Конец вечности
Life-Plotter
IknowthateverysprigofsprucehastobewatchedforadverseeffectsonReality,butanti-canceralwaysinvolvesahumanlifeandthat’sahundredtimesascomplicated.
"Consider!ThinkhowmanypeopleayeardieofcancerineachCenturythatdoesn’thaveanti-cancerserumsofonesortoranother.Youcanimaginehowmanyofthepatientswanttodie.SotheTimergovernmentsineveryCenturyareforeverforwardingapplicationstoEternityto’please,prettypleaseshipthemseventy-fivethousandampulesofserumonbehalfofthemencriticallystrickenwhoareabsolutelyvitaltothecultures,enclosedseebiographicaldata.’"
Voynoddedrapidly,"Iknow.Iknow."
ButFeruquewasnottobedeniedhisbitterness."Soyoureadthebiographicaldataandit’severymanahero.Everymananinsupportablelosstohisworld.Soyouworkitthrough.YouseewhatwouldhappentoRealityifeachmanlived,andforTime’ssake,ifdifferentcombinationsofmenlived.
"Inthelastmonth,I’vedone572cancerrequests.Seventeen,countthem,seventeenLife-PlotscameouttoinvolvenoundesirableRealityChanges.Mindyou,therewasn’tonecaseofapossibledesirableRealityChange,buttheCouncilsaysneutralcasesgettheserum.Humanity,youknow.SoexactlyseventeenpeopleinassortedCenturiesgetcuredthismonth.
"Andwhathappens?AretheCenturieshappy?Notonyourlife.Onemangetscuredandadozen,samecountry,sameTime,don’t.
