Morten didn’t know the purpose of life. He was aware there were those who debated the question, but no Class IV human he had known had even considered it a meaningful question. It was like asking the purpose of the stars.
Of course, the question he and Arlee were interested in was not really the same. The question of whether one or two human lives should continue was not at all the same as asking the purpose of life. But now he saw an answer at least to the minor question. He and Arlee would have purpose. Their lives would have purpose — if they undertook to educate the natives — and Free — as far as they could go. It would be as he had said. Hundreds of generations would be jumped.
How long would it take them to develop writing if they were left alone? How long would it take them to mea
