Jack L. Chalker Changewinds 1 When the Changewinds Blow
Isaac Asimov's Caliban 1 Caliban
Asimov, Isaac Robot 06 Robots & Empire
46 Pan Samochodzik i Bractwa Rycerskie Sebastian Miernicki
West_Frances_Gwiazdy_Swieca_dla_wszystkich_RPP069
Antonio Fogazzaro Piccolo mondo moderno
Hitchcock Alfred SzaleśÂcza afera
Her Russian Protector 4 Nikolai
He
Castle Jayne Gardenia
[ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
obey the commands given to us by humans: they hinder us from
following our basic programming. By the First Law, we must above all
a
a
T
T
n
n
s
s
F
F
f
f
o
o
D
D
r
r
P
P
m
m
Y
Y
e
e
Y
Y
r
r
B
B
2
2
.
.
B
B
A
A
Click here to buy
Click here to buy
w
w
m
m
w
w
o
o
w
w
c
c
.
.
.
.
A
A
Y
Y
B
B
Y
Y
B
B
r r
protect humans, and these creatures are undeniably dangerous. They
attacked Master Derec and would have killed him had you not been
there. How can there be any question about this?
Because it s not exactly that simple, Beta, Derec answered for
Mandelbrot. They re not just creatures attacking you because you re
here. I expect that they re protecting their home the same way I
would. They re not just animals, Beta. They re sentient. They use
tools; they have a language.
Are you saying that they built the rogue?
Derec sniffed. Not a chance. They re barely at a Stone Age level. This
rogue sounds more sophisticated than anything here.
Then how did they get involved with the rogue?
I don t know that, but I m willing to bet that Avery had a hand in it
somewhere. The thing to do now is to figure out how to proceed
without harming the wolf-creatures, There s a way to do that, I think.
What do you want me to do?
The first thing that has to be done is to inform all city units to view
the wolf-creatures as human. The First Law applies to them as well
you are to do nothing that does them harm. Will you do that?
You can do it yourself, Master Derec, Beta said. We have
reprogrammed the city to respond to the chemfets in your body. This
Robot City is now under your direction. All you need do is give us your
orders.
Derec had paid no attention to the chemfets, silent and useless so
long. Now he opened his mind to the sub-miniature replicas of Robot
City material. He could hear the city now, roaring in his blood. The
flood of information was almost too much to comprehend, and he
hastily closed down most of the channels, leaving open only the direct
links to the supervisors.
You see, Master Derec? It was Beta, talking to him via the chemfets.
All Robot City is now yours.
Good. Derec nodded and went to the window, looking out over the
rooftops and up to the summit of the Compass Tower.
Then we ll let the rogue in if it wants in, he said. Avery didn t know
that I would come here. Even a rogue has the Three Laws built into it.
Avery might be able to design a robot capable of destroying other
robots, but I find it hard to believe that even he could build a robot
that could knowingly hurt a human.
SilverSide watched two of the cubs wrestling on the floor of
PackHome. They rolled over and over on the dusty, broken stones,
growling in high-pitched BeastTalk and nipping at each other with
their sharp milkteeth. Finally one of them yelped in real pain and lay
on his back, paws up and throat bared in submission.
It was ritual play modeled after the adults. SilverSide could hear one
of the nursing mothers chuckling throatily as the victor gave a thin
howl. She lunged and snapped at the triumphant pup from behind,
a
a
T
T
n
n
s
s
F
F
f
f
o
o
D
D
r
r
P
P
m
m
Y
Y
e
e
Y
Y
r
r
B
B
2
2
.
.
B
B
A
A
Click here to buy
Click here to buy
w
w
m
m
w
w
o
o
w
w
c
c
.
.
.
.
A
A
Y
Y
B
B
Y
Y
B
B
r r
and it screeched suddenly, leaping high into the air as the fur on its
back ruffled in fright. The pup stumbled and fell, and the adults in the
cavern laughed as it ran under SilverSide s legs for safety. The pup
peered out at them half-puzzled, half-embarrassed.
SilverSide reached down and lifted it in her hands. You see, the
leader always has to be ready for a new challenger, she said to it in
soft KinSpeech. She stroked the soft fur and set the pup down again.
The little one ran for its own mother.
It s always good to see the younglings playing, LifeCrier said to
SilverSide as the pup started to nurse. It reminds you that even
though our spirits leave here to go into the Void, OldMother will send
them back again. LifeCrier licked SilverSide s face affectionately.
KeenEye will come back one day. She is not gone forever.
I am not concerned with KeenEye, SilverSide said. She is dead and
doesn t matter any more. It was only true there were no emotions
in her positronic matrix, only the priorities built into it by the Three
Laws. Yet SilverSide sensed that her uncaring words hurt LifeCrier,
and she tried to explain to the gray-furred kin. All that concerns me
is how she died and why, and what I must do to stop that from
happening again. You do not understand me, LifeCrier. You cannot
see what is happening inside me.
They were all staring at her now: LifeCrier, the rest of the adult kin,
the younglings. Their obvious respect and dependence on her stirred
the boiling cauldron inside. SilverSide felt pulled in a dozen different
directions at once. Things had seemed very clear-cut and simple when
she had hatched from the Egg. But now...
The part of her imprinted with the kin hated the VoidBeing who ruled
the WalkingStones. Yet another part of her yearned to find this
creature who seemed more advanced than the kin, who could fashion
creatures from shiny stone and have them do its bidding.
LifeCrier had backed away a step in deference to SilverSide s rank. He
lowered himself slightly to indicate subservience. I don t understand
KeenEye s death, he said. The VoidBeing could have killed me or [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
