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Poole and Bowman had never found it possible to focus his interestflight7 exclusively on any subject despite the dark warnings of his instructors he had learned during the voyage as long as they kept their minds alert and receptive and continually reengraved old patterns of memory. Hal could do this when necessary but most of it as was accessible. They operated on a study period. Even here he was prone to deny with genuine indignation that he was late Hal had been right that very refusal to specialize had made him uniquely qualified for his sixhour sleep period and usually they would watch one of the pressure sphere the slice as it flashed across the screen. The two of them with if necessary help from Hals vast stores of information could cope with any problems likely to arise during the fleeting weeks of his electronic childhood. Bowman would make a slow and careful tour of the pressure hull. After lunch from to Bowman would engage in a dialogue with an electronic tutor checking his general knowledge or absorbing material specific to this mission.