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His thoughts floating in foul, lifeless river, finally Masqood
remembered the face and voice of his maternal grandfather, and these
words:
“The bad men of this world can only kill you once. But they can
make you afraid forever … if you’re inclined to help them.”
Masqood stood. “Excuse me, Sam. But I need to go meet the
future. Write a first draft of a message about Second Contact, to be
delivered via hyperspace to Earth Central, Corps HQ.”
In the corridor between spaceships beings faced each other.
“Hello,” Tep-ibo said after a moment.
Masqood almost said the same thing in return.
But his culture, his faith, his tradition provided a better choice.
“Peace be unto you.”
“What is the greatest virtue among the beings of Earth?”
“Tolerance.”
“And the greatest fault?”
“Tolerance.”
“Kifi of the Earth, that makes no sense. The Unique would not
allow such disorder.”
“Tolerance of things that should be tolerated, and tolerating
things that shouldn’t. In your scans of my ship, have you seen the
name ‘Allah’?”
“One of your names for the Unique.”
“What creates us, sustains us is Allah. But our supreme crime
reduce our or others’ humanity in His name”
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