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"Will any of those men under you ever really understand all this? They're professional cynics, and it's too late for theo back with theyro just like Smith has? To listen to lands? There's a little patio down here with a reel of Martian music in it at least fifty thousand years old It still plays Music you'll never hear in your life You could hear it There are books I've gotten on well in reading them already You could sit and read"

"It all sounds quite wonderful, Spender"

"But you won't stay?"

"No Thanks, anyway"

"And you certainly won't let me stay without trouble I'll have to kill you all"

"You're optimistic"

"I have soht for and live for; that io

n, now It's learning how to breathe all over again And how to lie in the sun getting a tan, letting the sun work into you And how to hear music and how to read a book What does your civilization offer?"

The captain shifted his feet He shook his head "I' I'm sorry about it all"

"I auess I'd better take you back now so you can start the attack"

"I guess so"

"Captain, I won't kill you When it's all over, you'll still be alive"

"What?"

"I decided when I started that you'd be untouched"

"Well"