Chapter 86 Section five

Burano said sleepily, "Obviously I've made a mistake, Leonor, maybe a fatal one." "Should you admit this kind of thing?" Cordel murmured, but his lips did not move. "They know what I'm thinking, and it won't hurt more to say it; even if you don't move your lips at all, they still know what you're thinking." Burano said: "I really shouldn't act rashly, I should wait until We'll wait until the shield develops stronger." Cordel said, "How do you know, Mayor? If we're going to have to wait until reliability doubles, triples, quadruples, or infinitesimally, then we're going to have to wait forever. To be honest, I'd rather We didn't do it ourselves, it would be better to find a scapegoat to do the experiment first, for example, use your lightning rod Trevize."

Burano let out a long sigh. "I was trying to catch them off guard, Leonor. But anyway, you made my mistake. I should have waited until the shield was stronger. It didn't have to be 100% impenetrable, but at least Quite defensive. I know that the protective shield still has a lot of holes, but I really can't wait. If it is unbreakable, I must have stepped down a long time ago. But I want to complete this big thing during my tenure, and I want to Be there in person. So I act like a fool and lie to myself that the shields are enough and I don't listen to any warnings, like, your doubts fall on deaf ears."

"As long as we are patient, maybe victory will still be ours." "Can you give the order to fire on that spaceship?" "No, I can't, Mayor, the thought doesn't seem to be something I can bear." "Me too, even if you and I try to give the order, I'm sure the crew won't obey because they just can't." "As things stand, that's true, Mayor, but things might change. In fact, there's a new actor now," he said, pointing to the screen. When another ship appears, the ship's computer automatically splits the screen into two, with the new ship appearing on the right side of the screen.

"Can you zoom in on the image, Leonor?" "No problem, that person from the second base is highly skilled, as long as it is harmless to him, we can still do it." "Well," Branor said, looking at the screen, "It's the Far Asterisk, I'm sure. I guess Trevize and Pelorat are on it," and then she said in a bitter tone : "Unless they've been repacked by the Second Foundation too. My lightning rods are really effective - if only my shields were stronger." "Don't worry!" said Cordel. At this time, a voice suddenly sounded in the cockpit, and Burano knew that the voice did not come from sound waves, but directly from her heart.She glanced at Cordel and knew that he had heard the same.

The voice said, "Can you hear me, Mayor Burano? If you can, you don't have to answer. Just think." But Burano said calmly, "Who are you?" "I am Gaia."