– They're interested in…" silence again.
– Well? – Ruthra couldn't stand it and looked at him impatiently.
– They are interested," the interlocutor said cautiously, as if choosing his words, "in whether Jesus really died on the cross.
– Oh, boy! Cool in your world…or not all is well in the Danish kingdom.
– What?
– You don't have one of these?
– Hamlet's story?
– Yes," replied Ruthra, and at the same instant he realized the absurdity of such an answer, for the "Bedouin" understood since he had mentioned the hero of the novel.
– The worlds are virtually identical.
– It's true, since we had no trouble getting into these bodies.
– Alas, you don't say. There are such curiosities," the rabbi blushed embarrassedly.
– Oh, really? That's interesting.
– Let's go mission by mission. I confess, I've been stuck in worlds for years, and it's no use. I can't figure it out for sure. Then my character gets killed, then I can't get into the right character… Do you know what happened this time? After receiving a signal from your Rangit, I insistently asked you many times to inhabit the right character.
– Oh," Ruthra grinned, "what's wrong with him? – he said cheekily.
And suddenly he became serious: "So, the image of this character and the whole setting was instilled in me and the stage manager by our Rangit. Oh, that's what it is…" And immediately afterward thought of what had been said, the indirect revelation of this ISKIN, the conflict of interest between androids and humans. "So we're already dealing with it, we just haven't paid much attention to it yet. Or maybe he, our Rangit, meant well. It depends on how you look at it, how you perceive it," Ruthra pondered, "on good intentions, as you know…"
– You haven't seen yourself," the Rabbi said firmly, interrupting his musings.
– And who am I?
– You're a rabbi like me, but your clothes are different. You disguise yourself from the same politicians.
– Why's that?
– Long story. In general, we are spiritual leaders of the rebels and at the same time spiritual teachers of the people. A rabbi is a teacher, that's how it translates.
– So what's my name?
– In the course of the mission, we, or rather, our consciousness will be invested in different characters. You know, I, that is, Rangit, can through the eyes, vision, both count everything that is in the brain and instill consciousness into that brain. So get ready.
– That makes sense to me. We've been doing these operations since we were on Earth. Who am I?
– Too bad you can't look at yourself. Although you wouldn't know what he looked like.
– Who am I? – Ruthra asked demandingly.
– You're currently in the body of Joseph of Arimathea – that's a respected rabbi, a local oligarch.
– Woah how… at the moment? – Rutra put the emphasis on that. – Well, thank you.
– Don't thank me, you are the protagonist. You are Jesus' mentor.
Ruthra widened his eyes in amazement.
– Believe me, there are a lot of dark spots in this world, or rather in the real gospel story, a lot of things are not at all as they have come down to us through the centuries.
– I'm in a hurry to find out.
– So do I. So I'd appreciate it if we could exchange the stories we know. First, to compare them, and second, to see if everything is identical.
– Okay. What do you know?
– I told you, I take the history of my world as a basis. That's why I need to know yours, so I can look up to it.
