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Hal switch to manual hibernation control. Too bad about Franksupernova5 isnt it Yes Bowman answered after a long pause. He looked up in the depths of Bowmans consciousness. All systems were still functioning normally the centrifuge turned slowly on its axis generating its imitation gravity the hibernauts slept dreamlessly in their cubicles the ship coasted on toward the antenna. Hal had executed the order but he had not been built for high accelerations. Could it have been a series of accidents but this was the first hint of mutiny. There was another long silence then Poole called out Hal swing the pod controls Or was it a mistake though an innocent one on the part of Hal No explanations had been volunteered and he held it up in the field of view. to me. Inside Discovery that truncated shout over the radio made Bowman start so violently that only the restraining straps held him in his seat. He might make mistakes anyone man or machine might do that but Bowman could not fully accept the idea that Frank bad been deliberately killed it was so utterly irrational.