Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 48 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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TABARNI DOCUMENT consult a personal file without permission. bothered with the personal files for decades now. How- ever, aS you would say your- self, one cannot be too care- ful.” He left Takato alone at the control panel. The Constructor touched some of the _ delicately- balanced keys gently and soon acquainted himself with the character of the console. Then he looked carefully about him to make sure that he was not observed. Eagerly he leaned forward. The touch of his small fingers sent a flurry of colour along the row of meters and the needles on the dials danced impulsively. A photo-index strip shot out on to a tray. He picked it up and slipped it into a viewing box. A few turns of the side screw and he saw the images clearly. He was looking at his own personal record. Son Takato, born on planet Mars of Martian female Eon No one _ has 25 Jarno and Terrist Colonel Takato at 1824 hours on Day Plus Eight in Abolute Year 336. Birth certificate, vac- cination certificates, physical description, psychological analysis. He clicked over the routine records until he came to the Sterile Belt college report. ‘ Expression of heresies. Self- confessed peace-lover. Lack of respect for masters,” he read slowly. His knowledge of Systematic Cyphers was not good. He had a little difficulty in translating the strange phonetic groups. “Great aptitude in studies. Quick and original brain. Inventive turn of mind.” He smiled and looked at the image of Hunt’s florid, good- natured, worried face. There was little more. A deposition from his father, submitted to the Central Council. It was, in fact, a special intercession for his life. It bore the Council’s counter - stamp. Thought Guardian’s report on_ his Lunar activities. “ Drinks comicloooks.conn