"Even if it kills him?" Malley asked.
"Even if it kills you."
"Help me get him to my lab," Malley said.
hat night Cercy and Harrison kept watch on the Ambassador from the control room. Cercy found his thoughts were racing in circles.
What had killed Alfern in space? Could it be duplicated on Earth? What was the regularizing principle? What was the chaos underneath?
What in hell am I doing here? he asked himself. But he couldn't start that sort of thing.
"What do you figure the Ambassador is?" he asked Harrison. "Is he a man?"
"Looks like one," Harrison said drowsily.