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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." 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
d-game protection officers are concerned; all the farmers excited, and going armed. The theory is that it's either a wildcat of some sort, or a maniac armed with 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.  INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT LOCAL POLICE AND WILD GAME PROTECTION OFFICERS ARE CONCERNED ALL THE FARMERS EXCITED IN GOING ARMED THE THEORY IS THAT IT'S EITHER 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
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