“We have been looking for signals, sir. And, now, I understand you will be looking for traces?” “Traces?” “Because we want it to come out into the open.” “You mean force it?” Old Jim asked, and wondered what worlds lay between his definition of “it” and the Medic’s definition. “Yes.” “Why?” “So we can control it or destroy it.” “Do you think that’s my mission?” “What other is there, sir?”
