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           ThereportsconcernedthevariousRealityChangesbeingscheduledorsuggested.CopieswenttoTwissellroutinelysincehewasamemberoftheAllwhenCouncil,andHarlanknewhewouldnotmissone.HelookedfirstforthecomingChangeinthe482nd.SecondlyhelookedforotherChanges,anyotherChanges,thatmighthaveaflaw,animperfection,somedeviationfrommaximumexcellencethatmightbevisibletohisowntrainedandtalentedTechnician’seyes.

           Inthestrictestsenseofthewordthereportswerenotforhisstudy,butTwissellwasrarelyinhisofficethesedays,andnooneelsesawfittointerferewithTwissell’spersonalTechnician.

           Thatwasonepartofhisresearch.Theothertookplaceinthe575thSectionbranchofthelibrary.

           Forthefirsttimeheventuredoutofthoseportionsofthelibrarywhich,ordinarily,monopolizedhisattention.InthepasthehadhauntedthesectiononPrimitivehistory(verypoorindeed,sothatmostofhisreferencesandsourcematerialshadtobederivedfromthefardownwhenofthe3rdmillennium,aswasonlynatural,ofcourse).ToanevengreaterextenthehadransackedtheshelvesdevotedtoRealityChange,itstheory,technique,andhistory;anexcellentcollection(bestinEternityoutsidetheCentralbranchitself,thankstoTwissell)ofwhichhehadmadehimselffullmaster.

           Nowhewanderedcuriouslyamongtheotherfilm-racks.