Dr. Phalen chuckles, seeming pleased."My dear sir," he says, "you must forgive my humility if I say you flatter me over-much. I’ve had the good fortune to make a few small contributions to the metasciences, but please make no more of it than that. If you’ll forgive the analogy, I am merely one bee in a hive of workers, nothing more. Shall we go on to my office?"