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IT WAS SOON RENAMED @AURORA AFTER#@ROMAN GODDESS OF DAWN.% WAS KILLED BY POISON GAS FROM A CANISTER ATTACHED TO#END OF AN ARROW.AGORAPHOBIA IS#FEAR OF OPEN SPACES. IT IS SAID=ALL @EARTH PEOPLE, AFTER CENTURIES OF LIVING INSIDE YOUR STEEL CITIES, SUFFER FROM IT.IT'S AN @EARTH WEAPON. OF COURSE, THEY WOULDN'T LET $CARRY AROUND A CHARGED ONE ON @AURORA.AS#NAME SUGGESTS A BOOKFILM IS A BOOK ON FILM. IT MUST BE READ USING A FILM READER.A SPICER IS AN ADVANCED SALT&PEPPER SHAKER, CONTAINING A DOZEN SPICES OR SEASONINGS.GLOVES MAY BE WORN TO MINIMIZE#RISK OF EXPOSURE TO CERTAIN SOURCES OF INFECTION. SPACERS COMMONLY WEAR THEM WHEN AN @EARTH PERSON IS PRESENT.NOSE FILTERS FILTER OUT POTENTIALLY HARMFUL SUBSTANCES FROM AIR BREATHED.$READ BOOKFILMS^IT.A PSYCHIC PROBE IS A DEVICE USED TO EXAMINE A HUMAN'S MIND. 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Y!A LONG HALLWAY RUNNING >&<.Pj] %A LONG >-< HALLWAY.DOORS ARE TO#+&;.^[_`%;. ]%THE OFFICE OF @MALOON @CICO%NOT AN ]<.M%A SINGULARLY UN]>.@M!THE PRODUCTION ROOM+.M!THE < END OF A HALLWAY.A CAFETERIA IS TO#<.A CORRIDOR HEADS OFF TO#+.R.@R%A WORKROOM+.V]AT#BASE OF SOME STAIRS.A HALLWAY HEADS @I COULD NOT*GOTTEN MY HANDS ON A LETHAL GAS.WELL, IF HE TAMPERED^/, COULDN'T HE*DONE=AHEAD OF TIME?OF COURSE, HE'S ADMITTED TO ALL @AURORA=HE WAS THERE.I SUPPOSE - ANY IDIOT CAN FIRE A BOW.DON'T BE ABSURD!NOW-YOU-LOOK-HERE! IS NO MURDERER! @SHE @INSTITUTE FOR STUDY.IT SEEMS REASONABLE=HIS REQUEST WILL BE GRANTED.( OBVIOUSLY HESITATES) @WELL, SHE DID MENTION TO ME THAT SHE IS WORKING ON A PROJECT INVOLVING GASES.ABSOLUTELY NOT! @EVEN IF @I COULD*GOTTEN PAST#GUARD ROBOTS - WHICH @I COULDN'T! - @DR. % DEAD, HIS WORK MAY BE TURNED OVER TO#@ROBOTICS @INSTITUTE, ENABLING TO FINALLY ACCOMPLISH WHAT HE HAS BEEN WORKING AT FOR YEARS.I*HEARD= WANTS DESPERATELY TO GET HIS HANDS ON A .I SEE=NOW HE IS BLAMING / FOR#MURDER&ASKING=/ BE TURNED OVER TO# %.OF COURSE.SHE LIVED NEXT DOOR&COULD*SLIPPED OVER ANYTIME.WELL, YES, @I SUPPOSE SO.WOULDN'T IT BE POSSIBLE FOR SOMEONE LIKE TO*MADE / REMEMBER EVERYTHING WRONG? @I MEAN#MURDER COULD*HAPPENED VERY DIFFERENTLY THAN / SAID.IT APPEARS VERY LIKELY=WITHULD HAVE.WHAT HAS HELD US BACK IS OUR INABILITY TO CREATE S, BUT WE ARE VERY CLOSE NOW TO ACCOMPLISHING THIS.ORDINARILY, OF COURSE, IT WOULD BE RIDICULOUS TO SUGGEST=A ROBOT COULD HARM A HUMAN BEING.BUT $MUST REMEMBER THAT#CREATOR OF THIS ROBOT WAS @DR.TEN PAST %'S GUARD ROBOTS.MR. BALEY, IT IS NO SECRET=@DR. %&@I WERE BITTER RIVALS WHEN IT CAME TO#MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE FACING @AURORA TODAY -=OF WHO SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO COLONIZE#GALAXY.I WANTED TO DESTROY %, @MR. BALEY - AS A POLITICAL FORCE -&@I SOON WO BE=@I WAS TAMPERED WITH, EITHER BEFORE#INCIDENT TO PREVENT MY INTERFERENCE, OR AFTERWARD TO MAKE ME FORGET SOME IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFORMATION.NEXT TO %, IS PROBABLY#ONLY PERSON WITH#EXPERTISE TO PERFORM SUCH TAMPERING.NO, @MR. BALEY, @I COULD NOT*GOTT AN @EARTHMAN WOULD EVEN CONSIDER IT.IT WOULD TAKE A PARTICULARLY STUPID @EARTHMAN, TOO.IT HAS OCCURRED TO ME, @FRIEND @ELIJAH,=@DR. %'S MURDER COULD NOT*OCCURRED EXACTLY AS @I REMEMBER IT.I SHOULD*BEEN ABLE TO PREVENT AN ARROW FROM STRIKING HIM.IT COULD GUARD ROBOTS, ONE OF WHICH OUT OF POLITENESS WOULD SAY, '@WHAT A NICE BOW&ARROW $HAVE.IS=A POISON GAS CANISTER ON#END?' &THEN @I WOULD FIRE IT AT MY DEAR FATHER,&/ -#MODEL OF SUPER-EFFICIENCY=HE IS - WOULD STAND&WATCH AS#ARROW STRUCK HIM DEAD? @NO ONE BUVEMENT WOULD REMOVE A BIT OF#MYSTERY FROM#INCIDENT.BEING %'S FRIEND&NEIGHBOR, SHE COULD*APPROACHED % CLOSE ENOUGH TO KILL HIM WITHOUT / BEING ABLE TO INTERVENE.( SAYS SARCASTICALLY) @$MEAN @MR. BALEY,=@I MAY*CREPT OVER TO @DR. %'S ESTATE, WALKED PAST HISMANNER=HE HIMSELF DESCRIBED.DON'T $SEE? @PHYSICALLY / IS FAR SUPERIOR TO ANY HUMAN.NO ONE COULD*APPROACHED % WITHOUT / DETECTING HIM&EFFECTIVELY STOPPING ANY ATTACK./ IS EVEN FAST ENOUGH TO PLUCK AN ARROW OUT OF#AIR.( CONSIDERS) @I MUST ADMIT=HER INVOL YEARS AGO @MR. BALEY, 'S LIFE WAS SCARRED BY#REALIZATION THAT#MAN WHO RAISED HER&WHOM SHE THOUGHT LOVED HER, WAS INTERESTED IN HER ONLY AS A SUBJECT FOR STUDY.NATURALLY SHE HARBORS SOME RESENTMENT TOWARD HIM.MR. BALEY, NO ONE @B@U@T / COULD*KILLED % IN#UGHTER,&@I KNOW=THERE WERE SOME BAD FEELINGS ON HER PART TOWARD HER FATHER. MENTIONED=TO ME ONCE.? (ANGER CROSSES HIS FACE) @WHY WOULD SHE WANT TO KILL#MAN SHE THINKS HAS BEEN SO COMPASSIONATE TOWARD HER?THAT'S STUPID! @ROBOTS CAN'T HARM HUMANS.MANYAS STANDING BETWEEN HIM&HIS @SOLARIAN WOMAN - BUT THAT'S SILLY. IS NO MURDERER.I DO KNOW SOME THINGS ABOUT ROBOTS,&ONE IS=THEY CAN NOT KNOWINGLY HARM HUMAN BEINGS.EVEN WITNESSING HARM TO A HUMAN WILL OFTEN DAMAGE A ROBOT BEYOND REPAIR.SHE IS @DR. %'S DAT %.WHILE IT WOULD BE A SIMPLE MATTER TO ERASE SOME OF MY MEMORIES OF#INCIDENT COMPLETELY, @I DO NOT THINK IT IS POSSIBLE TO ALTER THEM.DR. % DID NOT KILL HIMSELF.OF COURSE, HE WAS THERE WHEN HE WAS KILLED.I DO BELIEVE#FOOL WAS IN LOVE,&IF HE THOUGHT=% W BUT @I HAD NO REASON TO WANT % DEAD.NO.WELL, SOMEHOW HE DID SEEM TO*GOTTEN IT INTO HIS HEAD=% WAS POISONING ME AGAINST HIM.I DO NOT BELIEVE SO.DR. % HAS BEEN A VERY GOOD FRIEND TO SINCE SHE CAME TO @AURORA FROM @SOLARIA.I SAW SOMEONE FIRE AN ARROW AEIGHBORING ESTATE.I*MET @SANTIRIX TWICE, ONCE AT 'S&ONCE AT %'S.HE IS A PERSONNEL ARTIST AT#@ROBOTICS @INSTITUTE. @ALIENA IS A SKILLED ROBOTICIST&WORKS AT#@ROBOTICS @INSTITUTE.SHE IS @DR. %'S DAUGHTER.% WAS#GREATEST THEORETICAL ROBOTICIST OF ALL TJ @NEMENNUH @SARTON.MY PHYSICAL APPEARANCE IS IDENTICAL TO @DR. SARTON'S. CAME TO @AURORA FROM @SOLARIA AFTER $ABSOLVED HER OF MURDERING HER HUSBAND THERE.SHE HAS BECOME A ROBOT CLOTHING DESIGNER.DR. % HELPED HER A LOT,&EVEN ARRANGED FOR HER TO LIVE IN#N DISCOVERS=$HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER SATISFACTORILY.MASTER @ROBOTICIST @KELDEN IS#FOUNDER&HEAD OF#@ROBOTICS @INSTITUTE OF @AURORA.HE LEADS#@GLOBALIST POLITICAL PARTY.I AM#ONLY IN EXISTENCE.I WAS CREATED BY %&DESIGNED BY#LATE @DR. ROERVED @I'M SURE.BUT @I*NOT BEEN INFLUENCED BY#WAY $WERE DEPICTED IN THAT HYPERWAVE SHOW&@I RECOGNIZE $TO BE, SHALL WE SAY, A LIMITED INDIVIDUAL.IT IS HE WHO WILL MEET^YOU, LISTEN TO YOUR CASE,&THEN, MOST REGRETTABLY OF COURSE, SEND $BACK TO @EARTH WHEN HE&WAS TOTALLY UNWILLING TO SHARE HIS KNOWLEDGE OF S. ^NO DISRESPECT INTENDED, @I DARE SAY @I THINK=@AURORA WILL MOVE AHEAD ALL#BETTER WITHOUT HIM.$SIR, ARE AN @EARTHMAN WHOSE LUCK IN#PAST HAS BUILT FOR YOU A CONSIDERABLE REPUTATION, NOT ALTOGETHER UNDESSELF, BUT @I KNOW HAS A VERY HIGH OPINION OF HIS PROFESSIONAL TALENTS. IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY DEDICATED ROBOTICIST.SHE IS A VALUABLE MEMBER OF#@INSTITUTE.% (PAUSE), WAS A BRILLIANT ROBOTICIST.HE WAS MISGUIDED IN HIS IDEALS, HOWEVER, BEING A @HUMANIST,NSTITUTE IN ORDER TO DUPLICATE HIS EFFORTS.SHE'S#@SOLARIAN WOMAN, ISN'T SHE? @MY ONLY KNOWLEDGE OF HER COMES FROM=HYPERWAVE DRAMATIZATION OF#TIME $CLEARED HER OF MURDERING HER HUSBAND.I*NEVER MET HER. IS A PERSONNEL ARTIST. I DON'T USE HIS SERVICES MYFOUNDED, TO ENSURING THAT @AURORA'S FUTURE FOLLOWS#PROPER PATH.I AM A @GLOBALIST.(ALMOST HUNGRILY) / IS A MARVELOUS ACHIEVEMENT IN ROBOTICS.% GUARDS - ER, GUARDED, HIS SECRETS FOR CREATING SUCH S SO JEALOUSLY=WE WERE FORCED TO CREATE#ENTIRE @ROBOTICS @I @I CAN IMAGINE KILLING SOMEONE - IF @I HATED THEM ENOUGH&IN A FIT OF ANGER - BUT @I @C@A@N'@T IMAGINE PLOTTING TO SHOOT SOMEONE DOWN IN COLD BLOOD.I SUPPOSE SO.I AM A ROBOTICIST, OF SOME CONSIDERABLE INFLUENCE,&@I*DEVOTED MYSELF AND#@INSTITUTE WHICH @I ?THE INVOLVEMENT OF A SKILLED ROBOTICIST LIKE MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY / WAS UNABLE TO STOP#MURDER.( LOOKS PUZZLED) @BUT HE COULDN'T @ELIJAH, NOT UNLESS HE'D BEEN TAMPERED WITH.NO! @I WOULD NEVER CONSIDER KILLING ANYONE.NO MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE.ELIJAH! HE WAS A GOOD FRIEND OF @DR. %'S WE APPROACHED HER^LESS CAUTION THAN SOMEONE ELSE, ENABLING HER TO FIRE A CLEAR SHOT.I DO NOT REMEMBER SEEING HER, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE=MY MEMORIES WERE DAMAGED BY#TRAUMA OF SEEING HARM DONE TO A HUMAN.ASK HIM.DOES HE DENY ITVE HER TO KILL HIM.ONLY ONE SUSPECT REALLY HAD#MEANS&IT ISN'T .I SUPPOSE=THERE IS A SMALL POSSIBILITY=HE WAS FAMILIAR ENOUGH TO %&/=HE CAUGHT THEM^THEIR GUARD DOWN.I KNOW OF NO REASON WHY HE COULDN'T HAVE.IT IS UNLIKELY BUT NOT INCONCEIVABLE=BECAUSE SSITED=@SOLARIAN WOMAN NEXT DOOR, SO HE COULD*BEEN NEARBY WITHOUT DRAWING MUCH ATTENTION.MR. BALEY, @I AM REASONABLY CLOSE TO &@I CAN ASSURE $THAT ALTHOUGH SHE HARBORS SOME ILL FEELINGS TOWARD @DR. %, THOSE FEELINGS WERE NOT OF SUFFICIENT INTENSITY TO DRIAVING CLEARED HER OF#CRIME.NO,# ADMITS= WAS^HIM AT#TIME OF#MURDER.IF SHE HAD ACCESS TO A LETHAL GAS @I IMAGINE SHE COULD*APPROACHED % CLOSELY ENOUGH TO SHOOT HIM^IT.ARE $STUPIDER THAN $LOOK? @SHE LIVED NEXT DOOR.WHY NOT? @I BELIEVE HE FREQUENTLY VIILLAIN.I'M NOT=FAMILIAR WITH#WOMAN, @MR. BALEY.AN INTERESTING THOUGHT OCCURS TO ME THOUGH.SHE WAS SUSPECTED OF KILLING HER HUSBAND ON @SOLARIA, AND#HYPERWAVE DRAMA ABOUT THAT EVENT SEEMED TO LEAVE SOME DOUBT... BUT OF COURSE $MUST KNOW#TRUTH ABOUT THAT, HIS NOT CAPABLE OF KILLING SOMEONE.ABSOLUTELY NOT.SHE&@I WERE TOGETHER ALL EVENING.SHE EVEN CREATED A LIGHT-FORM OF ME WHILE @I WAS THERE.NO, FOR#SAME REASON= DIDN'T.NO.IN FACT @I WAS AT A CONCERT WITH# AT#TIME % WAS KILLED.SO $SEE , @I AM NOT YOUR VYLASTWORD*LDAOBJWEIGHTS,Y*BMITOOHEAVY*LDASIBLINGS,Y*STASIBLINGS,X*LDAON.YOU*STASIBLINGS,Y*STYON.YOU *LDA#$FF*STAPARENT,Y *JSRPUTS*.AS/TAKEN./ *.HS00+RTS +.3JSRSEARCHYOU+BMINOTHERE +JSTILL DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY HE PERMITTED AN @EARTHMAN TO INVESTIGATE %'S MURDER.I WARN $THAT @I*SOME INFLUENCE^HIM,&IF $ATTEMPT TO SLANDER ME IT WILL DAMAGE YOUR CASE - IF $HAVE A CASE AT ALL. TO SEE IT BECAUSE HE WANTED TO SOLVE#PROBLEM OF#HUMAN BRAIN TOTALLY BY HIMSELF. EVERYTHING WAS SUBORDINATE TO THAT. &THAT MOST CERTAINLY INCLUDED ME.$ARE AN @EARTHMAN (SHE MAKES NO ATTEMPT TO DISGUISE#CONTEMPT IN HER VOICE).HE IS A FAIR MAN, THOUGH @I Y WORK OCCUPIES MOST OF MY TIME&ATTENTION.% WAS A MAN OBSESSED^UNDERSTANDING#WORKINGS OF#HUMAN BRAIN. #BASIC THEORY=MADE S POSSIBLE AROSE, @I AM QUITE CERTAIN, OUT OF HIS ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND#HUMAN BRAIN&HE HUGGED=THEORY TO HIMSELF&ALLOWED NO ONE ELSE CAN UNCOVER=KNOWLEDGE WHICH % REFUSED TO SHARE./ IS FOR#TIME BEING,#ONLY IN EXISTENCE.DR. % WAS#ONLY PERSON WHO UNDERSTOOD#THEORY OF#POSITRONIC BRAIN.SHE IS#@SOLARIAN WOMAN.HE IS SOMETHING OF AN IDIOT, BUT IS A TALENTED STYLIST.I AM A ROBOTICIST.MSION=$CAN READ MINDS.OF COURSE, @I IMAGINE THAT'S EXAGGERATED.THE CURRENT IS IN HIS SECOND TERM OF OFFICE.HE IS OVER 330 YEARS OLD.HE IS#HEAD OF#@INSTITUTE AND#DRIVING FORCE BEHIND#@GLOBALIST MOVEMENT.HE FOUNDED#@INSTITUTE SO=TOGETHER, MANY GREAT MINDSS ATTRACTIVE&INTELLIGENT&@I CONSIDER HER A FRIEND.% WAS A ROBOTICIST, OBSESSED^STUDYING#HUMAN MIND.I KNOW ONLY WHAT @I'VE SEEN IN#HYPERWAVE DRAMA.SUPPOSEDLY, $ARE A SUPERHUMAN @EARTH INVESTIGATOR^AN UNCANNY SENSE OF INTUITION.ONE WOULD ALMOST GET#IMPRESHING DESIGNER.I'VE KNOWN HER ABOUT FIFTEEN YEARS.WHEN @I FINISHED MY TRAINING AS A PERSONNEL ARTIST, @I WAS CALLED IN TO DESIGN A WARDROBE FOR HER.IT GAVE HER PLEASURE&AFTER=SHE USED MY SERVICES EXCLUSIVELY.SHE DOESN'T EXACTLY*A WARM PERSONALITY, BUT SHE'SELF.HE'S IN#LEGISLATURE, $KNOW - HE'S ONE OF#LEADERS OF#@GLOBALIST PARTY.HE'S#HUMAN LOOKING ROBOT OF @DR. %'S ISN'T HE? HAS GREAT DELICACY&GRACE.A GREAT SPIRIT OF - OF FUN.SHE IS#PERFECT PARTNER=@I*ALWAYS DREAMED OF FINDING.I AM A HAIR DESIGNER&A CLOTFOOLISH LIKE THAT.$ARE @ELIJAH @BALEY (SHE SAYS SOFTLY), FROM @EARTH.HE'S#CLOSEST THING#@AURORANS*TO A CHIEF EXECUTIVE.I'VE HEARD=HE'S CRANKY&ILL-TEMPERED.BE CAREFUL NOT TO ANNOY HIM, @ELIJAH.KELDEN IS#@INSTITUTE HEAD&A CLOSE PERSONAL FRIEND OF# HIMM MANY YEARS AGO,&THEY HAVEN'T SPOKEN SINCE.HE WAS A GOOD MAN.HE HELPED ME A LOT WHEN @I CAME TO @AURORA.HE KEPT HIS DISTANCE THOUGH.HE WAS AFRAID=TO BE TOO CLOSE TO ME WOULD DRIVE ME AWAY.HE ADMITTED=ONCE.HE LOST HIS DAUGHTER=WAY, HE THOUGHT - SOMETHING .HE VISITS ME OCCASIONALLY&WE TALK, MOSTLY OF OUR WORK.AT TIMES HE CAN BE SOMETHING OF A PEST BUT FOR#MOST PART HE IS A LIKABLE PERSON.SHE IS @DR. %'S DAUGHTER.HE RAISED HER FROM CHILDHOOD, WHICH IS UNUSUAL ON @SPACER WORLDS.SOMETHING HAPPENED BETWEEN THEERENT THAN IT WAS ON @SOLARIA.MOSTLY IT'S BETTER.THINGS WERE GOING QUITE WELL, (SHE LOWERS HER HEAD) UNTIL THIS.SOME PEOPLE EVEN THINK @I KILLED @DR. %. 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HAD TWO ARROWS, ONE TIPPED WITH#GAS STOLEN FROM .SHE KNEW=/ WOULD TRY TO INTERCEPT#FIRST ARROW&BE NEUTRALIZED.SECOND ARROW WAS INTENDED FOR ME.WHEN MY DOUBLE INTERCEPTED#FIRST ARROW, MUST*ASSUMED @I WAS DEAD,&LEFT IN TRIUMPH., WHO HAS BEEN TRYING FOR SOME TIME TO CAPTURE#AFFECTION OF , BECAME CONVINCED=IT WAS @I KEEPING THEM APART.ENCOURAGED, NO DOUBT, BY , HE BELIEVED=@I WAS A MADMAN INTERESTED IN ONLY AS A SPECIMEN FOR STUDY,&THAT TO AVOID LOSING HER, @I WAS ADVISING HER AGAINST HIM.IN HIS ANGER HE DEVISED A PLAN, NO DOUBT PLANTED IN HIS MIND BY , TO STRIKE BACK AT ME BY STEALING /&TURNING HIM OVER TO &@INSTITUTE.WITH#GAS DEVELOPED BY , HE DISABLED MY GUARD S&AS @I&/ APPROACHED, HE FIRED AN ARROW, KNOWING=/ WOULD INTERCEPT IT&BE NEUTRALIZED.I WOULD*BEEN POWERLESS TO PREVENT HIS S FROM TAKING AWAY /.WHAT FLED, BELIEVING HE HAD KILLED ME.FOR MANY YEARS HAS BEEN FILLED^HATRED TOWARD ME.IN A WAY, IT IS MY OWN FAULT."HE PAUSES, HIS FACE SADDENING ALMOST IMPERCEPTIBLY. "AS A MAN OF SCIENCE, @I AM AFRAID=@I*ALWAYS TAKEN A CLINICAL APPROACH TO EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE.THIS WAS NECESSARY FOR MY WORK TO SUCCEED - UNFORTUNATELY, MY FAMILY SUFFERED. CAME TO BELIVE AS A TEENAGER=@I DID NOT LOVE HER,=@I WAS INTERESTED IN HER ONLY AS A SPECIMEN FOR MY REASEARCH."%'S FEATURES HARDEN. "NO DOUBT INFLUENCED BY , DECIDED TO STRIKE BACK AT ME BY STEALING / FOR#INSTITUTE.AFTER USING#GAS SHE HAD DEVELOPED TO DISABLE MY GUARD S, FIRED AN ARROW IN MY DIRECTION, BELIEVING=/ WOULD INTERCEPT IT&BE NEUTRALIZED.I WOULD*BEEN POWERLESS TO PREVENT HER S FROM TAKING AWAY /.WHAT S FLED, BELIEVING SHE HAD KILLED ME!"!A LIVING ROOM. #FLOOR IS A SMOOTH CHECKERBOARD OF SEVERAL SHADES OF BROWN.A DOOR TO#+ LEADS OUTSIDE.HALLWAYS LEAD OFF TO#>&<.~FROM HERE A HALLWAY LEADS <. #LIVING ROOM IS TO#>. #DINING ROOM IS TO#;>.R!CORNER OF A HALLWAY=GOES +&>.THERE IS A DOOR TO#;.!A +-; HALLWAY.THERE ARE DOORS TO#+, +>,&<.!SMALL, ENCLOSED INTERIOR OF AN AIRFOIL, SURROUNDED BY SOFT UPHOLSTERY.THERE ARE DOORS ON EACH SIDE.PTHIS APPEARS TO BE %'S WORKSHOP. #DOOR IS TO#;. %A STUDY. #DOOR IS TO#>.@%VISITOR'S @PERSONAL.IT IS LUXURIOUS&HOSPITABLE, GLEAMING SOMEHOW^HYGIENIC CLEANLINESSTO#+.%A DINING ROOM, LONG&RECTANGULAR,&OVERBURDENED^DECORATION.BOTH LONG WALLS ARE MOSAICS.EXITS ARE >&+<.D %A KITCHEN.THERE ARE EXITS TO#+, >&<. %A BREAKFAST ROOM, SMALL&FRIENDLY. #WALLS ARE A WAVERING, LUMINOUS GREEN&MAKE#ROOM APPEAR TO BE A WELL LIT GROTTO AT#BOTTOM OF A SHALLOW ARM OF#SEA.THERE ARE EXITS TO#+&<. %A @PERSONAL. #DOOR IS TO#+. %A GUEST ROOM.AN EXIT IS TO#<,&; WALL SHIMMERS SLIGHTLY.0 %TO#+.%MASTER BEDROOM.A @PERSONAL IS TO#;>,#EXIT IS TO#;." %A WORKROOM. #DOOR IS TO#>.@THIS APPEARS TO BE A SPARE ROOM. #DOOR IS TO#;. !AN >-< HALLWAY. THERE ARE DOORS +&;. !CORNER OF A HALLWAY LEADING +&<. #BREAKFAST ROOM IS TO#;. %A +-; HALLWAY.A GUEST ROOM IS TO#>, OTHER ROOMS ARE TO#+&<. %A SMALL ROOM. #ONLY EXIT IS <.!A SMALL ELEVATOR. #DOOR IS TO#<.!A LARGE GARAGE.@%AN >-< HALLWAY^A DOOR TO#+ LEADING OUTSIDE.Ѐ"%A LIVING ROOM.THERE ARE HALLWAYS TO#;>&+>. %A SMALL HALLWAY.TO#< IS A @PERSONAL, TO#> IS#DINING ROOM,&TO#+ IS#LIVING ROOM.%TO#>.@!A DINING ROOM.A HALLWAY IS TO#<,#KITCHEN IS >.P!KITCHEN.EXITS ARE +&<.!TRIMENSIC VIEWER ROOM^EXITS +, >&;."%; END OF A HALLWAY. #BREAKFAST ROOM IS TO#;, DOORS ARE TO#>&<.! %A BREAKFAST ROOM. #DOORWAY IS TO#+.!A GUEST BEDROOMTO#<.!A T-INTERSECTION. #HALLWAY GOES +, ;&<.#"%AN >-< HALLWAY.THERE IS A DOOR TO#;.p!%+ END OF A HALLWAY.THERE ARE STAIRS LEADING UP.DOORS ARE TO#+&<.$!%%MASTER BEDROOMTO#;.A @PERSONAL IS TO#;<.!#%!A @PERSONAL. THERE ARE EXITS TO#+&>.$#!A HALLWAY.DOORS ARE TO#+, ;&<.STAIRS LEAD DOWN.)'(%@JANDER'S ROOM+.&%A WORK ROOM>.@&%A SUN ROOMTO#;. &!LIVING ROOM.A DINING ROOM IS TO#+&A HALLWAY IS TO#<.A DOOR TO#; LEADS OUTSIDE.+-%DINING ROOM. #LIVING ROOM IS TO#;&KITCHEN IS TO#<.0*,!A KITCHEN>.@+!CORNER OF A HALLWAY GOING >&;.THERE IS A BEDROOM TO#<&ANOTHER DOOR TO#+..*0/!;. -!A LARGE BEDROOM>.@-%; END OF A HALLWAY.A WORKSHOP IS TO#>, A DOOR IS TO#<.-21%A TRIMENSIC ROOM>.@0%A WORKSHOP<.0!A WORKROOM.THERE IS A DINING ROOM TO#>, A HALLWAY TO#+<&A DOOR TO#; LEADING OUTSIDE.d46%A DINING ROOM. #KITCHEN IS TO#+.A WORKROOM IS TO#<.53!KITCHEN;. 4%+ END OF#HALLWAY.A WORKROOM IS TO#>.THERE IS A DOOR TO#<.p387!>.@6%; END OF A HALLWAY.DOORS ARE TO#;&<.6:9!A BEDROOM>.@8%A STUDY+.8%AN ANTEROOM.TO#; AN EXIT LEADS OUTSIDE, TO#+ IS A HALLWAY.!A VERY LONG >-< HALLWAY.THERE IS A DOOR TO#;.A CORRIDOR LEADS OFF TO#+.=DQ%A +-; CORRIDOR.THERE ARE DOORS TO#>&<.>C.A HELICAL RAMP IS TO#+.?B=]STANDING ON A RAMP=SPIRALS UP TO#CEILING.THERE IS A HANDRAIL TO SUPPORT YOURSELF WITH. >%AN ULTRASONIC BRAIN DISSOLVING CHAMBER<.V%AN OFFICE>.@=%AN UN]<.>%A NOT VERY ]<.=!A LONG >-< HALLWAY.A DOOR IS TO#+.EF END OF LONG HALLWAY.OTHER HALLWAYS HEAD +&;.GMD!A +-; CORRIDOR. #@PATHWAY @SIMULATION ROOM IS TO#>.THERE ARE OTHER DOORS TO#<&+<.tIFHK%A VERY UN]>.@G%PATHWAY SIMULATION ROOM<.G%ANOTHER OFFICE>.@G]STANDING ON A HELICAL RAMP.THERE IS A HANDRAIL TO SUPPORT YOURSELF WITH. r!A +-; HALLWAY^DOORS TO#>&<.TO#; IS#PRODUCTION ROOM.FNPO%NOT AN ]<.M%A SINGULARLY UN]>.@M!PRODUCTION ROOM+.M!< END OF A HALLWAY.A CAFETERIA IS TO#<.A CORRIDOR HEADS OFF TO#+.R.@R%A WORKROOM+.V]AT#BASE OF SOME STAIRS.A HALLWAY HEADS OFF TO#;.THERE ARE DOORS TO#>&<.pVRW%A ROOM^DOORS TO#>, <&;.pTU%A NOT TOTALLY UN]>.@U !A CAFETERIATO#>.A @PERSONAL IS TO#+.ZQ!TO#;. Y!A LONG HALLWAY RUNNING >&<.Pj] %A LONG >-< HALLWAY.DOORS ARE TO#+&;.^[_`%;. ]%OFFICE OF @MALOON @CICISTO#+.]!AN >-< HALLWAY.THERE IS A VERY ORNATE DOOR TO#;&ANOTHER DOOR TO#+.a]db%AN ALMOST ];. `!AN >-< HALLWAY.STAIRS LEAD DOWN.P`e %'S OFFICE+.`%< END OF A HALLWAY.DOORS ARE TO#+, ;,&;<.gbfi%AN OVERWHELMINGLY UN]+.e%A LARGE ROOM=LOOKS LIKE A WAITING AREA FOR SOMETHING;. e !+.e!AN >-< HALLWAY.DOORS ARE TO#+&;.lmk[%AN OFFICE JUST LIKE ANY OTHER OFFICE+.j%A NOT UNIQUELY UN];. j%AN >-< HALLWAY.DOORS ARE TO#+&;.opnj%A STERILIZATION CHAMBER. #HALLWAY IS TO#+, A DOOR TO#> HAS A SIGN ON IT.m%'S OFFICE;. m!AN >-< HALLWAY.A CORRIDOR IS TO#+.rum%A GAS CHAMBER.THERE ARE DOORS TO#>&<.Pwn!+ END OF A CORRIDOR.A HELICAL RAMP IS TO#+.A DOOR IS TO#>.Lsp!<.r !> END OF A HALLWAY.THERE IS A DOOR TO#+.vp%A SUPPLY CLOSET;. u%A SMALL LABORATORY<.!A CABLE CAR.@ ]TO#+ OF %'S ESTATE.EVERYWHERE THERE IS GREEN.THROUGH#TREES TO#> IS A LARGE EXPANSE OF LAWN,&ON#HORIZON IS A DWELLING PLACE.`]BESIDE A STREAM=FILTERS DOWN A SLOPE.THERE ARE DWELLINGS TO#<&>.P~]TO#< OF A DWELLING PLACE: LOW-ROOFED, BROAD,&SO GREEN IN COLOR=IT ALMOST MELTS INTO#COUNTRYSIDE.IN#DISTANCE TO#< IS %'S ESTATE.P]ON A WIDE LAWN TO#; OF A BROAD BUT NOT VERY HIGH BUILDING.;]TO#; OF A SMALL ESTABLISHMENT, SMALLER&DRABBER THAN MOST OTHERS $HAVE SEEN.]TO#; OF AN ESTABLISHMENT.]TO#> OF A LIBRARY.]TO#+ OF A COMMUNITY DINER. ]TO#< OF A MUSEUM.@]< OF A GYMNASIUM.@]> OF A SMALL SHOP.]< OF AN ESTABLISHMENT.@NOT=@I KNOW OF.I DON'T KNOW.% WAS KILLED BY POISON GAS FROM A SMALL CANISTER ATTACHED TO#TIP OF AN ARROW.WHEN#ARROW STRUCK HIM, A SMALL CLOUD ERUPTED&SURROUNDED HIM.HE WAS DEAD WHEN @I REACHED HIS BODY.CONCEIVABLY @I COULD CONSTRUCT SUCH A DEVICE.FRIEND @ELIJAH,#@FIRST @LAW OF @ICS STATES: @A MAY NOT INJURE A HUMAN BEING OR, THROUGH INACTION ALLOW A HUMAN BEING TO COME TO HARM.THIS IS FUNDAMENTAL IN#PROGRAMMING OF ALL S.I CAN IMAGINE NOTHING=COULD*CAUSED ME TO WANT TO HARM %.YES, %&@I WERE WALKING ALONE ON#GROUNDS WHEN HE WAS KILLED. IS %'S STRONGEST POLITICAL ADVERSARY.POPULAR SUPPORT WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY SWING TO IF % WAS OUT OF#WAY.% WOULD NOT TAKE HIS OWN LIFE. DID VISIT % RECENTLY,&HE SEEMED VERY ANGRY WHEN HE LEFT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT#VISIT WAS ABOUT.I BELIEVE= HARBORS SOME ILL FEELINGS TOWARD % OVER SOME EVENT WHICH OCCURRED BEFORE MY CREATION.THOUGH % RARELY SPOKE OF HER, @I BELIEVE THIS SITUATION DISTRESSED HIM.( POUTS INDIGNANTLY) @NO, @ELIJAH.% HAS BEEN VERY KIND TO ME.? @HE IS SUCH A KIND&GENTLE SOUL.HE CAN BE A PEST AT TIMES,^HIS PERSISTENT ADVANCES, BUT HE IS CERTAINLY NO MURDERER.IMAGINE HIM, SNEAKING ABOUT AMONG#TREES, LYING IN WAIT LIKE - WHO'S#ANCIENT STORYBOOK CHARACTER - @ROBIN @HOOD? (@SHE LAUGHS, MAKING HER LOOK YEARS YOUNGER)@('S EYES FLASH ANGRILY) KELDEN IS A GREAT ICIST.WITH#RESOURCES OF#@ICS @INSTITUTE, HE WILL SOON SURPASS EVEN %.HE HAS NOTHING TO GAIN FROM %'S DEATH.KNOWING % AS @I DO, @I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF HE HAD PERFORMED SOME TWISTED EXPERIMENT ON / WHICH OVERRODE#@FIRST @LAW.(A SLIGHT SMILE) @IT WOULD ALMOST SEEM - APPROPRIATE - IF ONE OF HIS CREATIONS TURNED ON HIM.(DISGUSTED) @IT WOULD TAKE AN @EARTHMAN TO IMAGINE SUCH A THING.NOT UNLESS SHE FINALLY REALIZED, AS @I DID,=% IS INTERESTED IN ONLY ONE THING - STUDYING#HUMAN BRAIN.PEOPLE ARE JUST GUINEA PIGS TO HIM.I DON'T KNOW= HAS EVEN MET %.NO, HAD COME TO VISIT ME=EVENING.WE HAD BEEN TOGETHER SOME TIME WHEN / CARRIED IN %'S BODY.ABSOLUTELY NOT!@WE WERE NOT ON#BEST OF TERMS BUT @I HAD NO REASON TO WANT % DEAD.NO.WELL, SOMEHOW HE DID SEEM TO*GOTTEN IT INTO HIS HEAD=% WAS POISONING ME AGAINST HIM.I DO NOT BELIEVE SO.% HAS BEEN A VERY GOOD FRIEND TO SINCE SHE CAME TO @AURORA FROM @SOLARIA.I SAW SOMEONE FIRE AN ARROW AT %.WHILE IT WOULD BE A SIMPLE MATTER TO ERASE SOME OF MY MEMORIES OF#INCIDENT COMPLETELY, @I DO NOT THINK IT IS POSSIBLE TO ALTER THEM.% DID NOT KILL HIMSELF.OF COURSE, HE WAS THERE WHEN HE WAS KILLED.I DO BELIEVE#FOOL WAS IN LOVE,&IF HE THOUGHT=% WAS STANDING BETWEEN HIM&HIS @SOLARIAN WOMAN - BUT THAT'S SILLY. IS NO MURDERER.I DO KNOW SOME THINGS ABOUT S,&ONE IS=THEY CAN NOT KNOWINGLY HARM HUMAN BEINGS.EVEN WITNESSING HARM TO A HUMAN WILL OFTEN DAMAGE A BEYOND REPAIR.SHE IS %'S DAUGHTER,&@I KNOW=THERE WERE SOME BAD FEELINGS ON HER PART TOWARD HER FATHER. MENTIONED=TO ME ONCE.? (ANGER CROSSES HIS FACE) @WHY WOULD SHE WANT TO KILL#MAN SHE THINKS HAS BEEN SO COMPASSIONATE TOWARD HER?THAT'S STUPID! @S CAN'T HARM HUMANS.MANY YEARS AGO , 'S LIFE WAS SCARRED BY#REALIZATION THAT#MAN WHO RAISED HER&WHOM SHE THOUGHT LOVED HER, WAS INTERESTED IN HER ONLY AS A SUBJECT FOR STUDY.NATURALLY SHE HARBORS SOME RESENTMENT TOWARD HIM., NO ONE @B@U@T / COULD*KILLED % IN#MANNER=HE HIMSELF DESCRIBED.DON'T $SEE? @PHYSICALLY / IS FAR SUPERIOR TO ANY HUMAN.NO ONE COULD*APPROACHED % WITHOUT / DETECTING HIM&EFFECTIVELY STOPPING ANY ATTACK./ IS EVEN FAST ENOUGH TO PLUCK AN ARROW OUT OF#AIR.( CONSIDERS) @I MUST ADMIT=HER INVOLVEMENT WOULD REMOVE A BIT OF#MYSTERY FROM#INCIDENT.BEING %'S FRIEND&NEIGHBOR, SHE COULD*APPROACHED % CLOSE ENOUGH TO KILL HIM WITHOUT / BEING ABLE TO INTERVENE.( SAYS SARCASTICALLY) @$MEAN , =@I MAY*CREPT OVER TO %'S ESTATE, WALKED PAST HIS GUARD S, ONE OF WHICH OUT OF POLITENESS WOULD SAY, '@WHAT A NICE BOW&ARROW $HAVE.IS=A POISON GAS CANISTER ON#END?' &THEN @I WOULD FIRE IT AT MY DEAR FATHER,&/ -#MODEL OF SUPER-EFFICIENCY=HE IS - WOULD STAND&WATCH AS#ARROW STRUCK HIM DEAD? @NO ONE BUT AN @EARTHMAN WOULD EVEN CONSIDER IT.IT WOULD TAKE A PARTICULARLY STUPID @EARTHMAN, TOO.IT HAS OCCURRED TO ME, @FRIEND @ELIJAH,=%'S MURDER COULD NOT*OCCURRED EXACTLY AS @I REMEMBER IT.I SHOULD*BEEN ABLE TO PREVENT AN ARROW FROM STRIKING HIM.IT COULD BE=@I WAS TAMPERED WITH, EITHER BEFORE#INCIDENT TO PREVENT MY INTERFERENCE, OR AFTERWARD TO MAKE ME FORGET SOME IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFORMATION.NEXT TO %, IS PROBABLY#ONLY PERSON WITH#EXPERTISE TO PERFORM SUCH TAMPERING.NO, , @I COULD NOT*GOTTEN PAST %'S GUARD S., IT IS NO SECRET=%&@I WERE BITTER RIVALS WHEN IT CAME TO#MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE FACING @AURORA TODAY -=OF WHO SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO COLONIZE#GALAXY.I WANTED TO DESTROY %, - AS A POLITICAL FORCE -&@I SOON WOULD HAVE.WHAT HAS HELD US BACK IS OUR INABILITY TO CREATE S, BUT WE ARE VERY CLOSE NOW TO ACCOMPLISHING THIS.ORDINARILY, OF COURSE, IT WOULD BE RIDICULOUS TO SUGGEST=A COULD HARM A HUMAN BEING.BUT $MUST REMEMBER THAT#CREATOR OF THIS WAS %.OF COURSE.SHE LIVED NEXT DOOR&COULD*SLIPPED OVER ANYTIME.WELL, YES, @I SUPPOSE SO.WOULDN'T IT BE POSSIBLE FOR SOMEONE LIKE TO*MADE / REMEMBER EVERYTHING WRONG? @I MEAN#MURDER COULD*HAPPENED VERY DIFFERENTLY THAN / SAID.IT APPEARS VERY LIKELY=WITH % DEAD, HIS WORK MAY BE TURNED OVER TO#@ICS @INSTITUTE, ENABLING TO FINALLY ACCOMPLISH WHAT HE HAS BEEN WORKING AT FOR YEARS.I*HEARD= WANTS DESPERATELY TO GET HIS HANDS ON A .I SEE=NOW HE IS BLAMING / FOR#MURDER&ASKING=/ BE TURNED OVER TO#@INSTITUTE FOR STUDY.IT SEEMS REASONABLE=HIS REQUEST WILL BE GRANTED.( OBVIOUSLY HESITATES) @WELL, SHE DID MENTION TO ME THAT SHE IS WORKING ON A PROJECT INVOLVING GASES.ABSOLUTELY NOT! @EVEN IF @I COULD*GOTTEN PAST#GUARD S - WHICH @I COULDN'T! - @I COULD NOT*GOTTEN MY HANDS ON A LETHAL GAS.WELL, IF HE TAMPERED^/, COULDN'T HE*DONE=AHEAD OF TIME?OF COURSE, HE'S ADMITTED TO ALL @AURORA=HE WAS THERE.I SUPPOSE - ANY IDIOT CAN FIRE A BOW.DON'T BE ABSURD!NOW-YOU-LOOK-HERE! IS NO MURDERER! @SHE IS NOT CAPABLE OF KILLING SOMEONE.ABSOLUTELY NOT.SHE&@I WERE TOGETHER ALL EVENING.SHE EVEN CREATED A LIGHT-FORM OF ME WHILE @I WAS THERE.NO, FOR#SAME REASON= DIDN'T.NO.IN FACT @I WAS AT A CONCERT WITH# AT#TIME % WAS KILLED.SO $SEE , @I AM NOT YOUR VILLAIN.I'M NOT=FAMILIAR WITH#WOMAN, .AN INTERESTING THOUGHT OCCURS TO ME THOUGH.SHE WAS SUSPECTED OF KILLING HER HUSBAND ON @SOLARIA,&HYPERWAVE DRAMA ABOUT THAT EVENT SEEMED TO LEAVE SOME DOUBT... BUT OF COURSE $MUST KNOW#TRUTH ABOUT THAT, HAVING CLEARED HER OF#CRIME.NO,# ADMITS= WAS^HIM AT#TIME OF#MURDER.IF SHE HAD ACCESS TO A LETHAL GAS @I IMAGINE SHE COULD*APPROACHED % CLOSELY ENOUGH TO SHOOT HIM^IT.ARE $STUPIDER THAN $LOOK? @SHE LIVED NEXT DOOR.WHY NOT? @I BELIEVE HE FREQUENTLY VISITED=@SOLARIAN WOMAN NEXT DOOR, SO HE COULD*BEEN NEARBY WITHOUT DRAWING MUCH ATTENTION., @I AM REASONABLY CLOSE TO &@I CAN ASSURE $THAT ALTHOUGH SHE HARBORS SOME ILL FEELINGS TOWARD %, THOSE FEELINGS WERE NOT OF SUFFICIENT INTENSITY TO DRIVE HER TO KILL HIM.ONLY ONE SUSPECT REALLY HAD#MEANS&IT ISN'T .I SUPPOSE=THERE IS A SMALL POSSIBILITY=HE WAS FAMILIAR ENOUGH TO %&/=HE CAUGHT THEM^THEIR GUARD DOWN.I KNOW OF NO REASON WHY HE COULDN'T HAVE.IT IS UNLIKELY BUT NOT INCONCEIVABLE=BECAUSE SHE WAS A GOOD FRIEND OF %'S WE APPROACHED HER^LESS CAUTION THAN SOMEONE ELSE, ENABLING HER TO FIRE A CLEAR SHOT.I DO NOT REMEMBER SEEING HER, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE=MY MEMORIES WERE DAMAGED BY#TRAUMA OF SEEING HARM DONE TO A HUMAN.ASK HIM.DOES HE DENY IT?INVOLVEMENT OF A SKILLED ICIST LIKE MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY / WAS UNABLE TO STOP#MURDER.( LOOKS PUZZLED) @BUT HE COULDN'T @ELIJAH, NOT UNLESS HE'D BEEN TAMPERED WITH.NO! @I WOULD NEVER CONSIDER KILLING ANYONE.NO MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE.ELIJAH! @I CAN IMAGINE KILLING SOMEONE - IF @I HATED THEM ENOUGH&IN A FIT OF ANGER - BUT @I @C@A@N'@T IMAGINE PLOTTING TO SHOOT SOMEONE DOWN IN COLD BLOOD.I SUPPOSE SO.I AM A ICIST, OF SOME CONSIDERABLE INFLUENCE,&@I*DEVOTED MYSELF&@INSTITUTE WHICH @I FOUNDED, TO ENSURING THAT @AURORA'S FUTURE FOLLOWS#PROPER PATH.I AM A @GLOBALIST.(ALMOST HUNGRILY) / IS A MARVELOUS ACHIEVEMENT IN ICS.% GUARDS - ER, GUARDED, HIS SECRETS FOR CREATING SUCH S SO JEALOUSLY=WE WERE FORCED TO CREATE#ENTIRE @ICS @INSTITUTE IN ORDER TO DUPLICATE HIS EFFORTS.SHE'S#@SOLARIAN WOMAN, ISN'T SHE? @MY ONLY KNOWLEDGE OF HER COMES FROM=HYPERWAVE DRAMATIZATION OF#TIME $CLEARED HER OF MURDERING HER HUSBAND.I*NEVER MET HER. IS A PERSONNEL ARTIST. I DON'T USE HIS SERVICES MYSELF, BUT @I KNOW HAS A VERY HIGH OPINION OF HIS PROFESSIONAL TALENTS. IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY DEDICATED ICIST.SHE IS A VALUABLE MEMBER OF#@INSTITUTE.% (PAUSE), WAS A BRILLIANT ICIST.HE WAS MISGUIDED IN HIS IDEALS, HOWEVER, BEING A @HUMANIST,&WAS TOTALLY UNWILLING TO SHARE HIS KNOWLEDGE OF S. ^NO DISRESPECT INTENDED, @I DARE SAY @I THINK=@AURORA WILL MOVE AHEAD ALL#BETTER WITHOUT HIM.$SIR, ARE AN @EARTHMAN WHOSE LUCK IN#PAST HAS BUILT FOR YOU A CONSIDERABLE REPUTATION, NOT ALTOGETHER UNDESERVED @I'M SURE.BUT @I*NOT BEEN INFLUENCED BY#WAY $WERE DEPICTED IN THAT HYPERWAVE SHOW&@I RECOGNIZE $TO BE, SHALL WE SAY, A LIMITED INDIVIDUAL.IT IS HE WHO WILL MEET^YOU, LISTEN TO YOUR CASE,&THEN, MOST REGRETTABLY OF COURSE, SEND $BACK TO @EARTH WHEN HE DISCOVERS=$HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER SATISFACTORILY.MASTER @ICIST @KELDEN IS#FOUNDER&HEAD OF#@ICS @INSTITUTE OF @AURORA.HE LEADS#@GLOBALIST POLITICAL PARTY.I AM#ONLY IN EXISTENCE.I WAS CREATED BY %&DESIGNED BY#LATE ROJ @NEMENNUH @SARTON.MY PHYSICAL APPEARANCE IS IDENTICAL TO SARTON'S. CAME TO @AURORA FROM @SOLARIA AFTER $ABSOLVED HER OF MURDERING HER HUSBAND THERE.SHE HAS BECOME A CLOTHING DESIGNER.% HELPED HER A LOT,&EVEN ARRANGED FOR HER TO LIVE IN#NEIGHBORING ESTATE.I*MET @SANTIRIX TWICE, ONCE AT 'S&ONCE AT %'S.HE IS A PERSONNEL ARTIST AT#@ICS @INSTITUTE. @ALIENA IS A SKILLED ICIST&WORKS AT#@ICS @INSTITUTE.SHE IS %'S DAUGHTER.% WAS#GREATEST THEORETICAL ICIST OF ALL TIME.HE WAS#ONLY MAN CAPABLE OF CREATING S.HE LED#@HUMANIST POLITICAL PARTY.(/ PAUSES AT YOUR ODD REQUEST BUT ANSWERS) @$ARE @ELIJAH , @EARTH'S MOST FAMOUS DETECTIVE.$HAVE ALREADY SOLVED TWO IMPORTANT MURDER CASES INVOLVING @SPACERS, PRESUMABLY=IS WHY# ASKED @EARTH FOR YOUR SERVICES IN THIS CASE.HE IS OF#LEGISLATURE.HE IS NOT ALL-POWERFUL, BUT HIS INFLUENCE IS GREAT.HE IS#PERSON $WILL PRESENT YOUR CASE TO.I'VE SEEN HIM IN NEWSCASTS.HE'S#LEADER OF#@GLOBALIST PARTY./ IS %'S FAVORITE CREATION.HE IS#ONLY IN EXISTENCE.% WAS AFRAID=THERE WERE @GLOBALISTS WHO MIGHT ATTEMPT TO - NAP? - HIM, IN ORDER TO LEARN HOW TO BUILD HUMANIFORMS THEMSELVES, SO HE BEGAN TO KEEP / ALWAYS ON#ESTATE.I'M DOING ALRIGHT, @ELIJAH.LIFE ON @AURORA IS DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS ON @SOLARIA.MOSTLY IT'S BETTER.THINGS WERE GOING QUITE WELL, (SHE LOWERS HER HEAD) UNTIL THIS.SOME PEOPLE EVEN THINK @I KILLED %. IS A STYLIST.HE WORKS ON HUMAN BEINGS.HE CUTS HAIR, DESIGNS CLOTHING.I DO#SAME, BUT @I WORK ON S.HE VISITS ME OCCASIONALLY&WE TALK, MOSTLY OF OUR WORK.AT TIMES HE CAN BE SOMETHING OF A PEST BUT FOR#MOST PART HE IS A LIKABLE PERSON.SHE IS %'S DAUGHTER.HE RAISED HER FROM CHILDHOOD, WHICH IS UNUSUAL ON @SPACER WORLDS.SOMETHING HAPPENED BETWEEN THEM MANY YEARS AGO,&THEY HAVEN'T SPOKEN SINCE.HE WAS A GOOD MAN.HE HELPED ME A LOT WHEN @I CAME TO @AURORA.HE KEPT HIS DISTANCE THOUGH.HE WAS AFRAID=TO BE TOO CLOSE TO ME WOULD DRIVE ME AWAY.HE ADMITTED=ONCE.HE LOST HIS DAUGHTER=WAY, HE THOUGHT - SOMETHING FOOLISH LIKE THAT.$ARE @ELIJAH (SHE SAYS SOFTLY), FROM @EARTH.HE'S#CLOSEST THING#@AURORANS*TO A CHIEF EXECUTIVE.I'VE HEARD=HE'S CRANKY&ILL-TEMPERED.BE CAREFUL NOT TO ANNOY HIM, @ELIJAH.KELDEN IS#@INSTITUTE HEAD&A CLOSE PERSONAL FRIEND OF# HIMSELF.HE'S IN#LEGISLATURE, $KNOW - HE'S ONE OF#LEADERS OF#@GLOBALIST PARTY.HE'S#HUMAN LOOKING OF %'S ISN'T HE? HAS GREAT DELICACY&GRACE.A GREAT SPIRIT OF - OF FUN.SHE IS#PERFECT PARTNER=@I*ALWAYS DREAMED OF FINDING.I AM A HAIR DESIGNER&A CLOTHING DESIGNER.I'VE KNOWN HER ABOUT FIFTEEN YEARS.WHEN @I FINISHED MY TRAINING AS A PERSONNEL ARTIST, @I WAS CALLED IN TO DESIGN A WARDROBE FOR HER.IT GAVE HER PLEASURE&AFTER=SHE USED MY SERVICES EXCLUSIVELY.SHE DOESN'T EXACTLY*A WARM PERSONALITY, BUT SHE'S ATTRACTIVE&INTELLIGENT&@I CONSIDER HER A FRIEND.% WAS A ICIST, OBSESSED^STUDYING#HUMAN MIND.I KNOW ONLY WHAT @I'VE SEEN IN#HYPERWAVE DRAMA.SUPPOSEDLY, $ARE A SUPERHUMAN @EARTH INVESTIGATOR^AN UNCANNY SENSE OF INTUITION.ONE WOULD ALMOST GET#IMPRESSION=$CAN READ MINDS.OF COURSE, @I IMAGINE THAT'S EXAGGERATED.CURRENT IS IN HIS SECOND TERM OF OFFICE.HE IS OVER 330 YEARS OLD.HE IS#HEAD OF#@INSTITUTE&DRIVING FORCE BEHIND#@GLOBALIST MOVEMENT.HE FOUNDED#@INSTITUTE SO=TOGETHER, MANY GREAT MINDS CAN UNCOVER=KNOWLEDGE WHICH % REFUSED TO SHARE./ IS FOR#TIME BEING,#ONLY IN EXISTENCE.% WAS#ONLY PERSON WHO UNDERSTOOD#THEORY OF#POSITRONIC BRAIN.SHE IS#@SOLARIAN WOMAN.HE IS SOMETHING OF AN IDIOT, BUT IS A TALENTED STYLIST.I AM A ICIST.MY WORK OCCUPIES MOST OF MY TIME&ATTENTION.% WAS A MAN OBSESSED^UNDERSTANDING#WORKINGS OF#HUMAN BRAIN. #BASIC THEORY=MADE S POSSIBLE AROSE, @I AM QUITE CERTAIN, OUT OF HIS ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND#HUMAN BRAIN&HE HUGGED=THEORY TO HIMSELF&ALLOWED NO ONE ELSE TO SEE IT BECAUSE HE WANTED TO SOLVE#PROBLEM OF#HUMAN BRAIN TOTALLY BY HIMSELF. 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BALEY,=@I MAY*CREPT OVER TO @DR. %'S ESTATE, WALKED PAST HIS GUARD ROBOTS, ONE OF WHICH OUT OF POLITENESS WOULD SAY, '@WHAT A NICE BOW&ARROW $HAVE.IS=A POISON GAS CANISTER ON#END?' &THEN @I WOULD FIRE IT AT MY DEAR FATHER,&/ -#MODEL OF SUPER-EFFICIENCY=HE IS - WOULD STAND&WATCH AS#ARROW STRUCK HIM DEAD? @NO ONE BUT AN @EARTHMAN WOULD EVEN CONSIDER IT.IT WOULD TAKE A PARTICULARLY STUPID @EARTHMAN, TOO.IT HAS OCCURRED TO ME, @FRIEND @ELIJAH,=@DR. %'S MURDER COULD NOT*OCCURRED EXACTLY AS @I REMEMBER IT.I SHOULD*BEEN ABLE TO PREVENT AN ARROW FROM STRIKING HIM.IT COULD BE=@I WAS TAMPERED WITH, EITHER BEFORE#INCIDENT TO PREVENT MY INTERFERENCE, OR AFTERWARD TO MAKE ME FORGET SOME IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFORMATION.NEXT TO %, IS PROBABLY#ONLY PERSON WITH#EXPERTISE TO PERFORM SUCH TAMPERING.NO, @MR. BALEY, @I COULD NOT*GOTTEN PAST %'S GUARD ROBOTS.MR. BALEY, IT IS NO SECRET=@DR. %&@I WERE BITTER RIVALS WHEN IT CAME TO#MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE FACING @AURORA TODAY -=OF WHO SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO COLONIZE#GALAXY.I WANTED TO DESTROY %, @MR. BALEY - AS A POLITICAL FORCE -&@I SOON WOULD IN.I'M NOT=FAMILIAR WITH#WOMAN, @MR. BALEY.AN INTERESTING THOUGHT OCCURS TO ME THOUGH.SHE WAS SUSPECTED OF KILLING HER HUSBAND ON @SOLARIA, AND#HYPERWAVE DRAMA ABOUT THAT EVENT SEEMED TO LEAVE SOME DOUBT... BUT OF COURSE $MUST KNOW#TRUTH ABOUT THAT, HAVING CLEARED HER OF#CRIME.NO,# ADMITS= WAS^HIM AT#TIME OF#MURDER.IF SHE HAD ACCESS TO A LETHAL GAS @I IMAGINE SHE COULD*APPROACHED % CLOSELY ENOUGH TO SHOOT HIM^IT.ARE $STUPIDER THAN $LOOK? @SHE LIVED NEXT DOOR.WHY NOT? @I BELIEVE HE FREQUENTLY VISITED=@SOLARIAN WOMAN NEXT DOOR, SO HE COULD*BEEN NEARBY WITHOUT DRAWING MUCH ATTENTION.MR. BALEY, @I AM REASONABLY CLOSE TO &@I CAN ASSURE $THAT ALTHOUGH SHE HARBORS SOME ILL FEELINGS TOWARD @DR. %, THOSE FEELINGS WERE NOT OF SUFFICIENT INTENSITY TO DRIVE HER TO KILL HIM.ONLY ONE SUSPECT REALLY HAD#MEANS&IT ISN'T .I SUPPOSE=THERE IS A SMALL POSSIBILITY=HE WAS FAMILIAR ENOUGH TO %&/=HE CAUGHT THEM^THEIR GUARD DOWN.I KNOW OF NO REASON WHY HE COULDN'T HAVE.IT IS UNLIKELY BUT NOT INCONCEIVABLE=BECAUSE SHE WAS A GOOD FRIEND OF @DR. %'S WE APPROACHED HER^LESS CAUTION THAN SOMEONE ELSE, ENABLING HER TO FIRE A CLEAR SHOT.I DO NOT REMEMBER SEEING HER, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE=MY MEMORIES WERE DAMAGED BY#TRAUMA OF SEEING HARM DONE TO A HUMAN.ASK HIM.DOES HE DENY IT?THE INVOLVEMENT OF A SKILLED ROBOTICIST LIKE MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY / WAS UNABLE TO STOP#MURDER.( LOOKS PUZZLED) @BUT HE COULDN'T @ELIJAH, NOT UNLESS HE'D BEEN TAMPERED WITH.NO! @I WOULD NEVER CONSIDER KILLING ANYONE.NO MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE.ELIJAH! @I CAN IMAGINE KILLING SOMEONE - IF @I HATED THEM ENOUGH&IN A FIT OF ANGER - BUT @I @C@A@N'@T IMAGINE PLOTTING TO SHOOT SOMEONE DOWN IN COLD BLOOD.I SUPPOSE SO.I AM A ROBOTICIST, OF SOME CONSIDERABLE INFLUENCE,&@I*DEVOTED MYSELF AND#@INSTITUTE WHICH @I FOUNDED, TO ENSURING THAT @AURORA'S FUTURE FOLLOWS#PROPER PATH.I AM A @GLOBALIST.(ALMOST HUNGRILY) / IS A MARVELOUS ACHIEVEMENT IN ROBOTICS.% GUARDS - ER, GUARDED, HIS SECRETS FOR CREATING SUCH S SO JEALOUSLY=WE WERE FORCED TO CREATE#ENTIRE @ROBOTICS @INSTITUTE IN ORDER TO DUPLICATE HIS EFFORTS.SHE'S#@SOLARIAN WOMAN, ISN'T SHE? @MY ONLY KNOWLEDGE OF HER COMES FROM=HYPERWAVE DRAMATIZATION OF#TIME $CLEARED HER OF MURDERING HER HUSBAND.I*NEVER MET HER. IS A PERSONNEL ARTIST. I DON'T USE HIS SERVICES MYSELF, BUT @I KNOW HAS A VERY HIGH OPINION OF HIS PROFESSIONAL TALENTS. IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY DEDICATED ROBOTICIST.SHE IS A VALUABLE MEMBER OF#@INSTITUTE.% (PAUSE), WAS A BRILLIANT ROBOTICIST.HE WAS MISGUIDED IN HIS IDEALS, HOWEVER, BEING A @HUMANIST,&WASAS A GOOD FRIEND OF @DR. %'S WE APPROACHED HER^LESS CAUTION THAN SOMEONE ELSE, ENABLING HER TO FIRE A CLEAR SHOT.I DO NOT REMEMBER SEEING HER, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE=MY MEMORIES WERE DAMAGED BY#TRAUMA OF SEEING HARM DONE TO A HUMAN.ASK HIM.DOES HE DENY IT?THE INVOLVEMENT OF A SKILLED ROBOTICIST LIKE MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY / WAS UNABLE TO STOP#MURDER.( LOOKS PUZZLED) @BUT HE COULDN'T @ELIJAH, NOT UNLESS HE'D BEEN TAMPERED WITH.NO! @I WOULD NEVER CONSIDER KILLING ANYONE.NO MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE.ELIJAH! @I CAN IMAGINE KILLING SOMEONE - IF @I HATED THEM ENOUGH&IN A FIT OF ANGER - BUT @I @C@A@N'@T IMAGINE PLOTTING TO SHOOT SOMEONE DOWN IN COLD BLOOD.I SUPPOSE SO.I AM A ROBOTICIST, OF SOME CONSIDERABLE INFLUENCE,&@I*DEVOTED MYSELF AND#@INSTITUTE WHICH @I FOUNDED, TO ENSURING THAT @AURORA'S FUTURE FOLLOWS#PROPER PATH.I AM A @GLOBALIST.(ALMOST HUNGRILY) / IS A MARVELOUS ACHIEVEMENT IN ROBOTICS.% GUARDS - ER, GUARDED, HIS SECRETS FOR CREATING SUCH S SO JEALOUSLY=WE WERE FORCED TO CREATE#ENTIRE @ROBOTICS @INSTITUTE IN ORDER TO DUPLICATE HIS EFFORTS.SHE'S#@SOLARIAN WOMAN, ISN'T SHE? @MY ONLY KNOWLEDGE OF HER COMES FROM=HYPERWAVE DRAMATIZATION OF#TIME $CLEARED HER OF MURDERING HER HUSBAND.I*NEVER MET HER. IS A PERSONNEL ARTIST. I DON'T USE HIS SERVICES MYSELF, BUT @I KNOW HAS A VERY HIGH OPINION OF HIS PROFESSIONAL TALENTS. IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY DEDICATED ROBOTICIST.SHE IS A VALUABLE MEMBER OF#@INSTITUTE.% (PAUSE), WAS A BRILLIANT ROBOTICIST.HE WAS MISGUIDED IN HIS IDEALS, HOWEVER, BEING A @HUMANIST,&WASY# ASKED @EARTH FOR YOUR SERVICES IN THIS CASE.HE IS OF#LEGISLATURE.HE IS NOT ALL-POWERFUL, BUT HIS INFLUENCE IS GREAT.HE IS#PERSON $WILL PRESENT YOUR CASE TO.I'VE SEEN HIM IN NEWSCASTS.HE'S#LEADER OF#@GLOBALIST PARTY./ IS @DR. %'S FAVORITE CREATION.HE IS#ONLY IN EXISTENCE.DR. % WAS AFRAID=THERE WERE @GLOBALISTS WHO MIGHT ATTEMPT TO - ROBOTNAP? - HIM, IN ORDER TO LEARN HOW TO BUILD HUMANIFORMS THEMSELVES, SO HE BEGAN TO KEEP / ALWAYS ON#ESTATE.I'M DOING ALRIGHT, @ELIJAH.LIFE ON @AURORA IS DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS ON @SOLARIA.MOSTLY IT'S BETTER.THINGS WERE GOING QUITE WELL, (SHE LOWERS HER HEAD) UNTIL THIS.SOME PEOPLE EVEN THINK @I KILLED @DR. %. IS A STYLIST.HE WORKS ON HUMAN BEINGS.HE CUTS HAIR, DESIGNS CLOTHING.I DO#SAME, BUT @I WORK ON ROBOTS.HE VISITS ME OCCASIONALLY&WE TALK, MOSTLY OF OUR WORK.AT TIMES HE CAN BE SOMETHING OF A PEST BUT FOR#MOST PART HE IS A LIKABLE PERSON.SHE IS @DR. %'S DAUGHTER.HE RAISED HER FROM CHILDHOOD, WHICH IS UNUSUAL ON @SPACER WORLDS.SOMETHING HAPPENED BETWEEN THEM MANY YEARS AGO,&THEY HAVEN'T SPOKEN SINCE.HE WAS A GOOD MAN.HE HELPED ME A LOT WHEN @I CAME TO @AURORA.HE KEPT HIS DISTANCE THOUGH.HE WAS AFRAID=TO BE TOO CLOSE TO ME WOULD DRIVE ME AWAY.HE ADMITTED=ONCE.HE LOST HIS DAUGHTER=WAY, HE THOUGHT - SOMETHING FOOLISH LIKE THAT.$ARE @ELIJAH @BALEY (SHE SAYS SOFTLY), FROM @EARTH.HE'S#CLOSEST THING#@AURORANS*TO A CHIEF EXECUTIVE.I'VE HEARD=HE'S CRANKY&ILL-TEMPERED.BE CAREFUL NOT TO ANNOY HIM, @ELIJAH.KELDEN IS#@INSTITUTE HEAD&A CLOSE PERSONAL FRIEND OF# HIMSELF.HE'S IN#LEGISLATURE, $KNOW - HE'S ONE OF#LEADERS OF#@GLOBALIST PARTY.HE'S#HUMAN LOOKING ROBOT OF @DR. %'S ISN'T HE? HAS GREAT DELICACY&GRACE.A GREAT SPIRIT OF - OF FUN.SHE IS#PERFECT PARTNER=@I*ALWAYS DREAMED OF FINDING.I AM A HAIR DESIGNER&A CLOTHING DESIGNER.I'VE KNOWN HER ABOUT FIFTEEN YEARS.WHEN @I FINISHED MY TRAINING AS A PERSONNEL ARTIST, @I WAS CALLED IN TO DESIGN A WARDROBE FOR HER.IT GAVE HER PLEASURE&AFTER=SHE USED MY SERVICES EXCLUSIVELY.SHE DOESN'T EXACTLY*A WARM PERSONALITY, BUT SHE'S ATTRACTIVE&INTELLIGENT&@I CONSIDER HER A FRIEND.% WAS A ROBOTICIST, OBSESSED^STUDYING#HUMAN MIND.I KNOW ONLY WHAT @I'VE SEEN IN#HYPERWAVE DRAMA.SUPPOSEDLY, $ARE A SUPERHUMAN @EARTH INVESTIGATOR^AN UNCANNY SENSE OF INTUITION.ONE WOULD ALMOST GET#IMPRESSION=$CAN READ MINDS.OF COURSE, @I IMAGINE THAT'S EXAGGERATED.THE CURRENT IS IN HIS SECOND TERM OF OFFICE.HE IS OVER 330 YEARS OLD.HE IS#HEAD OF#@INSTITUTE AND#DRIVING FORCE BEHIND#@GLOBALIST MOVEMENT.HE FOUNDED#@INSTITUTE SO=TOGETHER, MANY GREAT MINDS CAN