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6                                                              ECLIPSE 
         ADUMB LINX MEETS AUNTY SCIENCE

his laboratory assistant, bfor the old experimenter's discredence & disgrace. The plates on his forehead a little more lined with scratches, perhaps; a new dent or 2 upon his againg frame; eyes a little less aglow; here & there incipient rust; yet withal, U probly coud count on the "Count" for another 10 yrs, if his battrys were recharged regularly.
   "Aht o, old mech!" Adumb blurted, involuntarily lapsing into the unforgotten familiar name. For once Ahto von Rednib had been a name of fame, bfor the flesh experiments that had atricken him from the rolls of reputable scientists. "Ahto is a Theist!" the respectable, precise, atheistic mechanical minds had judged the errant savant. "He woud have dealings with deity. Dismiss him from the university, & dishonor to his name!"
   "Adumb, my robl come in," urged Ahto. "Hurry!"
   The old mech led him to the lab, pusht him excitedly into a brilliantly lit room; pointed proudly to something vaguely robot-looking lying motionless on a table-top; cryd "Look! It lives!"
   Adumb's eyes glowd ultramarine-fleckt-with-green in awe at what he saw. "U've done it?" he gaspt.
   "Living flesh! exulted von Rednib. "I call it....a human being!"
   The silence of one stunned. Then Adumb, having turned the tone-dial to Barely Audible Whisper, whispered, barely audibly, "But Ahto, have U considered--it may have a soul!"
   At this the monstrous travesty of a robot slid from the slab & confronted the 2 automatons, who stood paralyzed with fear of the Unknown. Taking advantage of their terrifyd inaction, the human flung itself upon von Rednib, blinding him with a savage blow of superobotic strength, by smashing his sensitive fotoelectricells. At this, Adumb woke from his lethargy--& started to run.

   But the horrible human easily overtook him, dragged him back to the laboratory. It had the strength of 3 robots!

   "I have need of U, tin can," it informed him, callously. "U once were Dr von Rednib's assistant: U can create me a mate!"
   "Never!" raord Adumb, fullblast. "By all that's steely I'll see U in the melting pot first, U jerk, U squeaky, half-cast-iron son of a bedspring, U!" (This was a deadly insult in robotalk, the implication of which the creature caut.)
   A vengeful gleam flasht in the flesh-monster's eye. "& if I shoud kidnap your Madam, adumb--what then?"

   Adumb flusht red as a cover on a science fiction magazine (any copy). 
   "U woudnt dare!" Dissatisfyd with the expression given this statement, he reset the regulator, stammerd "U-U-U woud-woudnt d-dare!"

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6 ECLIPSE ADUMB LINX MEETS AUNTY SCIENCE his laboratory assistant, bfor the old experimenter's discredence & disgrace. The plates on his forehead a little more lined with scratches, perhaps; a new dent or 2 upon his againg frame; eyes a little less aglow; here & there incipient rust; yet withal, U probly coud count on the "Count" for another 10 yrs, if his battrys were recharged regularly. "Aht o, old mech!" Adumb blurted, involuntarily lapsing into the unforgotten familiar name. For once Ahto von Rednib had been a name of fame, bfor the flesh experiments that had atricken him from the rolls of reputable scientists. "Ahto is a Theist!" the respectable, precise, atheistic mechanical minds had judged the errant savant. "He woud have dealings with deity. Dismiss him from the university, & dishonor to his name!" "Adumb, my robl come in," urged Ahto. "Hurry!" The old mech led him to the lab, pusht him excitedly into a brilliantly lit room; pointed proudly to something vaguely robot-looking lying motionless on a table-top; cryd "Look! It lives!" Adumb's eyes glowd ultramarine-fleckt-with-green in awe at what he saw. "U've done it?" he gaspt. "Living flesh! exulted von Rednib. "I call it....a human being!" The silence of one stunned. Then Adumb, having turned the tone-dial to Barely Audible Whisper, whispered, barely audibly, "But Ahto, have U considered--it may have a soul!" At this the monstrous travesty of a robot slid from the slab & confronted the 2 automatons, who stood paralyzed with fear of the Unknown. Taking advantage of their terrifyd inaction, the human flung itself upon von Rednib, blinding him with a savage blow of superobotic strength, by smashing his sensitive fotoelectricells. At this, Adumb woke from his lethargy--& started to run. But the horrible human easily overtook him, dragged him back to the laboratory. It had the strength of 3 robots! "I have need of U, tin can," it informed him, callously. "U once were Dr von Rednib's assistant: U can create me a mate!" "Never!" raord Adumb, fullblast. "By all that's steely I'll see U in the melting pot first, U jerk, U squeaky, half-cast-iron son of a bedspring, U!" (This was a deadly insult in robotalk, the implication of which the creature caut.) A vengeful gleam flasht in the flesh-monster's eye. "& if I shoud kidnap your Madam, adumb--what then?" Adumb flusht red as a cover on a science fiction magazine (any copy). "U woudnt dare!" Dissatisfyd with the expression given this statement, he reset the regulator, stammerd "U-U-U woud-woudnt d-dare!"