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. "It's quite nice."
When I glanced up a few moments later, I saw that he was smiling.
"What's funny?" I asked.
"You," he replied. "If you recall, I told you before you left for that
place to be discriminating when it came to giving your trust."
"Well? I told no one my story. If you're going to lecture me on being
friendly with Luke without learning his, I've already heard it."
"And what of Julia?"
"What do you mean? She never learned. . . ."
"Exactly. And she seems like one you could have trusted. Instead, you
turned her against you."
"All right! Maybe I used bad judgment there, too."
"You designed a remarkable machine, and it never occurred to you it
might also become a potent weapon. Random saw that right away. So did Luke.
You might have been saved from disaster on that front only by the fact that
it became sentient and didn't care to be dictated to.
"You're right. I was more concerned with solving technical problems. I
didn't think through all the consequences.
He sighed.
"What am I going to do with you, Merlin? You take risks when you don't
even know you're taking risks."
"I didn't tmst Vinta," I volunteered.
"I think you could have gotten more information out of her," he said;
"if you hadn't been so quick to save Luke, who already appeared to be out of
danger. She seemed to be loosening up considerably at the end of your
dialogue
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