"But the time—and life is so short."
"Continuous running of any machine will cause its life to be shorter. The same is true of the brain."
"Thought is thought, and we use the same portion of the brain while thinking foolishness as while thinking in deep, profound terms."
"Perhaps so."
"Don't you know?"
"Who does?"
"You and I know. Gerd, what is behind all of this? Who are you?"
"You know who I am."
Yes, Andrew knew. His higher perception told him without argument that Gerd Lel Rayne was exactly what the emissary claimed.
"But why?"