They'd simply liketo see the war go on, see the Smoleni persist as long as possible andfight as long as possible, embarrassing us and costing us lives andmoney. Voker's cabin, though small, was twice the size of the cubbyhole Varlikoccupied. To abolish science was the only thing they could think of to do about it,and they did not at first see how they could accomplish that. After a bit it was lunch time, and Konni hadn't appeared.
The other pushed her in after him. A recollection came to Varlik then, of something he'd read as anadolescent in a book of myths from prehistory. The commodore realized he was sagging in his chair, and stiffened,straightening. He turned to his secretary.
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