human
You're not going to be expelled, Morry. Not if you do as we ask.
gpt
And if you don't, Burns said, still rubbing his jaw,
human
Then you'll be expelled with us, Morry.
gpt
He's going to get tired of having you around to laugh at one day, Morry. Then you'll be out anyway.
human
No use appealing to him with the broad theme, I suppose?
gpt
What broad theme?
human
Do you know what you've got here, Morry? You have the only mass escape route from Earth.
gpt
You're euphoricked!
human
No, we're not. Do you know how many habitable planets we've listed? Over three hundred and fifty. We've sent stellar-reporters out and back every day and we know. They're listed back there at the Institute. We can reach them on the hyperspace transmitter, you know that. The only things that stop a mass emigration are David Adam Smith, the small size of the transmitter and the impossibility of building enough ships to carry everyone. The alloy supply only just covers the standard emigration program. But a stellar-reporter comes back with the data, is re-set and goes out again and comes back again. Don't you see, Morry?
gpt
No, I said,
human
I don't.
gpt
Look. If you can use the same ship over and over again, the shortage of alloys doesn't matter provided you can build the first ship.
human
Okay, I said,