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He
attempted
a
smile
,
failed
.
The
Nostromo
was
not
human
.
It
did
not
play
practical
jokes
on
its
crew
,
and
it
would
not
have
awakened
them
from
hypersleep
with
a
yellow
warning
light
without
a
perfectly
good
reason
.
A
malfunctioning
autochef
did
not
qualify
as
a
candidate
for
the
latter
.
Oh
well
.
After
several
months
of
doing
nothing
but
sleeping
,
he
had
no
right
to
complain
if
a
few
hours
’
honest
sweat
was
now
required
of
him
.
.
The
central
computer
room
was
little
different
from
the
other
awake
rooms
aboard
the
Nostromo
.
A
disarming
kaleidoscope
of
lights
and
screens
,
readouts
and
gauges
,
it
conveyed
the
impression
of
a
wild
party
inhabited
by
a
dozen
drunken
Christmas
trees
.
Settling
himself
into
a
thickly
padded
contour
seat
,
Dallas
considered
how
to
proceed
.
Ash
took
the
seat
opposite
the
Mind
Bank
,
manipulated
controls
with
more
speed
and
ease
than
a
man
just
out
of
hypersleep
ought
to
have
.
The
science
officer
’
s
ability
to
handle
machines
was
unmatched
.
It
was
a
special
rapport
Dallas
often
wished
he
possessed
.
Still
groggy
from
the
after
-
effects
of
hypersleep
,
he
punched
out
a
primary
request
.
Distortion
patterns
chased
each
other
across
the
screen
,
settled
down
to
form
recognizable
words
.
Dallas
checked
his
wording
,
found
it
standard
.
ALERT
OVERMONITORING
FUNCTION
FOR
MATRIX
DISPLAY
AND
INQUIRY
.
The
ship
found
it
acceptable
also
,
and
Mother
’
s
reply
was
immediate
.
OVERMONITOR
ADDRESS
MATRIX
.
Columns
of
informational
categorizations
lined
up
for
inspection
beneath
this
terse
legend
.
Dallas
examined
the
long
list
of
fine
print
,
located
the
section
he
wanted
,
and
typed
in
,
COMMAND
PRIORITY
ALERT
.
OVERMONITOR
FUNCTION
READY
FOR
INQUIRY
,
Mother
responded
.
Computer
minds
were
not
programmed
for
verbosity
.
Mother
was
no
exception
to
the
rule
.
