"Emotionless, Prophet," corrected Merrick pointedly, "Not mindless."
"Soulless! Soulless and mindless, too. Never have these zombies been able to think as men!"
"They are not men."
"Nor are they the architects of the future!"
"I think you are wrong, Prophet," Merrick said softly.
"Man is the ultimate," Erikson said.
"You talk like a fool," snapped Merrick.
"Han!" There was naked terror in his wife's voice, but he rushed on, ignoring it.
"How dare you say that Man is the ultimate? What right have you to assume that nature has stopped experimenting?"
Sweyn Erikson's lip curled scornfully. "Can you be implying that the robots—"