Then he was shooting toward a tiny pinpoint of darkness at the end of the white tunnel. He threaded the black hole neatly with his body and emerged into total darkness....
"You will answer my questions as directly as possible," the Investigator said. "Do you understand me?"
"Yes."
"Now then—tell me what you think of the Merger."
He groped for words. It was terribly important to answer the questioner truthfully. The need to talk was irresistible. His mind was like a dam whose floodgates were slowly opening. A torrent of words surged toward the widening gap, spilling through one by one, then with gathering force and relentless pressure, gushing out, a cascade of words so wonderful to speak, so compelling....
The eruption of words slowed and at last was still.
"You had never seen this woman before then?" the Investigator asked. Such a calm voice, so marvelously soothing!
"No."
"Yet you were willing to risk everything to take her outside?"