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Verkan Vall concentrated on relighting his pipe, for a moment, then continued: "I would predict space travel on that sector within the next century. Maybe the next half century, at least to the Moon. And the art of taxidermy is very highly developed. Now, suppose some farmer shoots that thing; what would he do with it, sir?" VERKAN VALL CONCENTRATED ON RE LIGHTING HIS PIPE FOR A MOMENT THEN CONTINUED I WOULD PREDICT SPACE TRAVEL ON THAT SECTOR WITHIN THE NEXT CENTURY MAYBE THE NEXT HALF CENTURY AT LEAST TO THE MOON AND THE ART OF TAXIDOR MEANS VERY HIGHLY DEVELOPED NOW SUPPOSE SOME FARMER SHOOTS THAT THING WHAT WOULD HE DO WITH IT SIR
ith a cutlass. Either theory would conform, more or less, to the nature of its depredations. Nobody has actually seen it." "That's good!" Tortha Karf was relieved. "Well, you'll have to go and bring it out, or kill it and obliterate the body. You know why, as well as I do." "Certainly, sir," Verkan Vall replied. "In a primitive culture, things like this would be assigned supernatural explanations, and imbedded in the locally accepted religion. But this culture, while nominally religious, is highly rationalistic in practice. Typical lag-effect, characteristic of all expanding cultures. And this Europo-American Sector really has an expanding culture. A hundred and fifty years ago, the inhabitants of this particular time-line didn't even know how to apply steam power; now they've begun to release nuclear energy, in a few crude forms." Tortha Karf whistled, softly. "That's quite a jump. There's a sector that'll be in for trouble, in the next few centuries." "That is realized, locally, sir. THER A WILD CAT OF SOME SORT OR A MANIAC ARMED WITH A CULLIS EITHER THEORY WOULD CONFORM MORE OR LESS TO THE NATURE OF ITS DEPREDATIONS NOBODY HAS ACTUALLY SEEN IT THAT'S GOOD DOROTHA KARF WAS RELIEVED YOU'LL HAVE TO GO AND BRING IT OUT OR KILL IT AND OBLITERATE THE BODY YOU KNOW WHY AS WELL AS I DO CERTAINLY SIR VERKAN VALL REPLIED IN A PRIMITIVE CULTURE THINGS LIKE THIS WOULD BE ASSIGNED SUPERNATURAL EXPLANATIONS AND IMBEDDED IN THE LOCALLY ACCEPTED RELIGION BUT THIS CULTURE WHILE NOMINALLY RELIGIOUS IS HIGHLY RATIONALISTIC IN PRACTICE TYPICAL LAG EFFECT CHARACTERISTIC OF ALL EXPANDING CULTURES AND THIS EUROPAL AMERICAN SECTOR REALLY HAS AN EXPANDING CULTURE A HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS AGO THE INHABITANTS OF THIS PARTICULAR TIME LINE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO APPLY STEAM POWER NOW THEY'VE BEGUN TO RELEASE NEW CLEAR ENERGY AND A FEW CRUDE FORMS TORITHA KARF WHISTLED SOFTLY THAT'S QUITE A JUMP THERE'S A SECTAR THAT'LL BE IN FOR TROUBLE IN THE NEXT FEW CENTURIES THAT IS REALIZED LOCALLY SIR
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