You bustle around with a blank, gray face, just like the men in gray themselves - indeed, you've joined their ranks.
The disease has a name. It's called deadly tedium.″ Momo shivered.
″You mean,″ she said, ″unless you hand over all the time there is, they'll turn people into creatures like themselves?″ ″Yes,″ the professor replied.
That's how they hope to bully me into it.″ He rose and turned away. ″I've waited till now for people to get rid of those pests.
They could have done so - after all, it was they who brought them into existence in the first place - but I can't wait any longer.
I must do something, and I can't do it on my own.″ He looked Momo in the eye. ″Will you help me?″ ″Yes,″ she whispered.
If you do, you'll be running an incalculable risk. It will be up to you whether the world begins to live again or stands still forever and a day.
Are you really prepared to take that risk?″Yes,″ Momo repeated, and this time her voice was firm.
In that case,″ said the professor, ″listen carefully to what I'm going to tell you, because you'll be all on your own.
I won't be able to help you, nor will anyone else.″ Momo nodded, gazing at him intently.
I must begin by telling you that I never sleep,″ he said. ″If I dozed off, time would stand still and the world would come to a stop.
If there were no more time, the men in gray would have none left to steal.
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