CHAPTER 14
The sane person knows how much responsibility he can handle and refuses to accept more.
—Anthropos, The Sane Mind
Because the gods had been unable to stir from their suspension chambers, their entire control over this vast computer complex came directly from their increasingly senile brains. Air and light continued to be provided automatically, so Dev at long last agreed they could remove their helmets; but killing the gods stopped the non-automatic computer functions, which could cause potential problems.
The gods hadn’t always been hooked directly into the computer, however. At the far end of the rows, after they destroyed the last of the creatures, Dev found an enormous computer console, with diagrams laid out beside it for the master control of this entire mountain. The
