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''184'' 〃Ask him what?〃 Harry said。
〃His full name。〃
Ted said; 〃I personally feel we should have much more substantive conversations…〃
〃…I'd like the full name;〃 Barnes said。 〃For the report。〃
〃Right;〃 Ted said。 〃Full name; rank; and serial number。〃
〃I would remind you; Dr。 Fielding; that I am in charge here。〃
Harry said; 〃The first thing we have to do is to see if he'll talk at all。 Let's give him the first number grouping。〃
He typed:
00032125252632
There was a pause; then the answer came back:
00032125252632
〃Okay;〃 Harry said。 〃Jerry's listening。〃
He made some notes on his pad and typed another string of numbers:
00029213013210613182108142232
〃What did you say?〃 Beth said。
〃 'We are friends;' 〃 Harry said。
〃Forget friends。 Ask his damn name;〃 Barnes said。
〃Just a minute。 One thing at a time。〃
Ted said; 〃He may not have a last name; you know。〃
〃You can be damn sure;〃 Barnes said; 〃that his real name isn't Jerry。〃
The response came back:
0004212232
〃He said; 'Yes。' 〃
〃Yes; what?〃 Barnes said。
〃Just 'yes。' Let's see if we can get him to switch over to English characters。 It'll be easier if he uses letters and not his number codes。〃
〃How're you going to get him to use letters?〃
〃We'll show him they're the same;〃 Harry said。
He typed:
00032125252632 = HELLO。
After a short pause; the screen blinked:
00032125252632 = HELLO。
''185'' 〃He doesn't get it;〃 Ted said。
〃No; doesn't look like it。 Let's try another pairing。〃
He typed:
0004212232 = YES。
The reply came back:
0004212232 = YES。
〃He's definitely not getting it;〃