Конец вечности
Technician
Hemustnotshowhisfeelingsinanyway.
Eversincethewholeorientationofhislifehadsochangeditself,hehadbeenwatchingthesummariesofprojectedRealityChangesastheypassedthroughthegrindingadministrativegearsoftheAllwhenCouncil.AsSeniorComputerTwissell’spersonallyassignedTechnician,hecouldarrangethatbyaslightbendingofprofessionalethics.ParticularlywithTwissell’sattentioncaughtevermoretightlyinhisownoverwhelmingproject.(Harlan’snostrilsflared.Heknewnowalittleofthenatureofthatproject.)
Harlanhadhadnoassurancethathewouldeverfindwhathewaslookingforinareasonabletime.WhenhehadfirstglancedoverprojectedRealityChange2456-2781,SerialNumberV-5,hewashalfinclinedtobelievehisreasoningpowerswerewarpedbywishing.Forafulldayhehadcheckedandrecheckedequationsandrelationshipsinarattlinguncertainty,mixedwithgrowingexcitementandabittergratitudethathehadbeentaughtatleastelementarypsycho-mathematics.
NowVoywentoverthosesamepuncturepatternswithahalf-puzzled,half-worriedeye.
Hesaid,"Itseemstome;Isay,itseemstomethatthisisallperfectlyinorder."
Harlansaid,"IreferyouparticularlytothematterofthecourtshipcharacteristicsofthesocietyofthecurrentRealityofthisCentury.That’ssociologyandyourresponsibility,Ibelieve.It’swhyIarrangedtoseeyouwhenIarrived,ratherthansomeoneelse."
Voywasnowfrowning.Hewasstillpolite,butwithanicytouchnow.
