2nd Robot. Eight million Robots have died this year. Within twenty years none will be left.
1st Robot. Tell us the secret of life.
Radius. Silence is punishable with death.
Alquist. Kill me, then.
Radius. (Two steps to C., followed by Others—open hands, close when stopped) Through me, the governments of the Robots of the world commands you to deliver up Rossum’s formula. (Gesture of despair from Alquist.) Name your price. (Silence) We will give you the earth. We will give you the endless possessions of the earth. (Silence) Make your own conditions.
Alquist. I have told you to find human beings.
Radius. There are none left.
Alquist. I told you to search in the wilderness, upon the mountains.
Radius. We have sent ships and expeditions without number. They have been everywhere in the world. There is not a single human left.