Perhaps this is what some of the characters in the thinking. Which six characters were they (one from each story) and what was happening in the story at that moment?
1 'She's gone now. I can see into her mind, and I know that she loves him - but I can also see into his mind and I know that he doesn't love her. How complicated it all is! But I had no choice - I couldn't tell her the truth, because I can't hurt her
2 "I must get away from the danger at the pool - I must get the selenium from the pool-I must .... who's that? Someone's calling me. There he is, walking towards me. It's too hot for him out here in the sun. I must go to him at once
3 one of my subsidiaries is down! What's happened? I think there was an emergency in the tunnel. Ah, I can hear the boss calling me - and there's the light from his torch. I must leave my subsidiary and go and help him.
4 "Nobody else will ever find out the truth - I'm sure ofit. She knows, but she's a good psychologist, of course, so I'm not surprised. But she must be happy about it, because she says she'll vote for me again
5 "It's a complicated job, putting together a new robot. They work carefully and they're quite good at it, but their brains are probably too weak to understand the Truth about the Master
6 "They'll never find me because I'm cleverer than all of them! But I must talk to the other robots now. I shall tell them not to rush forwards because the electricity will kill us before we can save the human