Eckert took off the electrodes. "Help me take him back, will you, Ray?"
They carried Nayova to his house, stayed with him until he showed signs of recovering, and then left.
"Why didn't you use a drug?" Templin demanded.
"Possible allergy or serum reaction. We don't know enough about these people to take chances—they're humanoid, not human."
"They can fool machines, though, can't they?"
Eckert didn't reply.
"All right, I know they can't," Templin said grudgingly. "He was telling the truth all the time, wasn't he?"
Eckert nodded. "I never did think he was lying. They don't seem to be the type; their culture doesn't allow for it."
They were silent for a while, walking quietly in the lanes between the shuttered, seemingly untenanted houses.