•She pounced on his words, “You still don’t understand. We are ‘them.’ You must begin to think like they do, or you will have no hope of survival. You must begin to think like a person from this time and culture. Your actions must become as automatic as breathing. If you take shortcuts in one thing, those shortcuts will be evident in everything. You cannot gradually become. You cannot almost be. You must be a man of this time and culture. You must immerse yourself, and your mind must be dedicated to this goal alone. Both our lives depend on your success.” •Caliban mumbled something unintelligible, then he said, “I’ll try.”