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The
Sociologist
had
been
listening
with
a
look
of
mild
pain
on
his
face
,
and
now
he
said
,
"
If
it
were
you
with
cancer
.
.
.
"
"
That
’
s
a
stupid
remark
,
Voy
.
Is
that
what
we
base
decisions
on
?
In
that
case
there
’
d
never
be
a
Reality
Change
.
Some
poor
sucker
always
gets
it
in
the
neck
,
doesn
’
t
he
?
Suppose
you
were
that
sucker
,
hey
?
"
And
another
thing
.
Just
remember
that
every
time
we
make
a
Reality
Change
it
’
s
harder
to
find
a
good
next
one
.
Every
physioyear
,
the
chance
that
a
random
Change
is
likely
to
be
for
the
worse
increases
.
That
means
the
proportion
of
guys
we
can
cure
gets
smaller
anyway
.
It
’
s
always
going
to
get
smaller
.
Someday
,
we
’
ll
be
able
to
cure
only
one
guy
a
physioyear
,
even
counting
the
neutral
cases
.
Remember
that
.
"
Harlan
lost
even
the
faintest
interest
.
This
was
the
type
of
griping
that
went
with
the
business
.
The
Psychologists
and
Sociologists
,
in
their
rare
introvertive
studies
of
Eternity
,
called
it
identification
.
Men
identified
themselves
with
the
Century
with
which
they
were
associated
professionally
.
Its
battles
,
all
too
often
,
became
their
own
battles
.
Eternity
fought
the
devil
of
identification
as
best
it
could
.
No
man
could
be
assigned
to
any
Section
within
two
Centuries
of
his
homewhen
,
to
make
identification
harder
.
Preference
was
given
to
Centuries
with
cultures
markedly
different
from
that
of
their
homewhen
.
(
Harlan
thought
of
Finge
and
the
482nd
.
)
What
was
more
,
their
assignments
were
shifted
as
often
as
their
reactions
grew
suspect
.
(
Harlan
wouldn
’
t
give
a
5oth
Century
grafenpiece
for
Feruque
’
s
chances
of
retaining
this
assignment
longer
than
another
physioyear
at
the
outside
.
)
And
still
men
identified
out
of
a
silly
yearning
for
a
home
in
Time
(
the
Time
-
wish
;
everyone
knew
about
it
)
.
For
some
reason
this
was
particularly
true
in
Centuries
with
space
-
travel
.
It
was
something
that
should
be
investigated
and
would
be
but
for
Eternity
’
s
chronic
reluctance
to
turn
its
eyes
inward
.
A
month
earlier
Harlan
might
have
despised
Feruque
as
a
blustering
sentimentalist
,
a
petulant
oaf
who
eased
the
pain
of
watching
the
electro
-
gravitics
lose
intensity
in
a
new
Reality
by
railing
against
those
of
other
Centuries
who
wanted
anti
-
cancer
serum
.
He
might
have
reported
him
.
It
would
have
been
his
duty
to
do
so
.
The
man
’
s
reactions
obviously
could
no
longer
be
trusted
.
He
could
not
do
so
,
now
.
He
even
found
sympathy
for
the
man
.
His
own
crime
was
so
much
greater
.
