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 Have fun, said Koskinen. He walked back to Vivienne. The figures outside
ran here and there, and soon three of them returned carrying laser guns.
 So they actually deduced that, Vivienne said on a note like terror.
 Sure, I never doubted they would. They re not stupid, much. Koskinen
slipped down into the pit with her. They settled themselves on the supply pile.
Sunlight filtered through the openings, touching her hair with a crow s wing
sheen. His heart thudded as he looked at her. The lasers opened fire and she gripped
his hand tightly. But those beams, which could burn through armor plate, were
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unable to do more than warm the concrete and earth mass of the blockhouse very
slightly.
After a while, Marcus s voice said from his minicom:  Let s talk again.
 If it amuses you, Koskinen answered.  But on condition you keep those silly
heat rays elsewhere.
 All right, Marcus said furiously.
 My partner will stay inside here, in case you do try to snipe me, Koskinen
warned.  She s as stubborn about this business as I am. Not without trepidation,
he emerged and went toward Marcus.
The chief looked almost bemused. He ran a hand through his gray hair.
 What s your game, Koskinen? What do you want?
 First, my friends released.
 But they wouldn t be safe!
 Stop lying. A police escort would be ample for them, if there really is any
danger. Since you haven t produced them yet, I know why they re being held and I
can make a pretty good guess how most of them have been treated. My second point
would make them perfectly safe anyhow, since there d be no more reason to snatch
them. I want the facts about the shield, including how to manufacture one, made
public.
 What! Marcus seemed genuinely aghast, so much so that the agents near him
stepped closer. He waved them back and stared at Koskinen. Long gold-colored
light fell across both men and glowed on the leaves behind.
 You re crazy, Marcus said.  You don t know what it d mean.
 So tell me, Koskinen invited.
 Why, every crook would be immune to the police 
 Wouldn t every honest citizen be immune to the crook? Let this thing be
refined further, let it be engineered into a pocketsize gadget which lets you move
about freely while the screen is up, and I d guess there ll be a nearly complete end to
personal violence. Confidence men and such can still be arrested, you know, by
restraining their movements. It d be more difficult than now, but the gain to society
would justify that.
 Maybe so. But I ll tell you what else it would end. Marcus thrust out his jaw.
 The Protectorate. Do you want the atomic wars back?
 The Protectorate won t be needed any more.
 Can this thing withstand an atomic bomb?
 N-no. Not a direct hit or a near miss. But a larger unit would be able to. Every
city could be equipped with a generator, that would go on automatically when a
missile was detected. The only danger would be from bombs smuggled in, and that
isn t too hard to guard against, as you well know.
 There are a billion Chinese, Koskinen. A billion can you understand that
number? We sit on the lid only because we could destroy them faster than they
could charge us. If our weapons were useless against them 
 Why, then you d simply turn on your own barrier field. You won t see hordes
marching across the Bering Strait one winter, or sailing across the Pacific, if that s
what you re afraid of. They d be too easy to stop...without any shooting, even. A big
potential barrier, with the generator anchored to bedrock, would do it.
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Koskinen saw Marcus s face change. Could the idea possibly be getting across?
Hope flared in him.  Look, he continued,  you re missing the essential point. Not
only is war going to become impractical, it isn t even going to be tried. You need a
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