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Authors: Roger Williams

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Caroline stopped typing and looked at the line. She hit the backspace key four times and continued:

 

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Why did you reduce them to static copies?

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There was no reason to tie up resources supporting them and the faint possibility, if one of them were to discover technology, that they might pose a threat.

Caroline wanted to throw up.

 

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Where did you get the dog that infected me with rabies?

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I have a static copy of the Earth at the time of the Change. I located the dog there and created an active copy of it for your exhibition.

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I thought you just simulated them.

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Using the static copy is less work. I only use simulations when there are no suitable originals, or when a human form is involved, since it is unethical to keep multiple active copies of people.

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But it's open season on animals.

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Some people are bothered, but my actions are consistent with the general pre-Change attitude of humans toward animals.

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Were any of the alien life forms intelligent?

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Four hundred and twenty-nine worlds had structures complex enough to be in danger of learning to use technology.

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