Millennium (1999)
“I threw my cigarette at him, simply because I didn’t have anything heavier close at hand. The butt never reached him. There’s a little laser mounted in one corner of my room, equipped with a little radar and a little brain; it tracked the butt and zapped it to plasma before it had gone two feet. I know, I know, what will modern science think of next, but it beats hell out of ashtrays.
“I’ll call you an ambulance in a minute.”
“There are some things I honestly can’t tell you, Louise,” he said.
“...What can you tell me, then?”
He seemed to think it over for a while.
“Did your message really say you couldn’t tell anybody what was in it?” I prompted.
“Yes. With certain exceptions.”
“Like what?”
“Like you. I am allowed to tell you certain things. At certain times.”
“To manipulate me.”
“Yes.”
I stared at him bleakly, and he stared back. To give him credit, he didn’t look smug about it.
“So many levels…” I said.
“Yes.”
“I mean, you telling me, admitting to me, that you can tell me certain things at certain times, for purposes of manipulation…that’s manipulation right there.”MoreLess
“I’ll call you an ambulance in a minute.”
“There are some things I honestly can’t tell you, Louise,” he said.
“...What can you tell me, then?”
He seemed to think it over for a while.
“Did your message really say you couldn’t tell anybody what was in it?” I prompted.
“Yes. With certain exceptions.”
“Like what?”
“Like you. I am allowed to tell you certain things. At certain times.”
“To manipulate me.”
“Yes.”
I stared at him bleakly, and he stared back. To give him credit, he didn’t look smug about it.
“So many levels…” I said.
“Yes.”
“I mean, you telling me, admitting to me, that you can tell me certain things at certain times, for purposes of manipulation…that’s manipulation right there.”MoreLess
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