2. Old
3. Disguised
It sounded just a little like Frankenstein’s Monster, so far. But what else did he know about it?
After a second’s thought, he murmured: “Nothing,” and took another puff.
But that wasn’t quite true.
He knew one more thing about the organization. He knew they’d probably be immune to the confusion everybody else was suffering from. The organization would be—had to be—efficient. It would be composed of intelligent, superbly cooperative people, who could work together as a unit without in the least impairing their own individuality.
He reached for the list again, put down:
4. Efficient
And looked at it. Now it didn’t remind him quite so much of the Monster. But it didn’t look familiar, either. Who did he know, he thought, who was large, old, disguised and efficient?
It sounded like an improbable combination. He set the list down again, clearing off some of the papers the PRS had sent him to make room for it.