XLIX
"You didn't stay long with your friends," said Trevor.
Sutton shook his head. "We had a disagreement."
"Something about this Cradle business?"
"You might call it that," said Sutton. "It goes a good deal deeper. The fundamental prejudices rooted between androids and humans."
"Herkimer killed an android who brought him a message about the Cradle," Trevor said.
"He thought it was someone that you sent. Someone masquerading as an android. That is why he killed him."
Trevor pursed his mouth sanctimoniously. "Too bad," he said. "Too bad. Mind telling me how he recognized the…might we call it the deception?"
"That is something," Sutton said, "that I'm not telling you."
Trevor labored at acting unconcerned. "The main point is," he said, "that it didn't work."