"Kotenko isn't just another glaciologist or meteorologist," Chandler
said. "His forte is pure science--creative science."
"But he's impractical." Marta sat back in her chair. "You were the
first to point out the weaknesses of his greenhouse plan. In fact, you
were rather vehement about it before the conference. What happened to
change your mind?"
Chandler didn't answer. Instead, he stared disinterestedly at the snowy
moonlit peaks distorted by the curvature of the transparent tubeway
walls. Marta touched his arm.
"I don't mean to get personal," she said. "But you seem to have changed
a great deal quite suddenly. You're colder, as if you had lost your
sense of humor somehow."