Конец вечности
Full Circle
Hehadtoplanhisstrategy.
TheymightnotknowthathewasawaretheyhadNoys.TheycouldnotknowunlessFingetoldthemofhislastmeetingwithHarlan.Intheclearlightofday,however,hewasmorethaneverconvincedthatFingewasnotthemantobroadcastpubliclythefactthathehadbeenbrowbeatenandinsultedbyaTechnician.
Itseemedadvisable,then,forHarlantonursethispossibleadvantageforthetimebeing,toletthemmakethefirstmove,saythefirstsentencethatwouldjoinactualcombat.
Theyseemedinnohurry.Theystaredathimplacidlyoveranabstemiouslunchasthoughhewereaninterestingspecimenspreadeagledagainstaplaneofforcebymildrepulsors.IndesperationHarlanstaredback.
Heknewallofthembyreputationandbytrimensionalreproductioninthephysiomonthlyorientationfilms.Thefilmsco-ordinateddevelopmentsthroughoutthevariousSectionsofEternityandwererequiredviewingforallEternalswithratingfromObserverup.
AugustSennor,thebaldone(noteveneyebrowsoreyelashes),ofcourseattractedHarlanmost.First,becausetheoddappearanceofthosedark,staringeyesagainstbareeyelidsandforeheadwasremarkablygreaterinpersonthanithadeverseemedintrimension.Second,becauseofhisknowledgeofpastcollisionsofviewbetweenSennorandTwissell.Finally,becauseSennordidnotconfinehimselftowatchingHarlan.Heshotquestionsathiminasharpvoice.
