"I’m sorry," Lindsay said, rubbing his arms. "They’re all under that stuff, here. Except Nora, now. I never realized how deep it went. These people are relentless , they don’t have the decent muddiness and confusion that comes with sex. They all fit together as clean as cogwheels. We’ll have to seduce them." He looked them over: Senator 3 with her close-cropped, pumpkinlike head, Justice 3 calmly picking his teeth with a shred of thumbnail. "It won’t be easy."