"Carroll Ann Lewis," Furry read aloud."Carroll Ann Lewis," Furry read aloud. "I should never have allowed her to be born. She was almost perfect, and I had suspicions, but no proof then that something was wrong. The genetics weren't as exacting as they are now. And Paul, Paul was just so perfect that I couldn't terminate them as a pair. And I had to keep it to pairs. Gods, I was so blind back then! "Nickolai, when you return to Earth, everybody will be all over you for you to tell what you saw. People will probably invoke the Freedom Of Information Act to get you to talk, but the Personal Privacy Act supersedes it, and I want you to remember that. But I want you to tell people what you saw here." "I understand, sir." "I know you do, Nickolai," Shardik sighed. |