human
He--he just wants to be free,
gpt
You mean you're not afraid of him any more?
human
You said yourself he couldn't intimidate us without his army.
gpt
I wonder if we had the right to do this to him in the first place. He would have been an ordinary laboratory rat, mindless and contented; we've made him into a neurotic alien in his world.
human
You're not responsible, darling; you're a technician, not a biochemist.
gpt
I share the responsibility. We all do.
human
So what? The fact remains that it was done, and here he is--and here we are.
gpt
It's probably Kelly, from the lab, Philip said,
human
Get rid of whoever it is,
gpt
It was Kelly, all right, he told her.
human
I said you were sick and I couldn't leave you to phone. I said I'd be there tomorrow. Now what?
gpt
When it came to the point, I just couldn't, she explained shamefacedly.
human
I suddenly realized that he's a _person_. I couldn't let him be taken back to prison.
gpt
Aren't you frightened any more?
human
Not of him. She faced the super-rat squarely.
gpt
Look, she said,
human
That's nonsense, Norah, Philip objected.
gpt
He can't possibly understand you.
human
Dogs and cats learn to understand enough, and he's smarter than any dog or cat that ever lived.
gpt
But--
human
He wants us to follow him,