human
What were they? he said blankly.
gpt
Lord, they looked like robots!
human
They were.
gpt
Almost humanoid, Steffens said,
human
Well, what do we do now?
gpt
They saw us. We could leave now and let them quite possibly make a ... a legend out of our visit, or we could go down and see if they tie in with the buildings on Tyban IV.
human
Legally? I don't know. If they are robots, yes, since robots cannot constitute a race. But there's another possibility. He tapped his fingers on the screen confusedly.
gpt
They don't have to be robots at all. They could be the natives.
human
I don't follow you.
gpt
They could be the original inhabitants of this planet--the brains of them, at least, protected in radiation-proof metal. Anyway, he added,