(urth) Someday they'll want us.

[James Wynn]

> My understanding is that Mr. Million and his successors are exceedingly
> narcisisstic, which is why they continue to clone themselves. Their
> thinking is that the goal of planetary or even inter-planetary rule could,
> of course, be accomplished by such a superior person if only they had more
> than one lifetime to pursue the goal. Frustration is expressed over the fact
> that after several lifetimes they have not progressed beyond being an
> aristocratic pimp on St. Croix. So the "us" is the sucession of clones and the
> "they" are the fellow humans who refuse to acknowledge and submit to his
> superiority.
>    

I think the only manipulator who actually counts is Mr. Million. All the 
other clones are his test subjects. Note that Auntie Jeanine died rather 
precipitously after she began acting as though she owned the house.

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