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One had the unmistakable sense, a terrifying illusion, that the machine was alive, though one knew this to be impossible. - (Conspirators of Gor, Chapter 32, Sentence #56)

I heard another note on the bar, and the room was then quiet, redolent with an expectant silence. I began then to feel hair rising on the back of my neck, and on my scalp, and forearms. Noises, clearly Kur noises, though with a sense of having been artificially produced, had begun to emanate from the machine. One had the unmistakable sense, a terrifying illusion, that the machine was alive, though one knew this to be impossible. Something, however, somehow, was surely controlling the device, expressing itself through the device, perhaps perceiving through the device. Dialogue apparently took place, largely between Lucius, Timarchos, and Lysymachos, and the machine. Certainly they spoke to it, regarded it, and treated it, as though it were alive, rational, conscious, and such. - (Conspirators of Gor)