“You may believe whatever you wish. But men change and perhaps he did. We did not kill him. Such an act would have been repugnant to us.”
“I think that’s enough,” Eckert said calmly.
Templin bit his lip as Eckert touched another dial on the machine. Nayova suddenly jerked, looked blank, and slumped in the chair.
Eckert took off the electrodes. “Help me take him back, will you, Ray?”
* * * *
They carried Nayova to his house, stayed with him until he showed signs of recovering, and then left.
“Why didn’t you use a drug?” Templin demanded.
“Possible allergy or serum reaction. We don’t know enough about these people to take chances—they’re humanoid, not human.”
“They can fool machines, though, can’t they?”
Eckert didn’t reply.
“All right, I know they can’t,” Templin said grudgingly.
