"Why do you suppose the tenth android killed the one in the Village?"
"Another case of taking one reason for want of a better one. I think it was his way of delivering the creature to us for research. He couldn't know for sure that we already had his 'brothers.'"
"You're right—you must be," Entman agreed.
"Small consolation. I'd like a few facts to go on for a change instead of having to depend on logic all the time," Taber growled.
"What are you referring to?"
"The data. I'm assuming, if that's what's important, that the tenth creature has a way of getting the stuff back up there."
"I can help a little on that," Entman said. "I can assure you that from what I've found in those brains, the data could, most likely, be sent mentally."
"You're sure of that?"
"I've found a certain part of those brains developed in a peculiar way—"
Taber smiled. "You're sure of that?"