XI.
It is difficult to predict the reactions of a nonlinear being. It is even more difficult to define them correctly, because the actions of the androids are entirely under their control—they don’t reflect anything they don’t intend to show. They don’t have a heart rate that can accelerate, they do not breathe, so they don’t catch air spasmodically like humans, and have no human blood vessels or blood, so they neither become pale nor red. However, Raul’s polymeric eyes started to vibrate from left to right, something Etta had never seen him do before. He stood up from his chair, clenching his hands in a human motion. He was quiet for a moment, then suddenly raised his hands and threw out a real torrent of hard-to-understand, hardly separated, monotonous words, among which the girl finall
