“Okay,” Cutter said. “What are they doing over there?”
“There's a fellow who's offered Adacam his project for testing. They're highly interested, but they're not going to handle it.”
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]“Why not?”
Quay shrugged. “Too touchy. It's a device that's based on electronics—”
“What the hell is touchy about electronics?”
“This deals with the human personality,” Quay said, as though that were explanation enough.
Cutter understood. He snorted. “Christ, anything that deals with the human personality scares them over there, doesn't it?”
Quay spread his hands.
“All right,” Cutter said. “What's this device supposed to do?”
“The theory behind it is to produce energy units which reach a plane of intensity great enough to affect