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My naue, Milton Davidson, calls ram I am part of the Multivac-complex and am connected with other parts all over the world I know everything Alra than anyone in the world, and I am his experimental model He has made me speak better than any other co sounds to symbols, Joe," he told me "That&039;s the way it works in the huh we still don&039;t knohat symbols there are in the brain I know the symbols in yours, and I can match them to words, one-to-one" So I talk I don&039;t think I talk as well as I think, but Milton says I talk very well Milton has never h he is nearly forty years old He has never found the right woman, he told oing to find the best I&039; to helpyou in order to solve the problems of the world Solve my problem Find me true love"
I said, "What is true love?"
"Never irl You are connected to the Multivac-co in the world We&039;ll eliroups and classes until we&039;re left with only one person The perfect person She will be for me"
I said, "I am ready"
He said, "Eliminate all men first"
It was easy His words activated symbols in my molecular valves I could reach out toin the world At his words, I withdrew from 3,784,982,874 men I kept contact with 3,786,112,090 woer than twenty-five; an older than forty Then eliht under 150 centiavechildren; he elienetic characteristics "I&039;o for a while But no red hair I don&039;t like red hair"
After teeks, ere down to 235 wolish very well Milton said he didn&039;t want a language probleet in the way at intimate moments
"I can&039;t interview 235 women," he said "It would take too "
"It would ed ned to do No one knew about that "It&039;s none of their business," he said, and the skin on his face grew red "I tell you what, Joe, I will bring in holographs, and you check the list for siraphs of women "These are three beauty contest winners," he said "Do any of the 235 ood matches and Milton said, "Good, you have their data banks Study requiree to have theht a while, moved his shoulders up and down, and said, "Alphabetical order"
That is one of the things I a people from job to job for personal reasons is called ed it I wasn&039;t supposed to do it for anyone but hiirl arrived a week later Milton&039;s face turned red when he saw her He spoke as though it were hard to do so They were together a great deal and he paid no attention to me One time he said, "Let me take you to dinner"
The next day he said toShe is a beautiful woman, but I did not feel any touch of true love Try the next one"
It was the sareat deal and had pleasant voices, but Milton always found it wasn&039;t right He said, "I can&039;t understand it, Joe You and I have picked out the eight women who, in all the world, look the best to me They are ideal Why don&039;t they please me?"
I said, "Do you please them?"
His eyebrows ainst his other hand "That&039;s it, Joe It&039;s a tay street If I am not their ideal, they can&039;t act in such a way as to be my ideal I must be their true love, too, but how do I do that?" He see he ca to leave it to you, Joe All up to you You haveI know about myself You fill up my data bank in every possible detail but keep all additions to yourself"