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Twenty-four hours later, the entire crew of the Sir Isaac had been removed from their cells and transported under armed escort to a secure facility in an undisclosed location in the desert. The EDF troops had been unable to deactivate Paul, and so he had been kept separate from the other sophonts. They had seen other sophonts who had no deactivation switch, members of the sophont freedom group, but this android had arrived from outer space, so how could he be one of the rebels?
Paul was strapped to a chair in a laboratory, data-reading electrodes attached to various locations on his n***d body. It had taken the assistance of four LabTech sophonts to subdue him but now he was secure. Three humans in crisp white lab-coats stood in front of him studying his face. One of them, Professor G
