"It is so quiet," said the man. "So quiet and alone. It is good for thinking. A man could do a lot of thinking, walking nights out here."
Sutton did not answer.
They plodded along, side by side, and even while he fought to keep relaxed, Sutton felt his body tensing.
"You've been doing a lot of thinking, Sutton," said the man. "Ten whole years of thinking."
"You should know," said Sutton. "You've been watching me."
"We've watched," said the man. "And our machines have watched. We got you down on tape and we know a lot about you. A whole lot more than we did ten years ago."
"Ten years ago," said Sutton, "you sent two men to buy me off."
"I know," replied the man. "We have often wondered what became of them."
"That's an easy one," Sutton said. "I killed them."
"They had a proposition."