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She
said
,
"
We
searched
back
through
time
and
came
across
the
growing
Eternity
.
It
seemed
obvious
to
us
almost
at
once
that
there
had
been
at
one
point
in
physiotime
(
a
conception
we
have
also
,
but
under
another
name
)
another
Reality
.
The
other
Reality
,
the
one
of
maximum
probability
we
call
the
Basic
State
.
The
Basic
State
had
encompassed
us
once
,
or
had
encompassed
our
analogues
,
at
least
.
At
the
time
we
could
not
say
what
the
nature
of
the
Basic
State
was
.
We
could
not
possibly
know
.
"
We
did
know
,
however
,
that
some
Change
initiated
by
Eternity
in
the
far
downwhen
had
managed
,
through
the
workings
of
statistical
chance
,
to
alter
the
Basic
State
all
the
way
up
to
our
Century
and
beyond
.
We
set
about
determining
the
nature
of
the
Basic
State
,
intending
to
undo
the
evil
,
if
evil
it
was
.
First
we
set
up
the
quarantined
area
you
call
the
Hidden
Centuries
,
isolating
the
Eternals
on
the
downwhen
side
of
the
70
,
000th
.
This
armor
of
isolation
would
affect
us
from
all
but
a
vanishingly
small
percentage
of
the
Changes
being
made
.
It
wasn
’
t
absolute
security
but
it
gave
us
time
.
"
We
next
did
something
our
culture
and
ethics
did
not
ordinarily
allow
us
to
do
.
We
investigated
our
own
future
,
our
upwhen
.
We
learned
the
destiny
of
man
in
the
Reality
that
actually
existed
in
order
that
we
might
compare
it
eventually
with
Basic
State
.
Somewhere
past
the
125
,
000th
,
mankind
solved
the
secret
of
the
interstellar
drive
.
They
learned
how
to
manage
the
Jump
through
hyperspace
.
Finally
,
mankind
could
reach
the
stars
.
"
Harlan
was
listening
in
growing
absorption
to
her
measured
words
.
How
much
truth
was
there
in
all
this
?
How
much
was
a
calculated
attempt
to
deceive
him
?
He
tried
to
break
the
spell
by
speaking
,
by
breaking
the
smooth
flow
of
her
sentences
.
He
said
:
"
And
once
they
could
reach
the
stars
,
they
did
so
and
left
the
Earth
.
Some
of
us
have
guessed
that
.
"
"
Then
some
of
you
have
guessed
wrong
.
Man
tried
to
leave
Earth
.
Unfortunately
,
however
,
we
are
not
alone
in
the
Galaxy
.
There
are
other
stars
with
other
planets
,
you
know
.
There
are
even
other
intelligences
.
None
,
in
this
Galaxy
at
least
,
are
as
ancient
as
mankind
,
but
in
the
125
,
000
Centuries
man
remained
on
Earth
,
younger
minds
caught
up
and
passed
us
,
developed
the
interstellar
drive
,
and
colonized
the
Galaxy
.
"
When
we
moved
out
into
space
,
the
signs
were
up
.
_Occupied
!
No
Trespassing
!
Clear
Out
!
_
Mankind
drew
back
its
exploratory
feelers
,
remained
at
home
.
But
now
he
knew
Earth
for
what
it
was
:
a
prison
surrounded
by
an
infinity
of
freedom
…
And
mankind
died
out
!
"
Harlan
said
,
"
Just
died
out
.
Nonsense
.
"
