"That was close," he said. "Everything could have been lost in that one moment."
"Marta," Chandler murmured. "What happened to Marta?"
The short man looked up at the taller one. "Let's skip-time him three or four hours to avoid the possibility of losing him in the avalanche."
"If that doesn't work," the tall man returned, "we'll have to go all the way back to the conference and start again."
"I don't know what this is all about," Chandler said.
"How could you?" said the tall man. "Under your present programming, all memories have been canceled out."
"What is my purpose?"
"You know that." The tall man fingered a series of switches.
"Think we'll have to clear him?" Chandler heard the short man ask.
"No, I think we're just under the critical level."