Arkady and Boris Strugatsky - The Time Wanderers

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Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky. The Time Wanderers

(C) Copyright Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky

BACKGRO!"# $a%im Kammerer

$y name is $a%im Kammerer. & am eighty'nine years od.

One upon a time, ong, ong ago, & read an anient no*ea that +egan

that ay. & remem+er thinking then that i- & e*er ere to rite my memoirs

in the -uture, & oud +egin in ust that ay. /oe*er, strity speaking,

this present te%t annot +e onsidered a memoir, and it shoud start ith a

ertain etter that & reei*ed a+out a year ago.

Kammerer# 0ou naturay ha*e read the notorious 12i*e Biographies o-

the Age1. 3ease hep me to determine ho is hiding +ehind the pseudonyms 3.

Soroka and 4. Braun. & think it i +e easier -or you than -or me.

$. Gumo*a

56 7une 589. !o*gorod

& did not repy to this etter, +eause & as not a+e to esta+ish the

rea names o- the authors o- 12i*e Biographies o- the Age1. A & did

determine as that, as e%peted, 3. Soroka and 4. Braun ere maor

ontri+utors to the :uden group at the &nstitute -or the Researh o- Spae

/istory (&RS/).

& had no di--iuty in imagining the -eeings o- $aya Toi*o*na Gumo*a

as she read the +iography o- her son as reated +y 3. Soroka and 4. Braun.

And & reai;ed that & had to speak out. There-ore, & rite this memoir.

2rom the point o- *ie o- an unpreudied and a partiuary young

reader, & i +e desri+ing e*ents that +rought me to the end o- the era in

osmi se-'aareness and opened a+soutey ne *istas, hih had seemed

ony theoretia pre*iousy. & as a itness, a partiipant in, and in some

sense e*en an initiator o- these e*ents, and there-ore it is not surprising

that the :uden Group has +een +om+arding me ith


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eary days o- the Big Re*eation, +ut, on the ontrary, its ast days. &

think this is preisey hat the :uden group peope do not understand, or

rather, do not ish o understand, despite a my e--orts to on*ine them.

O- ourse, perhaps & as not insistent enough. &>m not young anymore.

The personaity o- Toi*o Gumo* and the :uden group are inked. & an

understand hy, and there-ore & made him the entra -igure in my memoir.

2or hate*er reasons & might rea those days and hate*er & might

remem+er a+out those days, Toi*o Gumo* appears in my mind. & see his thin,

aays serious young -ae, his ong hite ashes, aays oered o*er his

transparent gray eyes, and & hear his apparenty intentiona so speeh.

One again & -ee his sient, hepess, +ut ine%ora+e pressure, ike a

ordess ry# 1We, hat>s the matter ith you? Why are you doing nothing?

Gi*e me an order@1 And, *ie *ersa, no sooner do & remem+er him -or some

reason than the 1mean dogs o- reoetion1 ake up, as i- -rom a si-t

kik# a the horror o- those days, a the despair o- those days, a the

impotene o- those days '' horror, despair, and impotene that & e%periened

aone, +eause & had no one ith hom to share them.

This memoir is +ased on douments. As a rue, these are standardreports made +y my inspetors, and some o--iia orrespondene, hih &

ite primariy to re'reate the atmosphere o- those days. &n genera, a

piky and ompetent researher oud ha*e no di--iuty in notiing that a

arge num+er o- douments that reate to the ase are not in the memoir,

hie & oud ha*e managed ithout some o- the douments that are inuded.

Responding ahead o- time to this re+uke, & i note that & seeted the

materias &n aordane ith ertain prinipes, hih & ha*e no desire nor

pressing need to go into.

2urther, a signi-iant portion o- the te%t is made up o- hapter

reonstrutions. These hapters are ritten +y me and in -at are

reonstrutions o- senes and e*ents that & did not itness. The

reonstrutions ere +ased on ora aounts, tape reordings, and su+ses i-e, Asya, his oeagues, a


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re+uking epithet 1Sikorski Syndrome1 as +orn and i*ed through ord o-

mouth? &t as the ompe% o- unontroa+e -ear o- a possi+e in*asion +y

the Wanderers. That>s aso true. And muh more to the point... But +ak then

& as not yet head o- the 4 "epartment in -at, it did not e*en e%ist. And

& am not riting a history o- the pro+em o- the Wanderers.

2or me it +egan in $ay o- =6, hen &, ike a the heads o- the 4"s o-

a the setors o- CO$CO!'8, reei*ed a iruar report a+out the inident

on Tisse. (!ot on the Tisse Ri*er, hih -os peae-uy through /ungary

and the Carpathians, +ut on the panet Tisse near the star 4!'6D5,

diso*ered not ong +e-ore that +y the -eos -rom GS3.) The iruar

desri+ed the inident as a sudden and une%pained madness in a three

mem+ers o- the researh party, anding on the pateau (& an>t remem+er the

name) to eeks earier. A three suddeny imagined that they had ost

ommuniation ith the entra +ase and had ost a ommuniation in

genera e%ept ith the or+iting mother ship, and the mother ship as

+roadasting an automati message that 4arth had +een destroyed in some

osmi ataysm, and that the entire popuation o- the 3eriphery had died

out -rom une%pained epidemis.

& don>t remem+er a the detais anymore. To o- the party, & think,tried to ommit suiide, and in the end ent o-- into the desert in despair

o*er the hopeessness and tota useessness o- -urther e%istene. Their

ommander as a stronger man. /e gritted his teeth and -ored himse- to

i*e '' as i- humanity had not perished, +ut ony he had su--ered an

aident and had +een ut o-- -ore*er -rom his home panet. /e ater

reounted that, on the -ourteenth day o- this ra;ed i-e, someone dressed

in hite appeared to him and announed that he had honora+y passed the

-irst round o- the trias and had +een aepted as a andidate into the

soiety o- Wanderers. On the -i-teenth day, the i-e+oat ame -rom the

mother ship, and the atmosphere as disharged. They -ound the to men ho

had gone o-- into the desert, e*eryone remained o- sound mind, and no one

died. Their testimony as onsistent don to the tiniest detais. 2or

instane, they a reprodued e%aty the aent o- the automati mahine

that aegedy ga*e the -ata announement. Su+eti*ey, they perei*ed the

inident as a *i*id, unusuay authenti'seeming theatria presentation, in

hih they had +een une%peted and unitting partiipants. "eep mentosopy

on-irmed their su+eti*e pereption and e*en shoed that, in the *ery

depth o- their su+onsious, none o- them suspeted that it as merey a

theatria per-ormane.

As -ar as & kno, my oeagues in the other setors took this -or a

rather ordinary 4, an e%paina+e 4, one o- the many that onstanty our

+eyond the 3eriphery. 4*eryone as ai*e and e. 2urther ork in the area

o- the 4 as not neessary it hadn>t +een neessary in the -irst pae. !o

*ounteers interested in so*ing the mystery appeared. The area o- the 4

as e*auated. The 4 as taken into aount. &n the -ies.

But & as a student o- the ate Sikorski@ When he as ai*e, & had

o-ten argued ith him, +oth mentay and out oud, hen tak turned to the

threat to humanity -rom the outside. But there as one thesis o- his that

as hard to dispute and & didn>t ant to argue ith it# 1We are orkers o-

CO$CO!'8. We are aoed to +e aed ignoramuses, mystis, and

superstitious -oos. There is one thing e are not aoed# to underestimate

danger. And i- there is suddeny the odor o- su-ur in our house, e are

simpy o+iged to assume that a horned de*i has appeared somehere near+y

and to take appropriate measures right up to organi;ing nationa industria

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prodution o- hoy ater.1 !o sooner did & hear that someone in hite as

speaking in the name o- the Wanderers than & smeed su-ur and gre as

agitated as an od arhorse at the sound o- +uges.

& made appropriate s

a+strations.

T/4$4# 1A Eisit -rom an Od :ady.1

CO!T4!TS# orking mode o- the 3rogressorist ati*ity o- the Wanderers

in the system o- humanity on earth.

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"ear Kammerer@

3ease do not take the heading ith hih & apped this missi*e as an

od man>s mokery. merey anted to stress that my missi*e, hie

ompetey persona, is at the same time o--iia. &>*e remem+ered the ap

o- your reports -rom the days hen they ere tossed on my desk as an

argument (rather -ee+e) +y your patheti Sikorski.

$y attitude toard your organi;ation has not hanged in the east. &

ne*er hid it, and it is ertainy e knon to you. !e*ertheess, & studied

ith great interest the materias you ere kind enough to send me. Thank

you. & ant to assure you that in this diretion o- your ork (+ut not ony

in this diretion@) you i -ind me your most ardent ay and oa+orator.

& do not kno hether this &s a oinidene, +ut & reei*ed your

Compendium o- $odes ust at the moment hen & as a+out to em+ark on

summing up my many years o- thinking a+out the nature o- the Wanderers and

the ine*ita+iity o- their oision ith the i*ii;ation o- 4arth. O-

ourse, it is my pro-ound +eie- that there are no oinidenes. Apparenty,

the time -or this


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toard $onoosm.

The synthesis o- inteigenes is ine*ita+e. &t gi*es an in-inite

num+er o- ne -aets to the pereption o- the ord, and this eads. to an

inredi+e inrease in the


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a resut, their ony transportation is pu+i they ha*e no a*iation at a,

and their ommuniation ines are *ery e de*eoped.

The third i*ii;ation is ours, and no e understand preisey in our

i*es hy the Wanderers must inter-ere. We are mo*ing. We are mo*ing, and

there-ore e might make a mistake in the diretion o- our mo*ement.

!oadays, no one remem+ers the 1asskikers1 ho tried to -ore progress

ith great enthusiasm among the Tagorians and :eonidians. By no me kno

that kiking ass in i*ii;ations that are mature in their on ay is as

meaningess and hopeess as trying to speed up the groth o- a tree '' an

oak, say '' +y puing it up +y the +ranhes. The Wanderers are not

asskikers, and -oring progress is not and oud not +e their goa. Their

aim is the searh, the seetion, the preparation -or ommuning, and -inay

to +ring indi*iduas mature enough -or it into the ommunity o- the

$onoosm. & do not kno +y hat proess the Wanderers make their seetion,

and that is a shame, +eause hether e ant it or not, e must speak

painy, ithout euphemisms and sienti-i argon. This is hat e are

taking a+out.

2irst# mankind>s stepping onto the path o- e*oution o- the seondorder means the pratia trans-ormation o- /omo sapiens into Wanderers.

Seond# most ikey -ar -rom e*ery /omo sapiens is suita+e -or suh

trans-ormation.

Summary#

' humanity i +e di*ided into to une


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!aturay, the sphere o- your attention shoud inude not ony 4arth,

+ut the entire soar system, the 3eriphery, and most o- a, the young

3eriphery.

& ish you uk,

0ours, &. Brom+erg

H4nd o- "oument 5I

"OC$4!T 8# Theme# DD= 1A Eisit -rom an Od :ady1

To the 3resident o- Setor ras'!orth

"ate# 56 7une =F

2RO$# $.$. Kammerer, head o- 4"

T/4$4# DD= 1A Eisit -rom an Od :ady1

CO!T4!TS# the death o- A. Brom+erg

3resident@

3ro-essor &saa Brom+erg died suddeny in the Be;hin $eado Sanatorium

on the morning o- 7une 55 o- this year.

We ha*e not -ound any notes on the $onoosm mode or any notes at a

on the Wanderers in his persona -ies. The searh ontinues. The media

erti-iate on his death is appended.

$. Kammerer

H4nd o- "oument 8I

&t as in this order that my young pro+ationer, Toi*o Gumo*, read

these douments in eary =9, and naturay, these douments made a *ery

de-inite impression on him, ga*e him *ery de-inite ideas, espeiay sine

they supported his most goomy e%petations. The seed -e in -ertie soi.

/e immediatey oated the media death erti-iate and, -inding nothing

there at a to on-irm his suspiions, hih seemed so natura, he demanded

permission to see me.

& remem+er that morning e# gray, snoy, ith a rea +i;;ard outside

my o--ie indos. 3erhaps +eause o- the ontrast, +eause my +ody as

here, in the snoy ras, and my eyes senseessy athed the streams o-

meting ater on the panes, hie my menta ga;e as on a tropia night

a+o*e a arm oean, and a dead naked +ody +o++ed in the phosphoresent -oam

that roed up onto the soping sandy +eah. & had ust reei*ed in-ormation

-rom the Center a+out the third -ata inident on the isand o- $atuku.

At that moment, Toi*o Gumo* appeared +e-ore me, and & hased aay the

*ision and asked him to sit don and speak.

Without any pream+e, he asked me i- the in*estigation o- the

irumstanes o- the death o- "r. Brom+erg as onsidered osed.

With a ertain amount o- surprise, & repied that there had +een no

in*estigation, in e--et, ust as there had not +een any speia

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irumstanes in the death o- the hundred'and'-i-ty'year'od man.

Then here, in that ase, ere "r. Brom+erg>s notes on the $onoosm?

& e%pained that there pro+a+y had ne*er +een any notes. "r.

Brom+erg>s etter, & had to assume, as an impro*isation. "r. Brom+erg had

+een a +riiant impro*iser.

Then shoud he deem it an aident that "r. Brom+erg>s etter and the

announement o- his death, sent +y $a%im Kammerer to the 3resident, ere

ne%t to eah other?

& ooked at him, his thin ips set in a determined ine, his o +ro

ith a strand o- hite hair aross it, and it as per-ety ear to me.

What he anted to hear -rom me. 10es, Toi*o, my ad,1 he anted to hear. 1&

think ust as you do. Brom+erg had guessed muh, and the Wanderers got rid

o- him and stoe his preious papers.1 But naturay, & didn>t think

anything o- the sort and & didn>t say anything o- the sort to my ad Toi*o.

Why the douments ere ne%t to eah other, & didn>t kno myse-. $ost

ikey, it reay as +y aident. And that>s hat & tod him.

Then he asked me i- Brom+erg>s ideas had gone into pratia

de*eopment.

& repied that the s

ideas, irumstanes ere not right -or a serious attitude toard them.

Then he mustered his ourage and asked me straight on i- &, $a%im

Kammerer, head o- the department, intended to take up the de*eopment o-

Brom+erg>s ideas. And here, -inay, & had the opportunity to make him

happy. /e heard e%aty hat he anted to hear.

10es, my ad,1 & said. 1That>s hy & +rought you into the department.1

/e e-t -eeing estati. !either he nor & had any idea then, o-

ourse, that it as at that *ery moment that he took his -irst step toard

the Big Re*eation.

& am a pratiing psyhoogist. When & am deaing ith a person, & an

say ithout -ase modesty that & -ee his spiritua state at e*ery moment,

the diretion o- his thoughts, and &>m t remem+er e%aty.

By pro-ession, Toi*o Gumo* as a 3rogressor. Speiaists tod me that

he oud ha*e +een a 3rogressor o- the highest ass, a 3rogressor ae. /e

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ator and master o- impersonation. And ha*ing orked as a 3rogressor -or

o*er three years, ithout any apparent reasons he retired and returned to

4arth. !o sooner had he -inished reonditioning than he got on the BE& and

earned ithout any great di--iuty that the ony organi;ation on our

panet that had anything to do ith his ne aims as CO$CO!'8.

/e appeared +e-ore me in "eem+er o- =F, im+ued ith iy preparedness

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and there-ore ne*er made aoanes -or others in anything. /e had this

ruthess onentration on his goa, hih & had seen +e-ore ony in maor

sientists and athetes. !o room -or -riendship...

Atuay, he did ha*e one -riend. & mean his i-e, Asya Staso*a, name

and patronymi Anastasiya 3a*o*na. When & met her, she as a harming

itte oman, as i*ey as merury, sharp'tongued, and ith a tendeny to

make s death. $ost

ikey, hene*er To*o +rought up the su+et o- Kammerer, she simpy ody

re-used to speak on that topi. But that as more than enough.

2or & as more than a +oss -or Toi*o. A-ter a, & as the ony person

ho shared his *ies, the ony person in the enormous CO$CO!'8 ho treated

the issue that engrossed him totay ith ompete seriousness and ithout

any aoanes. Besides hih, he -et great piety toard me. Say hat you

i, +ut his +oss as the egendary $ar Sim@ Toi*o hadn>t e*en +een +ornhen $are Sim as +oing up ray toers and -ighting -asists on Saraksha...

The peeress White Jueen@ The organi;er o- Operation Eirus, a-ter hih

4%eeny himse- aed him Big Bug@ Toi*o as ust a shoo+oy hen Big

Bug penetrated into the &sand 4mpire, into the *ery apita... the -irst

earthing, and the ast, inidentay... O- ourse, these ere a e%poits

o- a 3rogressor, +ut it is ritten# a 3rogressor an +e *an


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at ast'the inter*ention o- the Wanderers in human a--airs oud +e

esta+ished and pro*en ith a+soute reia+iity. !o historia anaogies

-rom the enturies o- ati*ity +y 4arth 3rogressors heped there. 2or the

"uke o- &rukan, an e%posed 4arth 3rogressor as a demon or a pratiing

sorerer. 2or ounterinteigene -rom the &sand 4mpire, the same

3rogressor as a e*er spy -rom the mainand. And hat as an e%posed

3rogressor Wanderer -rom the point o- *ie o- a orker in CO$CO!'8?

An e%posed sorerer oud +e +urned or he oud +e paed in a stone

sak and -ored to make god -rom his on -ees. A e*er spy -rom the

mainand shoud +e rereruited or kied. But hat do you do ith an e%posed

Wanderer?

Toi*o did not kno the anser to these and simiar


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north shore. /oe*er, as e soon earned, -or the ast se*era years a

dou+ed -amiy o- Goo*ans had +een i*ing there. (Today>s generation had

started -orgetting hat Goo*ans are. A reminder# they are a rae o-

rationa Canoids -rom the panet Saraksh, ho -or a time ere in *ery ose

ontat ith earthings. These arge'headed taking dogs readiy aompanied

us throughout spae and e*en had something ike a dipomati em+assy on our

panet. A+out thirty years ago, they e-t us and did not enter into ontat

ith humans anymore.)

On the south o- the isand, there as a round *oani har+or. &t as

indesri+a+y dirty# the +eah as pouted +y some disgusting -oam. &t

ooked ike the -ith as organi in origin +eause it attrated innumera+e

-oks o- sea +irds. O- ourse, the aters o- the har+ors ere i-eess.

4*en seaeed gre uniingy.

$urders ere taking pae on that isand. 3eope ere kiing peope,

and it as so horri+e that no one oud i-t his hand -or se*era months to

report these e*ents through the mass media.

&t soon +eame apparent that the -aut, or rather, the ause o- it a

as a giant Siurian mousk, a monstrous prime*a ephaopod that hadsetted some time ago on the +ottom o- the *oani har+or. &t must ha*e

+een sept into there +y a typhoon. The +io-ied o- this monster, hih

-oated up to the sur-ae -rom time to time, had a depressi*e e--et on the

psyhe o- higher animas. &n partiuar, it eiited a atastrophi oering

o- the e*e o- moti*ation in humans. &n that +io-ied man +eame asoia

he oud ki an at any

-ats at a, his theories seemed rather on*ining (i- you an speak o-

on*ining ogi +uit en a -antasti supposition). And you had to see him

retreat step +y step under the onsaught o- ne data, hih daiy ere

o+tained +y shoked speiaists in ephaopods and paeontoogy...

/e as -inished o-- +y a +ioogy student ho dug up in Tokyo a

thirteenth'entury 7apanese manusript that ontained a desription o- this

or a simiar monster (& s not

it. And a good thing, +eause it>s too *ie.1 Aording to his ights, the

$onoosm had to +e a totay disgusting reature, +ut not that +ad. The

$onoosm in the -orm o- a Siurian otopus '' ith its poisonous +io-ied,

its e%tensi+e she, and its persona age o- o*er -our hundred miion

years '' did not it into any onepts o- the speiaists.

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Thus the -irst serious a--air that Toi*o Gumo* took on ame to naught.

/e had *e ome to the onusion that, ithin the parameters o- theme DD=, the

materias -rom the so'aed 3enguin Syndrome oud +e o- interest to us.

Soures# A. $o+ius, paper at the L&E Con-erene o- Cosmopsyhoogist Riga, F

A. $o+ius, 1The 3enguin Syndrome,1 3C3 (3ro+ems o- Cosmi 3syhoogy),

F8, F

A. $o+ius, 1$ore on the !ature o- the 3enguin Syndrome,1 3C3, FF, 9

Re-erene#

$o+ius, Asmodeus'$at*ei, dotor o- mediine, orresponding mem+er o-

the Aademy o- $edia Sienes o- 4urope, diretor o- the +ranh o- the

Word &nstitute o- Cosmi 3syhopathoogy (Eienna). Born 8DF6,

&nns+ruk. 4duation# 3syhopathoogy "epartment, Sor+onne Seond &nstitute

o- Spae $ediine, $oso /igher Courses o- 4


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-at that there as no onnetion +eteen the syndrome and gene inde% o- the

patient.

&nterested in the etioogy o- the phenomenon, "r. $o+ius su+eted the

materia he gathered (ose to te*e hundred ases) to a muti-ator

anaysis on eighteen parameters and to his satis-ation diso*ered that in

perent o- the inidents, the syndrome arose in peope ho had made

ong'distane spae -ights on the 3hantom'5'3enguin Spaeship. 1& had

e%peted something ike that,1 "r. $o+ius announed. 1&n my memory this is

not the -irst time that onstrution engineers ha*e o--ered us tehnoogy

that has not +een su--iienty tested. That is hy & aed the syndrome &

diso*ered a-ter the type o- ship, and et that +e a esson and arning.1

On the +asis o- "r. $o+ius>s speeh, the on-erene in Riga passed a

resoution to +an the use o- spaeships o- the 3hantom'5'3enguin type unti

a the onstrution -as reating the pho+ia had +een repaired.

5. & determined that the 3hantom'5'3enguins spaeship had +een

su+eted to the most thorough diagnostis, in the ourse o- hih nothing

maor in the onstrution as diso*ered, so that the diret ause o- the

3enguin Syndrome has remained shrouded in mist and -og. (/oe*er, anting toredue the risk to ;ero, the "iretorate o- the Spae 2eet remo*ed the

3enguins -rom passenger -ights and redesigned them -or autopiot.) The

inidene o- the 3enguin Syndrome rapidy dereased, and as -ar as & kno,

the ast ase as reorded thirteen years ago.

/oe*er, & as not satis-ied. & as orried +y the 88 perent o- the

ases re*ieed hose reationship ith the 3hantom'5'3enguin spaeship

remained *ague. O- those 88 perent, aording to the -igures o- "r. $o+ius,

perent ne*er had anything to do ith the 3enguins, and the remaining 59

perent oud not say anything use-u either they did not remem+er or they

ere not interested in spaeship modes and did not kno hih ones they had

-on in.

!aturay, the statistia signi-iane o- the hypothesis o- the roe

o- the 3enguins in the appearane o- the pho+ia is indisputa+e. /oe*er, 88

perent is not a sma -igure. & su+eted $o+ius>s materias to a

muti-atored anaysis o- tenty additiona parameters, and seeted these

parameters, & on-ess, rather randomy, ha*ing nothing to ork -rom, not the

most du+ious hypothesis. 2or instane, & had parameter dates o- takeo--

aurate to ithin the month, pae o- +irth aurate to the region, ho++ies

ith auray to ithin the ass rating... and so on.

&t turned out to +e s

eterna +eie- in the isotropism o- the uni*erse that kept "r. $o+ius -rom

diso*ering hat & managed to ome up ith. /ere is hat & earned# the

3enguin Syndrome a--eted peope ho had made spae -ights on the routes to

Saua, Redut, and Cassandra '' in other ords, through su+spae setor entryF5D8.

The 3hantom'5'3enguin had nothing to do ith it. &t as simpy that

the o*erheming maority o- those ships in those days ( the eary Ds) ent

straight -rom the hangar to the 4arth'Cassandra'Mephyr and

4arth'Redut'4!'85D9 routes. That e%pained "r. $o+ius>s perent. As -or

the remaining 88 perent, 8D had -on on those routes in other ships that

e-t ony 8 perent, ho had ne*er -on anyhere, and so did not pay a

signi-iant roe.

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8. The data o- "r. $o+ius is de-initey inompete. &n the names he

oeted as e the data -rom the arhi*es o- the "iretorate o- the Spae

2eet, & as a+e to determine that during the period in


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it turned out that Kri*okyko* had ne*er in his i-e -on in a

3hantom'5'3enguin starship. /oe*er, & do not gi*e up hope that the

in*ersion o- the 3enguin Syndrome does e%ist as a psyhi phenomenon, and &

i +e grate-u to any physiian ho oud +e kind enough to send me ne

data on that su+et.1

Re-erene#

Kri*okyko*, &*an Georgie*ih, repaement physiian and psyhiatrist

o- :em+a +ase (4! 85D9), in the period in


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$andatory Bio+okade

&n anay;ing the inidents o- mass pho+ias in the ast one hundred

years, & ha*e ame to the onusion that ithin the parameters o- theme

DD=, the e*ents that preeded the passage on 8D89 +y the Word Couni o-

the -amous Amendment to the a on the Bio+okade oud +e o- interest to

us.

The -ooing shoud +e kept in mind#

5. Bio+okade, aso knon as the Tokyo 3roedure, has +een

systematiay in use on 4arth and the 3eriphery -or a+out one hundred and

-i-ty years. Bio+okade is not a pro-essiona term, and is used primariy

+y ournaists. $edia speiaists a this proedure -ukami;ation in

honor o- the sisters !ataya and /osiko 2ukami, ho ere the -irst to gi*e a

theoretia +asis -or it and to put it into pratie. The aim o-

-ukami;ation is raising the natura e*e o- adaptation o- the human +ody to

e%terna onditions (+ioadaptation). &n its assi -orm, the proedure o-

-ukami;ation is used e%usi*ey an in-ants, +eginning ith the third

trimester o- its intrauterine de*eopment. As -ar as & ha*e earned and

understood, the proedure onsists o- to stages.

The introdution o- !B:A2 serum (the 1+ateria o- i-e1 uture)

raises resistane +y se*era orders to a knon in-etions and *iruses ''

*ira, +ateria, or spore '' and aso to a organi to%ins. (This

+asiay is the +io+okade.)

n+reaking the hypothamus ith miroa*e radiation inreases the

+ody>s a+iity to adapt to suh physia agents o- the en*ironment as strong

radiation, to%i gas, and high temperatures. Besides hih, the a+iity to

regenerate damaged organs inreases the spetrum *isi+e to the retina, and

response to psyhotherapy is heightened.

The ompete test o- instrution on -ukami;ation is appended +eo.

8. The proedure o- -ukami;ation as used up unti 9 as a mandatory

proedure in aordane ith the a on $andatory Bio+okade. &n the year

8, a dra-t o- an amendment as presented to the Word Couni, aing -or

an end to mandatory -ukami;ation -or in-ants +orn on 4arth. The Amendment

aed -or 1maturity *aination,1 to +e gi*en to peope ho reahed the age

o- si%teen, to repae -ukami;ation. &n 9, the Word Couni (+y maority

o- ony te*e *otes) passed the1 Amendment to the a on $andatory

Bio+okade. Aording to this Amendment, -ukami;ation as no onger

mandatory, and its use as e-t up to the parents. 3eope ho did not

undergo -ukami;ation in in-any had the right to ater re-use the maturity

*aination. /oe*er, in that ase, they oud not ork in pro-essiona

-ieds in*o*ing hea*y physia and psyhoogia stress. Aording to the

BE&, at the present time there are ose to a miion teenagers on 4arth hoha*e not +een -ukami;ed and ose to tenty thousand peope ho ha*e re-used

the maturity *aination.

&!STRCT&O!

On antenata and postnata -ukami;ation o- ne+orns.

5. "etermine the e%at time o- start o- +irth +y the method o- e*en

integras. (Reommended diagnostis# radioimmune assay !&$B, seetors 2"/'F

and 2"/'.)

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8. !o ess than 5 hours +e-ore the -irst uterine onstrution,

determine the *oume o- the -etus and the *oume o- the amnioti -uid

separatey.

!ote# :a;are*ih>s orretion is mandatory@ The auations must +e

made ony through the monographs o- the &nstitute o- Bioadaptation, taking

into aount raia di--erenes.

6. "etermine the neessary dose o- !B:A2 serum. A -u, sta+e,

ong'term immuni;ation to aum agents and organi ompounds o- a+umen and

haptoid strutures is ahie*ed at a dose o- .D=F gamma moes per gram o-

ymph tissue.

!ote# a) At an inde% o- *oumes o- ess than 6.9, the dose is inreased

+y 5 perent.

+) With mutipe -etuses, the tota dose o- ineted serum is redued

+y perent -or eah -etus (tins perent, tripets 5 perent, et.).

F. Si% hours +e-ore the -irst uterine ontration, use the nu inetor

to introdue through the anterior a+domina a into the amnioti -uid theai+rated dose o- !B:A2 serum. The in-etion is done -rom the side, aay

-rom the -etus>s +ak.

9. 2i-teen minutes a-ter +irth, per-orm a sintigraph o- the ne+orn>s

thymus. &- the inde% is under 6., introdue an additiona 8.9D gamma

moes o- !B:A2 serum into the um+iia *ein.

. &n an inrease o- +ody temperature, immediatey pae the ne+orn in

a sterie +o%. The -irst natura -eeding is permitted no sooner than a-ter

58 hours o- norma temperature.

. The hypothaami ;ones o- adaptogenesis are irradiated ith

miroa*es 8 hours a-ter +irth. The topography distri+ution o- the ;ones is

auated +y the program B&!AR'5. The *oumes o- the hyporhaami ;ones

shoud orrespond as -oos#

Mone 6'F8 neurons

Mones & 5'5=F neurons

Mones && 589'56= neurons

Mones &E# FD'95D neurons

Mones E# FD'95D neurons

!ote# When per-orming measurements, +e sure that +irth hematomas ha*e

disso*ed ompetey.

The o+tained data is put in the B&O2AK'3:S4.

/A!" CORR4CT&O! O2 T/4 3:S4 &S CAT4GOR&CA::0 2ORB&""4!.

. 3ae the ne+orn in the operating ham+er o- the B&O2AK'3:S4. &n

orienting the head, ath espeiay that the ange o- de*iation on the

stereota%is sae is no more than D.DD5F.

=. $iroa*e irradiation o- the hypothaami ;ones o- adaptogenesis is

done +y reahing the seond e*e o- deep seep, hih orresponds to 5. ''

8.5 apha on an enephaogram.

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5D. A data must +e entered on the ne+orn>s persona hart.

2rom the e*ents that ed to the passage o- the Amendment to the :a on

$andatory Bio+okade in 2e+ruary 9, & ha*e determined#

5. &n the entury and a ha- o- go+a -ukami;ation, not a singe ase

is knon to ause any damage. There-ore, it as not surprising that unti

the spring o- 5 *ery -e mothers re-used -ukami;ation. The o*erheming

maority o- physiians ith hom & onsuted had not heard o- any suh ases

+e-ore that year. But statements against -ukami;ation, theoretia and

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This monograph is a typia e%ampe o- a hoe i+rary o- +ooks and

+rohures de*oted to the propaganda o- putting an end to tehnoogia

progress. A these +ooks are harateri;ed +y an apoogia -or stuk

i*ii;ations ike the Tagorian or the +ioi*ii;ation o- :eonida. 4arth>s

tehnoogia progress is deared to +e done ith. $an>s e%pansion into the

osmos is depited as a kind o- soia e%tra*agane, hih * i +ring a

rue disiusionment. Rationa $an turns into &nsoent $an, ho in his

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-ukami;ation, does not orry him.

!ote# &n onuding this setion, & -ee it neessary to stress the

-at that the seetion and annotation o- the materias as done on the

prinipe o- their ak o- tri*iaity -rom my persona point o- *ie. &

apoogi;e in ad*ane i- the o e*e o- my erudition auses

dissatis-ation.

8. Apparenty, the -irst re-usa to +e -ukami;ed, hih +egan a hoe

epidemi o- re-usas, as reorded in the maternity home o- the *iage o-

K>Sa*a (4s ishes, and the

sightest attempts to hange her mind made her go into hysteris. $other 8

(-irst hid) did not e*en try to gi*e a moti*ation -or her re-usa. 1&

don>t ant to, and that>s that@1 she kept repeating. $other 6 (third hid,

-irst protest) as *ery reasona+e and am, and e%pained her re-usa +y

not anting to deide her hid>s -ate ithout his knoedge and onsent

1When he gros up, he> deide,1 she announed.

(& ite the moti*ations +eause they are *ery typia. With sight

*ariations, the 1re-user1 used them in == perent o- the ases. The

iterature uses three assi-iations. Re-usa type A# totay rationa, +ut

in prinipe un*eri-ia+e, moti*ation 89 perent. Re-usa type B# pure

pho+ia, hysteria, irrationa +eha*ior D perent. Re-usa type C# ethia

onsiderations 5D perent. Re-usa type R (rate)# re-erenes e%tremey

*aried in -orm and ontent# reigious irumstanes, adherene to e%oti

phiosophia systems, and so on e. 9 perent).

On Apri 5, in the same hospita, there ere to more re-usas, and

ne re-uses ere registered in maternity homes in the region. By the end o-

the month, re-usas num+ered in the hundreds, registered in a regions o-

the go+e, and on $ay 9 ame the -irst report o- a re-use outside 4arth

($ars, the Big Syrt). The epidemi o- re-usas, a%ing and aning, ontinued

right up to the year 9, so that +y the time the Amendment as passed, there

ere amost -i-ty'thousand re-users (D.5 perent o- a mothers).

The as o- epidemis ha*e +een studied phenomenoogiay *ery e

and ith a high degree o- *eraity. 0et, they did nor resut in on*ining

e%panations.

2or instane, it as noted that the epidemi had to geographi enters

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Berne 3aae o- the Chid.

2or a this, the o*erheming maority o- maternity homes on earth

ne*er heard a+out the epidemis o- re-usas. 7ust as most e%traterrestria

settements did not hear o- the re-usas. /oe*er, in paes here the

epidemis +roke out (Big Syrt, Saua +ase, Resort), they de*eoped aording

to the as typia -or 4arth.

6. A arge +ody o- iterature is de*oted to the auses o- -ukamipho+ia.

& -amiiari;ed myse- ith the most soid orks in the -ied, reommended to

me +y 3ro-essor "erouide o- the :hasa 3syhoogy Center. & am insu--iienty

prepared to make a ompetent summary o- these orks, +ut & ha*e -ormed the

opinion that there is no generay aepted theory o- -ukamipho+ia.

There-ore, & i imit myse- here to a *er+atim -ragment -rom my

on*ersation ith 3ro-essor "erouide.

J4ST&O!# "o you think it possi+e -or the pho+ia to arise in a heathy

and happy person?

A!SW4R# Strity speaking, that is impossi+e. &n a heathy person, a

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J4ST&O!# 2or instane?

A!SW4R# 2or instane '' propaganda +y opponents o- -ukami;ation. An

impressiona+e personaity, espeiay in the state o- pregnany, oud

easiy +e in-uened +y suh propaganda. Or, say, hypertrophy o- the

materna instint, the instinti*e need o protet her hid -rom any

e%terna ations, e*en +ene-iia ones... Are you panning to argue? "on>t.

& agree ith you ompetey. A these hypotheses e%pain ony a *ery narro

ire o- -ats, at +est. !o one oud e%pain the phenomenon o- the 1hain

o- re-usas,1 nor the geographi peuiarities o- the phenomenon... And no

one at a understands hy it a +egan in the spring o- 5, and not ony on

4arth +ut aso *ery -ar -rom earth...

J4ST&O!# And hy did it end in 9? Can that +e e%pained?

A!SW4R# 7ust imagine '' it an. &magine that the -at o- the Amendment

passing oud pay a deisi*e roe in ending the epidemi. !aturay, there

is sti muh that is unear here, +ut ust detais.

J4ST&O!# What do you think '' oud the epidemi ha*e +roken out as

the resut o- some areess e%periments?

A!SW4R# Theoretiay, that is possi+e. But in our time e heked

that hypothesis out. There ere no e%periments +eing arried out on earth

that oud ha*e aused mass pho+ias. Besides, do not -orget, that

-ukamipho+ia +roke out +eyond 4arth at the same time...

J4ST&O!# What sort o- e%periments oud ha*e aused pho+ias?

A!SW4R# 3ro+a+y & did not make myse- ear. & oud name a series o-

tehnia methods ith hih & oud reate some pho+ia in you, a heathy

man. !ote that & said 1some1 pho+ia. 2or instane, i- & irradiate you ith a

ertain regimen o- neutrino onentrates, you i de*eop a pho+ia. But

hat pho+ia i it +e? 2ear o- heights? 2ear o- emptiness? 2ear o- -ear? &

an>t predit. There an ertainy +e no tak o- eiiting a spei-i

pho+ia, ike -ukamipho+ia, the -ear o- -ukami;ation... ness it ere in

onuntion ith hypnosis. But ho an you reai;e that om+ination in

pratie?.. !o, that>s not a serious onsideration.

F. 2or a its geographia (and osmographia) distri+ution, the

inidene o- -ukamipho+ia remained a *ery rare ourrene in media

pratie, and on its on it oud hardy ha*e ed to any hanges in the a.

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7anuary 8. An initiati*e group, E43& (named a-ter the -ounder>s

initias), is -ormed, uniting dotors, psyhoogists, soioogists,

phiosophers, and ayers. &t as E43& that started and +rought to *itory

the strugge to pass the Amendment.

2e+ruary 8. The -irst protest ray +y opponents o- -ukami;ation in

-ront o- the Word Couni +uiding.

7une 8. The -orma -ormation o- the opposition to the a ithin the

Commission on 3rotetion o- $otherhood and &n-any.

2urther hronoogy o- e*ents is not interesting, -rom my point o- *ie.

The time (three and a ha- years) neessary -or the Word Couni to study

the Amendment -rom a sides and then pass it is su--iienty typia.

/oe*er, hat does not seem typia to me is the reationship +eteen the

num+er o- mass proponents o- the Amendment and the num+ers o- the

pro-essiona orps. suay, the num+er o- mass proponents o- a ne a is

at a minimum ten miion peope, hie the pro-essiona orps,


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onentrated, e'panned ation o- a ertain rationa i.

+). The epidemi o- -ukamipho+ia orresponds e in time ith the

appearane o- the 3enguin Syndrome. (See my report !o. D55==.)

Sapieti sat,

T. Gumo*

H4nd o- "oument F.I

!o & an maintain ith tota assurane that it as this report o-

Gumo*>s that -ored the shi-t in my onsiousness that ed me -inay to

the Big Re*eation. And, -unny as it may seem no, that shi-t +egan ith the

unontroa+e irritation +rought on +y Toi*o>s rude and unam+i*aent hints

a+out the aeged roe o- the 1*ertiaists1 in the history o- the

Amendment. &n the origina o- the report, that paragraph is o*ered ith

thik marks in my hand & remem+er s *isit to the &nstitute o- 4entris, & -inay

got the point, and & had no time -or aing peope on the arpet.

& as in a rue risis, +eause & had no one to tak to. 2irst o- a,

& had no propositions. And seondy, & did not kno ith hom it as sa-e to

tak no, and ith hom it asn>t. $uh ater, & asked my group i- they

-ound anything strange a+out my +eha*ior in those horri+e (-or me) days o-

Apri ==. Sandra as engrossed in the Rip Ean Winke theme and as +oed

o*er himse- and notied nothing. Grisha Seroso*in maintained that & as

partiuary sient then and repied to a initiati*es on his part ith a

mysterious smie. And Kikin is Kikin# e*en then, 1e*erything as ear1 to

him. Toi*o Gumo* must ha*e +een dri*en ra;y +y my +eha*ior then. And he

as. /oe*er, & reay did not kno hat to do@ One +y one & sent my

oorkers to the &nstitute o- 4entris and aited eah time to see hat

oud happen, and nothing oud happen, and & oud send the ne%t one and

ait some more.

At that time, Gor+o*sky died at his pae in Krasa*a.

At that time, Athos'Sidoro* as preparing to go +ak into the hospita,

and there as no ertainty that he oud return.

At that time, "anya :ogo*enko in*ited himse- o*er -or a up o- tea -or

the -irst time in many years and spent the hoe e*ening reminising,

hatting nonsense.

At the time, & deided nothing.

On the night o- $ay 9, the emergeny ser*ie got me out o- +ed. &n:itte 3esha (on the 3esha Ri*er, hih -as into the C;eh inet o- the

Barents Sea), some sort o- monsters had appeared, reating pani in the

*iagers. The emergeny ss report on the e*ents and on his

ations in :itte 3esha has apparenty +een ost. &n any ase, & ha*e not

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+een a+e to diso*er it... /oe*er, & oud ike to sho ho Toi*o

per-ormed that study in as detaied a manner as possi+e, and there-ore &

i ha*e to resort to a reonstrution o- the e*ents, +asing it on my on

memory and on on*ersations ith partiipants in that e*ent.

&t is not hard to see that the reonstrution +eing o--ered (and a

the ones that -oo) ontains, +esides a+soutey reia+e -ats, some

desriptions, metaphors, epithets, diaogues, and other eements o- -ition.

But & need -or the reader to see the i*ing Toi*o +e-ore him, the ay &

remem+er him. "ouments aone are not enough. &- one ares, hoe*er, one an

e%amine my reonstrutions as a speia kind o- deposition.

:&TT:4 34S/A. $A0 ==. 4AR:0 $OR!&!G

2rom a+o*e, :itte 3esha ooked ust the ay that *iage shoud ook

at >three in the morning. Seepy. 3eae-u. 4mpty. A do;en mutioored

roo-s in a semiire, a grass'o*ered s@1

1/eo, Gumo*,1 the man responded, o--ering his hand. 1Right. &t>s

Basi. What took you so ong?1

Toi*o e%pained that ;ero'T asn>t orking here in :itte 3esha -ar

some reason, that he as et out at :oer 3esha and had to take a gider

there and -y o*er -orty minutes a+o*e the ri*er.

1& understand,1 Basi said, and ooked +ak at the pa*iion. 1That>s

hat & thought. 0ou see, in their pani they mutiated their ;ero'T

a+in...1

10ou mean, no one has ome +ak yet?1

1!o one.1

1And nothing ese has happened?1

1!othing. Our peope -inished the e%amination ninety minutes ago,

didn>t -ind anything su+stantia, and ent home to do the a+ ork. They

e-t me to keep e*eryone out, and &>*e spent the time repairing the ;ero'T

a+in.1

1/a*e you -i%ed it?1

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1$ore yes than no.1

The ottages o- :itte 3esha ere anient, +uit in the ast entury,

utiitarian arhiteture, in to%iay +right oors '' -rom od age. 4ah

ottage as surrounded +y impenetra+e urrant +ushes, ias, stra+erries.

And right +eyond the semiire o- houses as the -orest, the yeo trunks

o- giganti airs, the ron gray'green in the -og, and a+o*e them, rather

high up, the rimson disk o- the sun in the northeast...

1What a+ ork?1 Toi*o asked.

1We, there are a ot o- ues... That disgusting stu-- raed out o-

that ottage, & guess, and spread in a diretions...1 Basi +egan

pointing. 1On the +ushes, the grass, and on some o- the *erandas there>s

dried sime, saes, umps at something...1

1What did you see yourse-?1

1!othing. When e got here, it as ike it is no, e%ept there as -og

on the ri*er.1

>Then there are no itnesses?1

1At -irst, e thought e*eryone had run o--. Then e earned that in

that house there, the end one on the +ank, there is a *ery edery oman

doing one, thank you, ho ne*er thought a+out running aay...1

1Why not?1 Toi*o asked.

1!o idea@1 Basi repied, raising his eye+ros and spreading out his

hands. 1Can you imagine, tota pani, e*eryone sattering, the door pued

o-- the hinges o- the ;ero'a+in, and she doesn>t gi*e a damn... We -y in,

start up our hoe +atte ampaign, sa+ers unsheathed, +ayonets pugged in,

and she omes out on her porh and demands se*erey that e +e more re keeping her up ith our noise@1

1/ad there +een pani?1 Toi*o asked.

1And ho@1 Basi said, pam outstrethed. 1There ere eighteen peope

here hen it a +egan. !ine ran o-- on their giders. 2i*e esaped through

the ;ero'a+in. And three ran o-- into the oods, and got ost e ere

uky to -ind them. So don>t ha*e any dou+ts a+out it, there as pani...

There as pani, and there ere monsters, and they e-t traes. !o, hy the

od ady didn>t get sared, that e don>t kno. She>s strange, that od

ady. & heard her te the ommander# >0ou got here too ate, +oys. 0ou

an>t hep them no. They>re a dead.> 1

Toi*o asked# 1What did she ha*e in mind?1

1& don>t kno,1 Basi said grumpiy. 1& tod you, she>s strange.1

Toi*o ooked at the to%i pink ottage that ontained the od ady. The

garden as e tended. There as a gider parked ne%t to the ottage.

1& don>t reommend distur+ing her,1 Basi said. 1:et her ake up on her

on, and then you an tak ''1

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At that moment, Toi*o -et something +ehind him and turned sharpy. A

pae -ae ith ide'open, -rightened eyes peered out o- the u+>s door. The

stranger as sient -or a -e seonds then his +oodess ips mo*ed, and he

said in a hoarse *oie#

1A siy story, isn>t it?1

1Wait, ait, ait@1 Basi said kindy, mo*ing toard the man ith his

hands upturned and open. 13ease -orgi*e me you an>t ome in here.

4mergeny sm not trying,1 he said, and oughed. 1But irumstanes... Te me,

did Grigory and 4ya ome +ak yet?1

/e ooked unusua enough. /e as earing a hea*y oat ith -ur inside

and outside, and +eneath its tais you oud see his rihy em+roidered -ur

+oots. The oat as un+uttoned at the hest, re*eaing a oor-u summer

shirt o- miromesh, hih ere popuar in those days ith inha+itants o- the

steppe ;one. /e ooked -orty or -orty'-i*e his -ae as simpe and nie,+ut too pae, either out o- -ear or em+arrassment.

1!o, no,1 Basi repied, oming up ose to him. 1!o one>s ome +ak.

We>re e%amining the area, and e>re not etting anyone in...1

1Wait, Basi,1 Toi*o said. 1Who are Grigory and 4ya?1 he asked the

stranger.

1& think &>m in the rong pae again,1 the stranger said ith despair,

and ooked o*er his shouder into the depths o- the pa*iion here the

;ero'T'a+in goed. 14%use me, is this ... hm... Oh, :ord, & -orgot

again... :itte 3esha? Or isn>t it?1

1&t>s :itte 3esha,1 Toi*o said.

1Then you must kno ... Grigory Ae%andro*ih 0arygin... As &

understand it, he i*es here e*ery summer.1 3ointing, he suddeny ried out

happiy >There it is, that ottage@ That>s my rainoat on the *eranda@1

4*erything as eared up. The stranger as a itness. /is name as

Anatoy Sergeye*ih Kryenko, and he as a ;oo tehniian he did ork in

the steppe ;one '' in the A;gir agroompe%. 0esterday, at the annua

e%hi+ition o- inno*ations in Arkhangesk, he +umped ompetey +y aident

into his od shoo -riend, Grigory 0arygin, hom he hadn>t seen in some ten

years. !aturay, 0arygin dragged him o-- to his pae, here, in this... ah,

-orgot it again... oh, yes,, to :itte 3esha. They spent a o*ey e*ening

yesterday, the three o- them, 0arygin, his i-e 4ya, and Kryenko, ent outin the +oat, aked in the oods, and got +ak around ten, to that ottage

o*er there, had dinner, and setted don ith tea on the *eranda. &t as

sti *ery ight, hidren>s *oies arried -rom the ri*er, and it as arm.

The arti stra+erries smeed terri-i. And then, suddeny, Anatoy

Sergeye*ih Kryenko sa eyes...

&n this most important part o- his story, Anatoy Sergeye*ih gre

inomprehensi+e, to put it midy. /e seemed to +e trying to rea a

horri+e, ompiated dream.

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The eyes ere staring -rom the garden ... they ere mo*ing oser and

stayed in the garden... To huge, nauseating eyes... Something kept dripping

on them... And on the e-t, to the side, as a third... or three?... And

something kept -aing, -aing, Aiing through the raiing o- the *eranda

and as reeping up the steps... And it as impossi+e to mo*e. Grigory

disappeared somehere he oudn>t see Grigory. 4ya as somehere near+y,

+ut he oudn>t see her either. /e oud hear her sreaming hysteriay...

or aughing... Then the door -e open. The room as a+out aist'deep in

rithing eied arasses, and the eyes o- the arasses ere outside,

+ehind the +ushes...

Anatoy Sergeye*ih reai;ed that the sariest part as ust +eginning.

/e pued his -eet out o- the sandas that ere stuk to the -oor, umped

o*er the ta+e, -ed into the oods, and ran around the house... !o, he

didn>t run around the house, he had umped into the oods +ut ended up in

the ss in the Beingshausen Sea, F= +eo, ind speed

5 meters per seond, and the settement as amost empty, inter'ike.

O- ourse, the automati mahinery as on in the poar'+ear u+ it

as arm and o;y, and a +riiant rain+o o- +ottes gimmered in the +ar,

intended to ight up the darkness o- the poar nights. Anatoy Sergeye*ih,

in his ight shirt and shorts, sti et -rom the tea and the horror, got

the rest he needed and ame to his senses. And hen he ame to his senses,

the -irst thing he -et, as as to +e e%peted, as un+eara+e shame. /e

reai;ed that he had -ed in pani ike the oiest oard... /e had read

a+out suh oards in historia no*es. /e remem+ered that he had a+andoned

4ya and at east one other oman, hom he had notied in passing in the

neigh+oring ottage. /e remem+ered the hidren>s *oies on the ri*er and

reai;ed that he had a+andoned those hidren, too. A desperate urge to

ation o*erhemed him. But here>s the ama;ing part# the urge did not arise

immediatey, and seondy, one it did arise, he remained -or a rather ong

time in un+eara+e horror at the thought o- returning there, to the *eranda,

to the -ied o- *ision o- those nightmarish dripping eyes, to the re*oting

eied arasses...

A noisy group o- gaioogists +urst into the u+ and -ound Anatoy

Sergeye*ih goomiy ringing his hands# he sti had not made up his mind

to do anything. The gaioogists heard him our in tota sympathy and

immediatey and enthusiastiay deided to return to the horri+e *eranda

ith him. But then they diso*ered that Anatoy Sergeye*ih not ony did notkno the ;ero'inde% o- the *iage +ut had -orgotten its name. /e oud te

them ony that it as not -ar -rom the Barents Sea, on the +anks o- a sma

ri*er, in the ;one o- arti -irs. Then the gaioogists dressed Anatoy

Sergeye*ih in othes more suita+e to the oa imate and, through the

hoing +i;;ard and monstrous snodri-ts, ed him to the settement

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10ou and &?1 Basi asked.

1!ot neessary,1 Toi*o said. 1&> +e going +ak and -orth here a ong

time. 0ou hod the -ort.1

1"o & take prisoners?1 Basi asked -ormay.

1That is neessary,1 Toi*o said 1& need prisoners. Anyone ho sa

anything ith his on eyes.1

/e and Anatoy Sergeye*ih mo*ed on aross the st rept up on the house, +ut

pushed straight on. 2rom the ss armhair. There ere

poyrysta ser*ie systems in the other hairs and in the ouh. On the

-ront a hung a :e*itan andsape, an od'-ashioned hromophoton opy ith

a touhing triange in the +ottom e-t'hand omer, so that, God -or+id, some

e%pert oud not +e -ooed into taking it -or an origina. And on the e-t

a# a pen draing in a handmade ooden -rame, an angry oman>s -ae. A

+eauti-u one, inidentay...

A more are-u e%amination re*eaed -ootprints on the -oor,

apparenty, one o- the emergeny remen had aked -rom the i*ing room to

the +edroom. The -oot'prints did not return the man had im+ed out the

+edroom indo. So, the -oor in the i*ing room as o*ered ith a ratherthik ayer o- *ery -ine +ron poder. And not ony the -oor. The hair

seats. The indo edges. The ouh. There as no poder on the as.

Toi*o ame +ak out on the *eranda. Anatoy Sergeye*ih as sitting on

the porh steps. /e had tossed o-- the -ur oat, +ut he had -orgotten to

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1We, ho are you doing?1 Toi*o asked -rom the dooray.

Anatoy Sergeye*ih as started anyay.

1We... &>m soy oming to terms ith it.1

12ine. 3ik up your rainoat and go home. Or do you ant to ait -or

the 0arygins?1

1& don>t kno,1 Anatoy Sergeye*ih said indeisi*ey.

1As you pre-er,1 Toi*o said. 1&n any ase, there>s nothing dangerous

here.1

1/a*e you understood anything?1 Anatoy Sergeye*ih asked.

1A -e things. There reay ere monsters here, +ut they are not

dangerous. They an sare you, and nothing more.1

10ou mean it as ake?1

1:ooks ike it.1

1But hy? Who?1

1We> -ind out.1

10ou> +e -inding out hie they sare someone ese.1

Anatoy Sergeye*ih took his rainoat -rom the raiing and stood

around, staring at his -ur +oots. &t seemed that he oud sit don again and

start puing them o-- angriy. But he pro+a+y didn>t e*en see them.

10ou say they an sare a person,1 he said through gritted teeth,

ithout ooking up. 1Sare isn>t so +ad@ But you kno, they an +reak a

man@1

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Suddeny, indignant *oies ere heard on the ss +ranh o--ies ere -ourishing.

&t aso turned out that this 4rnst 7urgen and his od pa, :e* Tosto*,

ere passionate gourmets. They met here e*ery day, in :itte 3esha, +eause

-i*e kiometers upri*er a itte stream -e into the ri*er, and it as -u

o- rara+s, hate*er they ere. That as hy 4rnst 7urgen spent his

*aation in :itte 3esha, and that>s hy he and his -riend :e* Tosto* e-t

eary in the e*ening +y +oat to ath rara+s, and that>s hy he and :e*

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eyes and unertain smie, +e-itting a man ho thinks a oke is +eing payed

on him, and not a *ery e*er one at that. Then# a perpe%ed -ron, empty

ga;e that seemed inard'direted, and thought-u motion o- the a. And

-inay# an e%posion o- pro-essiona anger. "o you reai;e hat you are

saying? "o you ha*e any knoedge o- the su+et? /a*e you e*er seen an

arti-iia reature? Ah, ony in the nesrees? We, et me te you that

there aren>t any and an>t +e any arti-iia reatures that are apa+e o-

im+ing into peope>s +edroom indos. 2irst o- a, they are so and

umsy, and i- they do mo*e, it>s aay -rom peope, not toard them, +eause

natura +io-ieds are ontradited, e*en a at>s +io-ied... 2urther, hat

do you mean, >the si;e o- a o>?. /a*e you tried to -igure ho muh energy

is needed -or an em+ryophore to de*eop to that mass in e*en an hour? There

oudn>t +e anything e-t here, no os e-t it oud ook ike an

e%posion@..

"id he think that there oud ha*e +een ati*ated em+ryaphores here o-

a type he did not kno?

Certainy not. 4m+ryophores ike that did not e%ist in nature.

Then hat happened here, in his opinion?

:e* Tosto* did not understand hat had happened here. /e had to ook

around +e-ore oming to any onusion.

Toi*o ed him to ook around, then ent ith Basi to the u+ to ha*e

a snak.

They had a od meat sandih, and Toi*o tried to make some o--ee. And

then# 1$mmmm@1 Basi said ith his mouth -u.

/e saoed mightiy and, ooking past Toi*o, aed out oudy# 1/od

it@ Where are you headed, son?1

Toi*o turned around. There as a +oy o- te*e or so, op'eared and

tan, earing shorts and an open shirt. Basi>s mighty ry had stopped him in

the pa*iion e%it.

1/ome,1 he said haengingy.

1Come here, pease@1 Basi said.

The +oy mo*ed oser and stopped, his hands +ehind his +ak.

1"o you i*e here?1 Basi asked ingratiatingy.

1We used to i*e here,1 the +oy repied. 1&n num+er si%. !o e on>t

i*e here anymore.1

1Who>s e?1 Toi*o asked.

1$e, $ama, and 3apa. Rather, e ere here on *aation and e i*e in

3etro;a*odsk.1

1And here are your parents?>

1Seeping. At home.1

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1Seeping,1 Toi*o repeated. 1What>s your name?1

1Kir.1

1"o your parents kno you>re here?1

Kir hesitated, shu--ed his -eet, and said, 1& ame +ak here ust -or

a minute. & had to get my gaeyship. & orked on it -or a hoe month.1

10our gaey...1 Toi*o repeated, ooking at the +oy.

The +oy>s -ae e%pressed nothing +ut patient +oredom. &t as o+*ious

that ony one thing onerned him# to get his gaey and get home +e-ore his

parents aakened.

1When did you ea*e here?1

1:ast night. 4*eryone as ea*ing, and so did e. And e -orgot the

gaey.1

1Why ere they ea*ing?1

1There as a pani. "idn>t you kno? Wo, hat ent on here@ $ama got

sared and 3apa said, >We, you kno, et>s get out o- here and go home.>

We got in the gider and -e o--... So, an & go?1

1Wait a minute. Why as there a pani, do you think?1

1Beause those animas ame. Out o- the oods ... or the ri*er.

4*eryone got sared o- them -or some reason and started running around. &

as aseep $ama oke me.1

10ou eren>t a-raid?1

/e erked his shouder.

1We, & as sared at -irst ... ha- aseep... 4*eryone as sreaming,

shouting, running you oudn>t understand hat as going on...1

1And then?1

1& tod you# e got in the gider and e-t.1

1"id you see those animas?1

The +oy aughed.

1& sa them, o- ourse... One im+ed right in the indo, ith horns

ony the horns eren>t hard, they ere ike a snai>s... reay ute...1

10ou eren>t a-raid?1

1!o, & tod you# & as sared at -irst. Why oud & ie? $ama ran in

a hite & thought something terri+e had happened... & thought, something

happened to 2ather...1

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1& see, & see. But the animas didn>t sare you?1

Kir said, 1Why shoud & +e a-raid o- them? They ere kind and -unny...

they ere so-t, siky ike a mongoose, +ut ithout -ur. So hat i- they>re

+ig? Tigers are aso +ig, so &>m supposed to +e a-raid o- them? 4ephants

are +ig, haes are +ig... dophins are sometimes +ig... These animas

eren>t any +igger than a dophin, and they ere ust as gente.1

Toi*o ooked at Basi. Basi, his a hanging, as istening to the

strange +oy and hoding his ha-'eaten sandih.

1And they sme good@1 Kir ent on hoty. 1They sme o- +erries@ &

think they -eed on them... They shoud +e domestiated. Why shoud peope

run -rom them?1 /e sighed. 1!o they>re gone, pro+a+y. Go -ind them in the

taiga... /a@ 4*ery+ody shouted at them, stamped their -eet, and a*ed their

arms at them@ O- ourse they got sared@ And no go ure them +ak...1

/e oered his head and ga*e in to sorro thoughts. Toi*o said, 1& see.

/oe*er, your parents don>t agree ith you. Right?1

Kir a*ed his hand.

1Ah... 2ather>s not so +ad, +ut $ama is -irm# not a singe step, ne*er,

no ay@ !o e>re ea*ing -or Resort. They don>t ha*e them there, do they?

"o they? What are they aed, do you no?1

1& don>t kno, Kir,1 Toi*o said.

1But there>s not e*en one e-t here?1

1!ot one.1

17ust hat & thought,1 Kir said. /e sighed, and then asked, 1Can>t &

take my gaey?1

Basi -inay got hod o- himse-. /e got up noisiy and said, 1Come

on, &> ak you. Okay?1 he asked Toi*o.

1O- ourse.1

1Why ak me?1 Kir asked indignanty, +ut Basi had aready put his

hand on the +oy>s shouder.

1:et>s go, et>s go.1 he said. 1&>*e +een dreaming o- seeing a rea

gaey a my i-e.1

1&t>s not rea, it>s a mode...1

1A the more. A my i-e &>*e dreamed o- seeing a mode o- a rea

gaey...1

They e-t. Toi*o drank a up o- o--ee and aso e-t the pa*iion.

The sun as notiea+y hot, and there asn>t a oud in the sky. Bue

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narro +ron -ae.

/oding, de*iishy eeganty, the hem o- her snoy hite dress ith a

+ron +irdike hand, she seemed not to touh the ground as she approahed

Toi*o and stopped.

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1!o.1

1Then ho an you udge?1

1&>m not udging1 Toi*o said. 1& am trying to esta+ish hat they

anted...1

1& +eie*e & made it t you kno that?

They died +e-ore my *ery eyes and turned to nothing, to dust, and & oudn>t

do anything a+out it. &>m a +aerina, not a +ioogist or a dotor. & aed

out, +ut ho oud ha*e heard me in that orgy, that de+auhed sa*agery and

ruety@ And then, hen hep -inay did ome, it as too ate no one as

e-t ai*e. !o one@ And these sa*ages... & don>t kno ho to e%pain their

+eha*ior... $ay+e it as mass psyhosis... poisoning... & as aays against

using mushrooms as -ood... 3ro+a+y, hen they ame to their senses, they

ere ashamed and ran o--@ "id you -ind them?1

10es,1 Toi*o said.

1"id you speak ith them?1

10es. With some o- them. !ot a.1

1Then te me, hat had happened to them? What are your onusions,

e*en preiminary ones?1

10ou see... madam...

10ou may a me A+ina.1

1Thank you. 0ou see... the point is that as -ar as e an te, most o-

your neigh+ors perei*ed this inident rather di--erenty.1

1!aturay@1 A+ina said haughtiy. 1& sa that ith my on eyes@1

1!o, no, & mean to say that they ere -rightened. They ere -rightened

to death. They ost ontro in horror. They are a-raid to ome +ak here.

Some ant to ea*e 4arth -or good, as a resut. As -ar as & an see, you are

the ony person ho heard a pea -or hep.1

She istened imperiousy, +ut attenti*ey.

1We,1 she said. 1Apparenty, they are so ashamed they are using a

-ear as an e%use... "on>t +eie*e them, dear +oy, don>t@ That>s the most

primiti*e, the most shame-u sort o- %enopho+ia... :ike raia preudie. &

remem+er as a hid & as hysteriay a-raid o- spiders and snakes... &t>sthe same thing here.1

1That>s s something ese & oud ike to ear

up. They asked -or hep, these reatures. They needed mery. But ho as it

e%pressed? As -ar as & kno, they did not speak, they did not e*en moan...1

1$y dear man@ They ere sik, they ere dying@ So hat i- they ere

dying sienty? A +a+y dophin thron onto dry and doesn>t make a sound

either... at east not one e an hear... But e an te it needs hep, and

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e hurry to hep... /ere omes a +oy you an>t hear hat he>s saying -rom

this distane, +ut you an te that he is energeti, happy...1

Kir ame toard them -rom ottage num+er , and he reay as eary

energeti and happy. Basi, striding ne%t to him, as respet-uy arrying

a +ig, +ak mode o- an anient gaey, and seemed to +e asking appropriate

s Kir@1

10es,1 Toi*o said. 1/e ame +ak -or his mode.1

1Kir is a kind +oy,1 A+ina announed. 1But his -ather +eha*ed

a+omina+y... /eo, Kir@1

4ngrossed, Kir ony notied her no. /e stopped, and meeky said, 1Good

morning...1 The animation disappeared -rom his -ae, as it did -rom Basi>s.

1/o is your mother -eeing?1 A+ina ins seeping.1

1And your -ather? Where is your -ather, Kir? &s he here somehere?1

Kit sienty shook his head and ooked grim.

1"id you remain here the hoe time?1 A+ina e%aimed deightedy,

gi*ing Toi*o a triumphant ook.

1/e ame +ak -or his mode,1 Toi*o reminded her.

1That doesn>t matter. 0ou eren>t a-raid to ome +ak, ere you, Kir?1

1Why +e a-raid o- them, Grandma A+ina?1 Kir grum+ed, trying to side

around her.

1& don>t kno, & don>t kno,1 A+ina said pee*ishy. 1But your -ather,

-or instane...1

12ather asn>t the east +it -rightened. Rather, he as a-raid, +ut -or

$ama and -or me. &t>s ust in a that e%itement he didn>t see ho kind

they ere...1

1!ot kind, misera+e@1 A+ina orreted him.

1They eren>t misera+e, Grandma A+ina@1 Kir said indignanty,

spreading his arms ike an untrained tragedian. 1They ere merry theyanted to pay@ They kept -ipping around@1

Grandma A+ina smied ondesendingy.

& an>t hep stressing a irumstane that *ery auratey

harateri;es Toi*o Gumo* as a orker. &- there had +een a green

pro+ationer in his pae, he oud ha*e deided that "uremar as trying to

on-use things and that the piture in genera as per-ety ear# 2eming

reated a ne type o- em+ryophore, his monsters had esaped, he oud go o--

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to seep, and report in the morning.

An e%periened orker '' say, Sandro $t+e*ari '' oud not ha*e had

o--ee ith Basi em+ryophores o- a ne type ere no oke. /e oud ha*e

immediatey sent out tenty'-i*e s serious. But that>s not the sme o- su-ur. /ysteria

pani? Coser, muh armer. But most important '' the strange od ady -rom

ottage num+er 5. There@ 3ani, hysteria, esape, emergeny st e*en try to e%pain it. /e simpy aited -or her

to ake up to ask her a -e t thought o- ha*ing a +ite ith Basi,1 he ater tod me, 1i- & had

rushed o-- to report to you right a-ter my inter*ie ith that Tosto*, &

oud ha*e remained ith the impression that nothing mysterious had taken

pae in :itte 3esha, nothing e%ept id pani aused +y an in*asion o-

strange animas. But aong ame the +oy Kir and Grandma A+ina, and they+rought an essentia dissonane to the ordery +ut primiti*e sheme...1

>Thought o- ha*ing a +ite1 as the ay he put it. 3ro+a+y so as not to

aste time trying to put into ords the *ague and trou+ing sensations that

had aused him to stay around.

:&TT:4 34S/A. T/4 SA$4 "A0. A$.

Kir managed to stu-- himse- into the ;ero'a+in ith the gaey in his

arms and *anished o-- to his 3etro;a*odsk. Basi took o-- his monstrous

aket, -opped don in the grass in the shade, and apparenty do;ed o--.

Grandma A+ina -oated o-- to her ottage num+er 5.

Toi*o did not go +ak to the pa*iion he sat don on the grass,

rossed his egs, and aited.

!othing speia as happening in :itte 3esha. Cast'iron 7urgen +aed

-rom time to time in his ottage, num+er m' something a+out the eather,

something a+out the ri*er, and something a+out his *aation. A+ina, sti

a in hite, appeared on her *eranda and sat don under the aning. /er

*oie, meodi and o, reahed Toi*o '' she must ha*e +een taking on the

*ideophone. 1"uremar1 Tosto* appeared in his -ied o- *ision se*era times.

/e as hanging around the ottages, rouhing don, e%amining the ground,

digging into the +ushes, sometimes e*en raing aong.

At se*en'thirty, Toi*o got up, ent into the u+, and aed his

mother on the *ideo. The usua hek'in a. /e as a-raid that the dayoud +e *ery +usy and he oudn>t ha*e another time to a. They taked

a+out this and that. Toi*o tod her that he had met an aged +aerina named

A+ina. Coud it +e the A+ina the Great a+out hom he had heard so muh in

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:e* Tosto* as approahing the u+ at a -ast pae, irritatedy a*ing

his e-t arm he as pressing a *ouminous pakage to his hest ith his

right hand. At the entrane o- the pa*iion, he stopped, and ith a s +e +ak@ Soon@1

/e notied Toi*o ooking at him, and e%pained, as i- in apoogy 1An

e%traordinariy strange story. & ha*e to get to the +ottom o- it.1

/e ent into the ;ero'a+in, and then nothing happened -or s -amiy. A ta man umped out o- the gider, ran up the steps

ighty, and, turning +ak to the gider, aed# 14*erything>s a right@

!othing and no one@1 Whie Toi*o aked o*er aross the ss name as Oeg Oego*ih 3ankrato*, and he as a eturer in

the Sykty*kar Shoo "istrit +e-ore that, -or amost thirty years, he had

+een an astroarhaeoogist, orking in 2okine>s group, taking part in the

e%pedition to Kaa'i'$oog (a.k.a. the 1parado%ia panet $orokhasi1), and

in genera had seen the ord in a its shades. /e as a *ery am man,

e*en phegmati, ith hands ike sho*es. "ependa+e, sturdy, su+stantia,

you oudn>t +udge him ith a +udo;er. /is -ae as hite and

rosy'heeked, ith +ue eyes, a potato nose, and reddish hair, ike the

mythi arrior &ya $uromets...

And there as nothing strange in the -at that during the e*ents o- the

night the spouses had +eha*ed t ha*e time

to +e -astidious...

Oh, none o- us +eha*ed *ery e, +ut sti, you an>t et yourse- go

ike some peope. Some o- them are sti in shok. 2roo* had to +e

hospitai;ed right in Sua. They had to pu him out o- the gider part +y

part he had reay ost it... Grigorian and -amiy didn>t e*en stay in

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Sua they rushed into the ;ero'a+in, a -our o- them, and headed straight

-or $ir;a'Chare. Grigorian shouted in -aree# 1Anyhere, as ong as it>s

-ar and -ore*er@1

Mosya understood Grigorian *ery e. She had ne*er e%periened

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Oeg Oego*ih istening to his +eo*ed ith a grin -rom ear to ear,

suddeny stopped smiing, and his e%pression +eame one o- onern, as i-

something had shaken his *ery -oundations. Toi*o ooked and sa that the

inonsoa+e and disappointed 4rnst 7urgen as standing in the dooray o-

his ottage num+er , no onger in his ra+'athing et suit, +ut in a

+eige out-it ith a -at an o- +eer in one hand and a oossa sandih

ith something red and hite in the other, and he as +ringing -irst one

hand and then the other to his mouth, heing and saoing, and staring

aross the ss 4rnst@1 Mosya e%aimed. 1And you said e*eryone e-t@1

1Ama;ing@1 Oeg Oego*ih said soy ith that same orried ook.

14rnst, as you see, aso as not -rightened o--,1 Mosya said, not

ithout maie.

1& see,1 Oeg Oego*ih repied.

/e kne something a+out that 4rnst 7urgen, and he had ne*er e%peted

him to +e here a-ter ast night /e shoudn>t ha*e +een here no, on his on*eranda, drinking +eer and eating +oied rara+s. !o, 4rnst 7urgen shoud

ha*e hightaied it +ak to Titan or e*en -arther.

And Toi*o hurried to set things straight, and tod them that 4rnst

7urgen had not +een in the *iage ast night, that he had +een -ishing

se*era kiometers upri*er. Mosya as *ery disappointed, and Oeg Oego*ih,

as it seemed to Toi*o Gumo*, e*en sighed in reie-.

1That>s another story@1 he said. 10ou shoud ha*e said so in the -irst

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1And hat did they ahie*e ith their tehnoogy?1 & asked.

Toi*o as ooking dreariy out the indo, his ga;e -ooing the Coud

Settement, unhurriedy -oating somehere o*er the southern su+ur+s o-

S*erdo*sk.

1!othing essentiay ne,1 he repied. 1They re'reated the most

pro+a+e appearane o- the animas. Their anayses ere the same as those o-

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ga*e in to unontroa+e pani. $e de*i in a medie*a *iage. Tota oss

o- se-'ontro. 3eope ran -rom :itte 3esha. 3eope ran -rom 4arth. !o

the seond group# ;oo tehniian Anatoy Sergeye*ih and artist Mosya

:yado*a, though -rightened at -irst, -ind the strength to return, and the

artist had e*en seen something harming in the reatures. And -inay, the

edery +aerina and Kir. And, & suppose, 3ankrato*, :yado*a>s hus+and They

eren>t -rightened at a. On the ontrary. "ispersion o- reations,1 he

repeated.

& sa hat he anted -rom me. A the onusions ere on the spae.

Someone had run an e%periment on arti-iia seetion in :itte 3esha,

di*iding up peope, aording to their reations, into those ho are orthy

o- something. 7ust as that someone made a seetion -i-teen years ago in the

su+spae setor at entrane F5D8. And there as no s on*ining.1

& must ha*e sounded a -ase note, +eause Toi*o suddeny raised his

hite ashes and stared at me.

1&s that a?1 & asked immediatey.

10es,1 he repied. 1That>s it.1

12ine. :et>s ait -or the e%perts> resuts. What are you panning to do

no? Go to +ed?1

/e sighed. Barey perepti+y. A ess ontroed person in his pae

oud ha*e +een insoent. But Toi*o said, 1& don>t kno. &> pro+a+y go do

some more ork & ha*e to -inish the head ount today.1

1The haes?1

10es.1

12ine,1 & said. 1Whate*er you ant. But tomorro, pease ea*e -or

Kharko*.1

Toi*o>s hite eye+ros ent up, +ut he said nothing.

1"o you kno hat the &nstitute o- 4entris is?1 & asked.

10es. Kikin tod me.1

!o & raised my +ros. $entay. "amn them a. They ere out o-

ontro. "id & ha*e to arn eah one e*ery time to ath his tongue? This

asn>t CO$CO!'8 +ut a u+house...

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1And hat did Kikin te you?1

1That it>s a +ranh o- the &nstitute o- $etapsyhi Researh. They

study the imits and +eyond the imits o- the human psyhe. &t>s hok -u

o- eird peope.1

1Right,1 & said. 10ou>re going there tomorro. :isten to your

assignment.1

& -ormuated his assignment this ay. On $arh 89, the &nstitute o-

4entris in Kharko* as honored +y the presene o- the -amous Wi;ard -rom

the panet Saraksh. Who as the Wi;ard? /e as ithout a dou+t a mutant.

$oreo*er, he as the ord and master o- a mutants in the radioati*e

unges +eyond Bue Snake. /e had many ama;ing a+iities, inuding the -at

that he as a psyhorat. What as a psyhorat? That as the genera term

-or reatures apa+e o- su+ordinating someone ese>s psyhe. Besides hih,

the Wi;ard as a reature o- e%traordinary inteetua poer, one o- those

sapiens ho need no more than a drop o- ater to onude the e%istene o-

oeans. The Wi;ard ame to 4arth on a pri*ate *isit. 2or some reason the

thing that interested him most as the &nstitute o- 4entris. 3erhaps he

sought others ike him e don>t kno. The *isit as panned -ar -our days,+ut he e-t a-ter an hour. /e ent +ak to Saraksh and *anished in his

radioati*e unges.

p unti that point, my introdution to Toi*o Gumo* as the truth and

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1& don>t see the onnetion...1

10ou i,1 & promised.

/e said nothing.

1And i- there is no onnetion, a the +etter,1 & said.

1/e>s a Wi;ard, understand? A rea Wi;ard, & kno him. A rea Wi;ard

-rom -airy taes, ith a taking +ird on his shouder and a the other

aoutrements. And he>s a Wi;ard -rom another panet, yet. & desperatey

need him@1

1A possi+e ay,1 To*o add ith a eak interrogati*e intonation.

There, he e%pained it to himse-. !o he oud ork ike the damned.

$ay+e he oud e*en -ind the Wi;ard, hih, to te the truth, & dou+ted.

1Bear in mind,1 & said, 1that in Kharko* you i represent yourse- as

a orker o- the Big CO$CO!. That>s not a o*er Big CO$CO! reay is ooking-or the Wi;ard.1

1A right,1 he said.

1&s that it? Then go. Go, go. $y +est to Asya.1

/e e-t, and at ast & as aone. 2or se*era +iss-u minutes. nti

the ne%t *ideophone a. And in those +iss-u moments & deided -or sure#

& had to go to Athos. &mmediatey, +eause one he ent in -or surgery, &

oud ha*e no one near+y to hom & oud go.

CO$CO!'8 S*erdo*sk To Kammerer.

"iretor o- the Bioenter T3O Gor+atsky.

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e*erything ese. When something +eomes dear, &> +e sure to et you kno.

2eming

:oer 3esha. 59#6D

3.S. $ay+e you>*e earned something through our hannes? &- you ha*e,

et me kno immediatey. 2or the ne%t three days, &> +e in :oer 3esha.

3.3.S. Coud it +e the Wanderers a-ter a? "amn it, oudn>t that +e

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e%istene o- massi*e modes (around 5DD kg) annot e%eed se*era seonds.

F. The goa o- reating a -uy disso*ing em+ryophore has e%isted a

ong time, +ut un-ortunatey it is sti -ar -rom +eing reso*ed. 4*en the

most modern tehnoogy is hepess to reate shes that oud -uy +eome

part o- the de*eopment ye.

9. $irosopi +iomehanisms in genera ha*e high mo+iity (up to 5,DDD

times their on si;e per minute). As -or ed modes, the reord hoder -or

no is mode KS'6, 1/oppity,1 hih an de*eop direted and stimuated

speeds o- up to 9 mse.

. &t an +e maintained ith ompete auray that any o- the e%isting

+iomehanisms i reat autey and unam+i*aenty (negati*ey) to a

natura +io-ied. That is +uit into the geneti system o- e*ery

+iomehanism '' and not out o- ethia onsiderations, as one might think,

+ut +eause any natura +io-ied ith an intensity o- more than D.6 G" (the

+io-ied o- a kitten) reates irrepara+e git;es in the signaing netork

o- a +iomehanism.

. Regarding energy +aane, the reease o- em+ryophores or+iomehanisms ith the parameters desri+ed in your


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in Borispo. 4duation# &nstitute o- 3syhoogy, Kie* Contro "epartment,

Kie* . speia ourse in higher and anomaous etoogy, Spit Basi orks

'' in the area o- metapsyhoogy, diso*ered the :ogo*enko &mpuse, a.k.a.

1t'spike mentogram.1 One o- the -ounders o- the Kharko* +ranh o- the

&nstitute o- $etapsyhi Researh.)

". :ogo*enko tod me that he personay had met the Wi;ard in the

morning o- $arh 89 on the osmodrome at $ir;a'Chare and aompanied him

right into the &nstitute +uiding. With them ere the department head Bogdan

Gaidai and the Wi;ard>s esort -rom CO$CO!'5, Borya :apte*, hom e kno.

Arri*ing at the &nstitute, the Wi;ard deined the traditiona

reeption and e%pressed a desire immediatey to +egin getting to kno the

ork o- the &nstitute and their ients. Then ". :ogo*enko turned o*er the

Wi;ard to the are o- B. Gaidai and ne*er taked to the Wi;ard again.

What as the Wi;ard>s goa at the &nstitute, in your opinion?

:OGOE4!KO# The Wi;ard didn>t say anything a+out it to me. CO$CO!

in-ormed us that the Wi;ard aegedy anted to -amiiari;e himse- ith our

ork, and e ere gad to o--er him that opportunity. !ot ithout our oninterest, +y the ay# e hoped to study him. We had ne*er orked on a

psyhorat o- suh poer, and -rom another panet to +oot.

What did your study sho?

:OGOE4!KO# We did not study him. The Wi;ard ut short his *isit totay

une%petedy.

Why do you suppose he did that?

:OGOE4!KO# We are ost in oneture. 3ersonay, here is hat & think

/e as introdued to $ihe "esmond, a poymenta. And the Wi;ard noted

something in $ihe that sipped past us. And hate*er is as either

-rightened him or insuted him, in a ord, shoked him so muh that

he no onger anted to dea ith us. "on>t -orget, he>s a psyhorat,

an inteetua, +ut +y +irth, up+ringing, and ord*ie, i- you ike, he>s

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o- our methods o- diso*ery, and they shoked the Wi;ard?

This "esmond>s seond ord doesn>t shok you?

:OGOE4!KO# & get your point. !o. !ot at a. But & must te you that

the mentosopist ho -irst ooked into the ord e%periened a pro-ound

shok. 3rimariy +eause he thought that $ihe as a seret agent -or the

Wanderers, a 3rogressor -rom an aien ord.

/o did you determine that this asn>t the -at?

:OGOE4!KO# 0ou an rea% on that sore. There is no orreation +eteen

$ihe>s +eha*ior and the -untioning o- the seond onsiousness. The

neigh+oring onsiousnesses o- a poymenta do not interat. &n prinipe,

they annot interat, +eause they -untion in di--erent panes. /ere is a

rude anaogy. &magine a shado sho. The shados proeted on the sreen

annot interat. O- ourse, there are *arious -antasti ideas, +ut they are

merey -antasti.

$y on*ersation ith ". :ogo*enko ended here, and & as introdued to

B. A. Gaidai.

(Gaidai, Bogdan Arkhipo*ih, master o- psyhoogy. Born 7une 5D, 99 in

$idde Buda. 4duation# &nstitute o- 3syhoogy, Kie* speia ourses in

higher and anomaous etoogy, Spit Basi orks in the metapsyhoiogy.

Sine = has +een orking in the "epartment o- 3syhoprogaostis, sine =6

head o- the a+oratory o- &nstrument Contro, sine =F hie- o- the

"epartment o- &ntrapsyhi Tehnoogy.)

An e%erpt Gem the on*ersation#

&n your opinion, hat interested the Wi;ard most at the &nstitute?

GA&"A 0ou kno, & ha*e the impression that the Wi;ard had +een

misin-ormed. &t>s not surprising e*en here on 4arth many peope don>t

understand our ork, so hat an you say a+out the 3rogressors ith hom the

Wi;ard deas in Saraksh? & remem+er that & as immediatey surprised that

the Wi;ard, an e%traterrestria, anted .to see ony our institute out o-

the hoe panet 4arth... & think this is hy. Bak on Saraksh +e is king o-

the mutants, so to speak, and he, pro+a+y has many pro+ems as a resut#

they degenerate, get sik, they need treatment, support. Whie our

1eentris1 are aso a type o- mutant, and he imagined that he oud pik

up use-u in-ormation at the &nstitute, he pro+a+y thought e had something

ike a ini here.

And seeing his mistake, he turned and e-t?

GA&"A 4%aty. /e turned a +it too sharpy, & guess and e-t a ittetoo -ast. But ater a, may+e that>s ho they +eha*e there.

What did you tak a+out ith him?

GA&"A We didn>t tak a+out anything. & ony heard his *oie one. &

asked him hat he oud ike to see, and he repied, 14*erything you> sho

me.1 /is *oie, & might add, as rather repusi*e, ike that o- a rothety

ith.

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