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.Why? Because he was afraid, of course.He wanted to sizeup the situation.He didn't believe he was omnipotent."It was sound logic.Enash found himself taking heart fromit.Suddenly, he was astonished that be had become panickyso easily.He began to see the danger in a new light.Onlyone man alive on a new planet.If they were determinedenough, colonists coud be moved in as if he did not exist.It had been done before, he recalled.On several planets,small groups of the original populations had survived the de-stroying radiation, and taken refuge in remote areas.In al-most every case, the new colonists gradually hunted themdown.In two instances, however, that Enash remembered,native races were still holding small sections of their plan-ets.In each case, it had been found impractical to destroythem because it would have endangered the Ganae on theplanet.So the survivors were tolerated.One man would nottake up very much room. Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmlWhen they found him, he was busily sweeping out thelower floor of a small bungalow.He put the broom aside andstepped on to the terrace outside.He had put on sandals,and he wore a loose-fitting robe made of very shiny material.He eyed them indolently but he said nothing.It was Captain Gorsid who made the proposition.Enash hadto admire the story he told into the language machine.Thecommander was very frank.That approach had been decidedon.He pointed out that the Ganae could not be expected torevive the dead of this planet.Such altruism would be un-natural considering that the ever-growing Ganae hordes had acontinual need for new worlds.Each vast new populationincrement was a problem that could be solved by one methodonly.In this instance, the colonists would gladly respect therights of the sole survivor of this world.It was at this point that the man interrupted."But what isthe purpose of this endless expansion?" He seemed genuinelycurious."What will happen when you finally occupy everyplanet in this galaxy?"Captain Gorsid's puzzled eyes met Yoal's, then flashed toVeed, then Enash.Enash shrugged his torso negatively, andfelt pity for the creature.The man didn't understand, pos-sibly never could understand.It was the old story of two dif-ferent viewpoints, the virile and the decadent, the race thataspired to the stars and the race that declined the call of Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmldestiny."Why not," urged the man, "control the breeding cham-bers?""And have the government overthrown!" said Yoal.He spoke tolerantly, and Enash saw that the others weresmiling at the man's naivete.He felt the intellectual gulf be-tween them widening.The creature had no comprehension ofthe natural life forces that were at work.The man spokeagain:"Well, if you don't control them, we will control them foryou."There was silence.They began to stiffen.Enash felt it in himself, saw the signsof it in the others.His gaze flicked from face to face, thenback to the creature in the doorway.Not for the first time,Enash bad the thought that their enemy seemed helpless."Why," he decided, "I could put my suckers around him andcrush him."He wondered if mental control of nucleonic, nuclear, andgravitonic energies included the ability to defend oneself froma macrocosmic attack.He had an idea it did.The exhibitionof power two hours before might have had limitations, but ifso, it was not apparent.Strength or weakness could make nodifference.The threat of threats had been made: "If youdon't controlwe will."The words echoed in Enash's brain, and, as the meaning Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.htmlpenetrated deeper, his aloofness faded.He had always re-garded himself as a spectator.Even when, earlier, he had ar-gued against the revival, he had been aware of a detached partof himself watching the scene rather than being a part of it.He saw with a sharp clarity that that was why he had finallyyielded to the conviction of the others.Going back beyondthat to remoter days, he saw that he had never quite consid-ered himself a participant in the seizure of the planets of otherraces [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]