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He had seemed so stupid, so easily dominated, so surely lacking a mind and opinions of his own that Trevize enjoyed the chance of using him as a comfortable sounding board.
He'd struck him as so stupid, so easy to control, a man who sure as hell didn't have any thoughts or opinions that Trevize'd been pleased to take advantage of the possibility of using him as suitable resonance boards.