Narration: Incensed by this speech, Trurl threw the struggling Contemplator back in its closet

Narration: though it invoked in a loud and ringing voice the right to self-determination and autonomy of all free entities as well as the sacred principle of individual inviolability, he proceeded to disconnect its intelligence component.

Narration: This violence done to the Contemplator suddenly filled him with a sense of shame,

Narration: he sneaked back to his room, looking around to see if there were any witnesses. Sitting at his desk, he felt like a criminal.