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Chapter 15 — The Giddy Bridge

           “Evenaminehalfamiledeepisstuffy.”

           “Thisisnot,anyhow.It’sprobable—Ventilation!Theairwouldblowfromthedarksideofthemoontothesunlit,andallthecarbonicacidwouldwelloutthereandfeedthoseplants.Upthistunnel,forexample,thereisquiteabreeze.Andwhataworlditmustbe.Theearnestwehaveinthatshaft,andthosemachines—”

           “Andthegoad,”Isaid.“Don’tforgetthegoad!”

           Hewalkedalittleinfrontofmeforatime.

           “Eventhatgoad—”hesaid.

           “Well?”

           “Iwasangryatthetime.But—itwasperhapsnecessaryweshouldgeton.Theyhavedifferentskins,andprobablydifferentnerves.Theymaynotunderstandourobjection—justasabeingfromMarsmightnotlikeourearthlyhabitofnudging.”

           “They’dbetterbecarefulhowtheynudgeme.”

           “Andaboutthatgeometry.Afterall,theirwayisawayofunderstanding,too.Theybeginwiththeelementsoflifeandnotofthought.Food.Compulsion.Pain.Theystrikeatfundamentals.”

           “There’snodoubtaboutthat,”Isaid.

           Hewentontotalkoftheenormousandwonderfulworldintowhichwewerebeingtaken.Irealisedslowlyfromhistone,thatevennowhewasnotabsolutelyindespairattheprospectofgoingeverdeeperintothisinhumanplanet-burrow.Hismindranonmachinesandinvention,totheexclusionofathousanddarkthingsthatbesetme.Itwasn’tthatheintendedtomakeanyuseofthesethings,hesimplywantedtoknowthem.

           “Afterall,”hesaid,“thisisatremendousoccasion.Itisthemeetingoftwoworlds!Whatarewegoingtosee?Thinkofwhatisbelowushere.”

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