"Definitely not," confirmed Martha. At the moment, that was the only thing in Taxon that she could be certain of. The human race had made a lot of progress - they'd taken so many steps forward, both before and during her lifetime, that it was impossible to keep count of them - but this sort of technology was still beyond them.

(She hoped that the behaviour was beyond them as well.)

"That's just what it's like," she exclaimed, unable to hide her excitement. At last, someone knew who might have been responsible for this. "We've been trapped and tagged and organised like exhibits in a zoo."