Drednanth: A Tale Of The Final Fall Of Man - Plot & Excerpts
Janya decided, just for something to do on the long flight, to make a semi-detailed academic study of it.This wasn’t easy, because the ables and the eejits weren’t exactly like animals behaving in a normal manner in their natural environments. The eejits were like damaged toys, their actions – or lack thereof – more or less random and only loosely connected to classic stimulus and response. The ables, in contrast, were closely-attuned to their shipboard tasks, and very sensitive to the approach of someone they considered a superior. This meant they would straighten up, stop what they were doing unless it was some crucial piece of maintenance work, and politely ask how they could be of assistance. And the respond-to-a-superior behavioural model applied to every person on board with the possible exceptions of Maladin and Dunnkirk the Bonshooni – Janya, as Head of Science, most certainly qualified even though she was a civilian, and saying “just carry on with your work and pretend I’m not here”
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