“What is it doing?” Sorley asked. His eyes fell in on the fractally regressive gears smoothly rearranging dumb matter into information. <\/p>\n
The lieutenant peered over his daily rag, squint-eyed with incredulity. “It’s calculating,” he said. And–flick!–up went the paper, hiding his face.<\/p>\n
Finding an engine like that was rare enough on its own. But here was one in a jail cell, and its keeper so accustomed to his ward that he had become immunized to the wonder of it.<\/p>\n
“Calculating what?” Sorley ventured.<\/p>\n
The lieutenant drooped his paper again and regarded Sorley. The lieutenant had not considered this question. He opened his mouth to speak, and the engine fell abruptly silent.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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