickup as the slider rose from the
ground, kicking up dust and noise.  The musician-contact William Dulac.
Learning about him is part of normal adolescent matriculation, along with
Caldaq and Jaruselka and all the rest. Those are names you can never forget.
 Did you know that for many years after contact Will Dulac attempted to prove
that Humans were not naturally inclined to combat?
 Seems to me I read something along those lines a long time ago. Dulac was
brilliant in many ways but he was way off on that one. We know better now. He
chuckled.  It s the sort of thing you might expect from a musician. But just
because we like to fight and are good at it doesn t mean we have to fight all
the time. When the war s over it ll be over for good. He increased speed as [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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