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Verkan Vall gestured toward the communicator on the desk. "May I?" he asked. "Certainly." Tortha Karf slid the instrument across the desk. "Anything you want." VERKAN VALL GESTURED TOWARD THE COMMUNICATOR ON THE DESK MAY I HE ASKED CERTAINLY TORITHIKAR SLID THE INSTRUMENT ACROSS THE DESK ANYTHING YOU WANT
 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?" Tortha Karf grunted. "Nice logic, Vall. On a most uncomfortable possibility. He'd have it mounted, and it'd be put in a museum, somewhere. And as soon as the first spaceship reaches Venus, and they find those things in a wild state, they'll have the mounted specimen identified." "Exactly. And then, instead of beating their brains about _where_ their specimen came from, they'll begin asking _when_ it came from. They're quite capable of such reasoning, even now." "A hundred years isn't a particularly long time," Tortha Karf considered. "I'll be retired, then, but you'll have my job, and it'll be your headache. You'd better get this cleaned up, now, while it can be handled. What are you going to do?" [Illustration] "I'm not sure, now, sir. I want a hypno-mech indoctrination, first. 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 TOWARD THE KARV GRUNTED NICE LOGIC BALL ON A MOST UNCOMFORTABLE POSSIBILITY HE'D HAVE IT MOUNTED AND BE PUT IN MUSEUM SOMEWHERE AND AS SOON AS THE FIRST SPACESHIP REACHES VENUS AND THEY FIND THOSE THINGS IN A WILD STATE THEY'LL HAVE THE MOUNTED SPECIMEN IDENTIFIED EXACTLY AND THEN INSTEAD OF BEATING THEIR BRAINS ABOUT WHERE THEIR SPECIMEN CAME FROM THEY'LL BEGIN ASKING WHEN IT CAME FROM THEY'RE QUITE CAPABLE OF SUCH REASONING EVEN NOW A HUNDRED YEARS ISN'T A PARTICULARLY LONG TIME TORITHARKARV CONSIDERED I'LL BE RETIRED THEN BUT YOU'LL HAVE MY JOB AND THERE'LL BE YOUR HEADACHE YOU'D BETTER GET THIS CLEANED UP NOW WHAT CAN BE HANDLED WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO I'M NOT SURE NOW SIR I WANT A HYPNOCK IN DOCTORATION FIRST
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