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An hour passed in silence. Then Harabond held up a hand and Guy turned the instrument off. "So," he said to the Council, "you see that my interest is for Ertene!"
"A man who is capable of developing an instrument such as this," said Harabond, "is more than capable of distorting its output to his own purpose!"