The communicator fell silent and he and the girl
waited, neither of them speaking. They would not
have to wait long; the computers would give the
answer within moments of the asking. The new
factors would be fed into the steel maw of the first
bank and the electrical impulses would go through
the complex circuits. Here and there a relay might
click, a tiny cog turn over, but it would be
essentially the electrical impulses that found the
answer; formless, mindless, invisible, determining
with utter precision how long the pale girl beside
him might live. Then a second steel maw would
spit out the answer.
Question
How does this paragraph relate to the title
of the story? Write your answer in your
notes.
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