Chapter 27

"Then perhaps you can help us with him. When he arrived here, he was in a state of acute shock in which he was almost violent. He kept screaming about witchcraft and all sorts of Terran nonsense. We gave him as much treatment as we could, under the circumstances, and he stopped acting like a wildman." "How is he now?" "Numb. He's sitting on his bed, in a special room, and staring at the wall." "He isn't out of his mind, is he?" "I don't think so, but he has had a tremendous strain and shock. It'll take awhile. He i…