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+You want to see me, Commissioner? EOS Sit down, Lije. Sit down. EOS How’s Jessie? And the boy? EOS Fine. Just fine.*How’re you? And your family?*Fine. Just fine.*H*H*CoS*Start
+Commissioner carried his affection of the olden days to a rather foolish extreme. Like his glasses.*Pardon me, but you’re wearing new glasses, aren’t you?*Yes. I broke my old ones three days ago. What with one thing or another I wasn’t able to replace them till this morning.*H*H*CoS*Middle_1
+It was raining. For a minute, he was lost in the spectacle of water dropping from the sky. EOS*This is the third time this month I’ve watched it rain. Quite a sight, don’t you think?*It always seems a waste for all that water to come down on the city. It should restrict itself to the reservoirs.*H*H*CoS*Middle_1
+If they had recognized you as a robot— EOS I was sure they wouldn’t. EOS*In any case, remember that you are a robot. Nothing more than a robot. Just a robot. And you’re not human.*The division between human and robot is perhaps not as significant as that between intelligence and nonintelligence.*H*R*CoS*End
+Broadcast came through nearly an hour ago. About the riot at the shoe counter. I knew you were coming home with a partner and this was right when you were coming home.*You aren’t hurt, are you? I’ve been so worried ever since the broadcast.*You see I’m perfectly all right. They made it sound worse than it was.*H*H*CoS*Middle_1
+This is my new partner. EOS How do I treat him? EOS Like anybody else. He’s just my partner, that’s all. EOS*Your partner isn’t from your division, is he?*No. He’s a complete stranger.*H*H*CoS*Middle_1
+They’re all about robots. I’ve got to write an essay on them for school, so I’m doing research. It’s quite a complicated subject. I’m against them myself.*Are you interested in robots?*Yes, I am quite interested.*H*R*CoS*Middle_2
+Besides, why should anyone think anything of importance is going on here? EOS Let us not underestimate the enemy. EOS*You’ve got more information than I have. Spill it!*Your phraseology is obscure, but I think I understand. I will have to explain some of the background to you.*H*R*CoS*Middle_3
+By being built into a particularly close similarity to the human externals, robots could be accepted by Earthmen and allowed a closer view of their life. My own function requires a very manlike appearance, and I have it. Others are different, although all are humanoid. EOS Then not all robots are like you? EOS*Some robots look more like robots and less like humans. Right?*Why, naturally. The outward appearance is dependent on a robot’s function.*H*R*CoS*Middle_4
+Are all your robots like that? EOS More or less. You don’t approve? EOS*It is difficult to accept a gross parody of the human form as an intellectual equal.*I think we just prefer to know when we’re dealing with a robot and when we’re not.*R*H*CoS*Middle_5
+You do not follow me. Is that not so? EOS That is so.*I don’t get you at all.*Well, if it will not offend you, I will try to explain myself.*H*R*CoS*Middle_3
+What next? EOS Having failed, so far, at one end, we will work at the other. EOS*How much time do you intend to spend?*As little as possible, as much as necessary.*H*R*CoS*Middle_4
+You have expressed yourself openly against the use of robots in your department. EOS Oh? Do you object? EOS Not at all. Your opinions are, obviously, your own. We know that, although you dislike robots intensely, you will work with one if you conceive it to be your duty. EOS*You have no personal resentment toward my anti-robot sentiments?*If they do not prevent you from working with me, how can they matter?*H*R*CoS*Middle_5
+What makes you a detective? EOS I do not understand you. EOS You were designed as an information-gathering machine. A man-imitation to record the facts of human life. EOS*That is a good beginning for an investigator, is it not? To be an information-gathering machine?*A beginning, maybe. But it’s not all there is, by a long shot.*R*H*CoS*Middle_4
+The First Law of Robotics states that a robot cannot harm a human being. EOS But he did no harm. EOS True. Still, no robot I ever heard of could have violated the spirit of the First Law to the extent of threatening to blast a man, even if he really had no intention to do so. EOS*Are you a robotics expert?*No. But I’ve had a course in general robotics and in positronic analysis. I’m not completely ignorant.*H*H*CoS*Middle_2