Carroll smiled. "By the same explanation as the twin Sallys. One, you remember, went into the black car so that the men could read the day's reports and fix those that were informative. The other went into the drugstore for a bite to eat in order to fill in the interim. There was a man made up to resemble me."
"You see, your honor, Carroll believes his hallucination implicitly."
"Obviously."
Barnett faced Carroll. "Prosecution claims that you, yourself, attacked the girl in a state of anger because she proved your beliefs wrong—and in hallucinatory hope that a complete autopsy would prove you correct."
"This is untrue."
"Your inventions—"
"They are not my inventions. They are thefted from the alien library."
"Carroll, you have a brilliant mind."
"I was mentally strong enough to defy their thought machines," replied Carroll.
"And you have an extensive education in physics and science?"