He stood up and surveyed the robots. "RA-204."
204 reared erect. "Yes, Jackson?"
"One of us is gone."
"We know, O Supervisor."
"Why did you let him get away?"
"If he is not the True Jackson, it doesn't matter that he fled. If he is the Supervisor, he will return. Otherwise, why did he come here to us in the first place?"
Another robot straightened. "We are ashamed, O Jackson, that we have failed the Divine Test and have not recognized our True Supervisor."
Angus held up his arms for silence. "Once there was a cargo of robots. That was a hundred years ago. The ship was from Vega II. It developed trouble and crashed when it tried to land on this planet. There was—"
"What's a year, O Supervisor?" asked 204.
"A Vega-two, Jackson?" said 76 bewilderedly.