/tags/solid/Recent content in Solid on Gromet's Plaza ArchiveHugoen-usMon, 22 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2014/09/22/the-experiment-4/Mon, 22 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2014/09/22/the-experiment-4/<p>story continues from <a href="theexperiment3.html">part three</a> Part 4</p> <p>&ldquo;What I don&rsquo;t understand is, why do you insist on controlling production?&rdquo;</p> <p>Selena Warren sighed, glancing around her. Behind her stood Jeremy Wilkes, her former assistant, now full partner as well as lover. After locking gazes with him for a moment, she turned back to the speaker.</p> <p>&ldquo;Major Simmons,&rdquo; she replied, &ldquo;this process is, as you say, extremely useful, with an array of possibilities that almost stagger the mind. Unfortunately, the possibilities for misuse are nearly as great. I will not allow my discovery to be used improperly. I&rsquo;m sorry, but my terms are not open to negotiation. I will, with proper funding, produce and install my discovery as needed for the space program. I will not, under any circumstances, give over the process to the military for open use.&rdquo;</p>