![]() ![]() Jeserac will have told the Council by now, and I would like to know what it is doing.’ ‘I can tell you that. They are terrified of leaving their city, and I don’t know what will happen when they hear that I’ve located a spaceship. I don’t suppose anyone is actually afraid of them.’ ‘Things are very different in Diaspar,’ said Alvin. ![]() The average person doesn’t worry about it, but would probably say that if the Invaders really wanted to destroy Earth, they’d have done it ages ago. ‘ Do all your people think this way?’ he asked. What have we now that they would covet?’ Alvin was a little surprised that anyone else shared this point of view, so closely allied to his own. And even if they have not-’ Hilvar pointed to the unending deserts below. If they were really vicious, they must have destroyed themselves by now. A truly intelligent race is not likely to be unfriendly.’ ‘But the Invaders-?’ ‘They are an enigma, I admit. ‘ That’s one of the questions our philosophers have been debating for ages. ‘Who knows what lies out there in space? The Invaders may have left the Universe, but there may be other intelligences unfriendly to Man.’ ‘Why should there be?’ Hilvar asked. Do you think I should go?’ ‘ Do you think I could stop you?’ Hilvar replied quietly. ![]()
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