human
However, Dr. O'Connor said, breaking what was left of Malone's train of thought,
gpt
Aha,
human
I found, Dr. O'Connor said,
gpt
In other words, Malone said,
human
Precisely, Dr. O'Connor said with a frosty, teacher-to-student smile.
gpt
And whoever it was had a much higher concentration time than Charlie had ever attained. He seems to be able to retain contact as long as he can find useful information flowing in the mind being read.
human
Wait a minute, Malone said.
gpt
Wait a minute. If this spy is so clever, how come he didn't read _your_ mind?
human
It is very likely that he has, O'Connor said.
gpt
What does that have to do with it?
human
Well, Malone said,
gpt
I'm afraid that I can't be sure, he said, and it was clear from his tone that, if Dr. Thomas O'Connor wasn't sure, no one in the entire world was, had been, or ever would be.
human
I do have a theory, however,
gpt
He must know our limitations, Dr. O'Connor said at last.
human
He must be perfectly well aware that there's not a single thing we can _do_ about him. He must know that we can neither find nor stop him. Why should he worry? He can afford to ignore us--or even bait us. We're helpless, and he knows it.
gpt
You mentioned that you had an insulated room, the FBI agent said after a while.
human
Couldn't you let your men think in there?
gpt
The room is shielded against magnetic fields and electromagnetic radiation. It is perfectly transparent to psionic phenomena, just as it is to gravitational fields.
human
Oh, Malone said. He realized rapidly that his question had been a little silly to begin with, since the insulated room had been the place where all the tests had been conducted in the first place.
gpt
I don't want to take up too much of your time, doctor, he said after a pause,
human
Go right ahead, Dr. O'Connor said.
gpt
I'm sure I'll be able to help you.
human
Have you got any idea how we might lay our hands on another telepath? Preferably one that's not an imbecile, of course.
gpt
I wish we could, Mr. Malone. I wish we could. We certainly need one here to help us with our work--and I'm sure that _your_ work is important, too. But I'm afraid we have no ideas at all about finding another telepath. Finding little Charlie was purely fortuitous--purely, Mr. Malone, fortuitous.
human
Ah, Malone said.
gpt
Sure. Of course. He thought rapidly and discovered that he couldn't come up with one more question. As a matter of fact, he'd asked a couple of questions already, and he could barely remember the answers.
human
Well, he said,
gpt
I guess that's about it, then, doctor. If you come across anything else, be sure and let me know.
human
And thanks for your time,
gpt
No trouble, I assure you, he said.
human
And I'll certainly give you all the information I can.