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can't see why they didn't come back for it after the pressure to get the
troops home was off, or why they didn't build a dozen Merlins. This
isn't the only planet that has problems they can't solve for themselves."

"What's Mother's attitude on Merlin?"

"She's against it. She thinks it isn't right to make machines that are
smarter than people."

"I'll agree. It's scientifically impossible."

"That's what I've been trying to tell her. Conn, I noticed that after
Kurt Fawzi started talking about how long it would take to get to the
Gamma System, you jumped right into it and began talking up a ship. Did
you think that if you got them started on that it would take their minds
off Merlin?"