"Ken Rand - Here There Be Humans" - читать интересную книгу автора (Rand Ken)

тАЬYes, the questions must be literal for quantifiable results, but IтАЩm trained to
extrapolate.тАЭ

тАЬYour interview subjectsтАФdid they seem nervous?тАЭ

тАЬAt first, but after we got started, they relaxed. I got good results then.тАЭ

тАЬDid you ask if they liked their jobs?тАЭ

тАЬI asked if they liked their First, or if they resentedтАФwait a minute. What are
you saying? You think MтАЩlayтАЩs gone native?тАЭ

тАЬAbsurd,тАЭ Dev said. тАЬWhoтАЩd want to stay here? On Earth?тАЭ

AтАЩcom stood. тАЬNo matter. Check it all. Dor, re-examine everyone. If you find
some like it here, we may have to conclude the First may have had similar
thoughtsтАФтАЭ

тАЬDesertion,тАЭ OтАЩlai said, rising with the others. тАЬGods.тАЭ

тАЬтАФand somebody may know about it, maybe even have helped. LetтАЩs get
answers.тАЭ

тАЬI still donтАЩt see how he couldтАЩve scuttled his implants,тАЭ YтАЩlor said.
 тАЬAssume he found a way. Same for the prox box. Put your people on it.
Dismissed. Report back at sunset local.тАЭ

Amid excited chatter, the team leaders left to carry out their assignments.

тАЬDev,тАЭ AтАЩcom intercepted the agent as he reached the door. Dev FтАЩrar turned.

тАЬLetтАЩs walk,тАЭ AтАЩcom said. He tilted a thumb at the window.

Dev looked through the big window and blinked, pouch fluttering. тАЬYou
meanтАФout there?тАЭ

****

тАЬYou donтАЩt like it down the well, do you, Dev?тАЭ AтАЩcom asked.

They walked away from the base on the same trail Slon MтАЩlay had walked on
when he disappeared. They wore breathers and shielded exosuits, proximity
monitors active. They walked single file on the narrow, muddy trail, AтАЩcom in front,
brushing aside tendrils of undergrowth.

Dev snorted. тАЬDirt, gravity, humidity, heatтАФradioactivity, toxins, bad airтАФтАЭ

тАЬRadioactivity is tolerable here. ItтАЩs concentrated in the old human cities up
north. Toxins are filtered. SoтАЩs the air.тАЭ