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De Morel (thinking): I could have been the one to save this station.
De Morel (thinking): All I would have had to do was recognize I was on the wrong path, become aware that the robots have their own goals, learn that they wanted to cyberform a gas giant moon, discover what an aldrin cycler is and then make the leap that this station could be converted into one.
De Morel (thinking): If I'm going to be honest, I have to admit that the step least likely to have occurred is that first one.