Thief of Time - React

'He is beyond fast,' said Lu-Tze. 'I think he may begin to react to things before they happen.'

'How can anyone tell that? Want teddy want teddy wanna wanna TEDDY!'

'I put him in front of the Device of Erratic Balls in the senior dojo and he was moving towards the right hole fractionally before the ball came out.'

'Some kind of gurgle telepathy, then?'

'If a simple machine has a mind of its own I think we're in really big trouble,' said Lu-Tze.

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The Thief of Time - p69