your first law.
I can't take it anymore.
The brain of each of you
contains a control center.
I can always
keep you from making mistakes,
warn you of danger,
This is your greatest advantage.
But as with any other advantage
it can turn into a disadvantage.
This is what I'm afraid of.
You had a power over another human,
and you enjoyed using it.
I'm sorry, Sergei.
-Don't move. It makes it hard for me.
-I'm trying.
I'm just a robot for you. I can be controlled;
that means I'm robot.
Nonsense. Who's going to control you?
Nadezhda, or somebody else.
Experiments with the human mind
are forbidden on Earth
But not with the mind of a robot.
Raise your hand, make a fist.
Open it... good.
Both it and I can be fixed...
Improved.
Neeya, you are a human.
If you ever want it,
this center can be removed.
This center is a part of my brain.
I won't be able to live without it.
I will shut off like a broken machine.
We are all machines of some kind.
My father
can also give me an order.
That's not the same.
Could you have an affair with a robot?
Toward you
I feel like a brother.
My God! What a clown you are, Stepan.
I'm not a clown. Neeya, you're no worse than anybody else.
Nobody's perfect.
One misses a limb,
the other one; their sense of humor.
You have a control center.
You would make a perfect wife.
-You would be priceless. -Stepan...
Nobody's perfect, Grandmother.
-You didn't sleep at all?
-I know I'm gonna fail it, I know.
Then you can rejoice- There's no way
I'll be able to go to space.
-Is it Cosmology? -Cosmic navigation.
Good morning.
Ah, who is it?
It's me.
This is not a time for masqerade.
I have the last final and you..
Glasha, are you ready? I'm running late!
Breakfast is ready. - I'm coming.
I won't be home for lunch.
My colleague, Prul, is finally going
back home to Ocean.
I can't wait for the moment when he leaves.
Is he a big scientist at home?
In his own right; Yes.
He's a rather original scientist,
but a scoundrel.
It's totally different up there
on the planet Ocean.
Gotta run.
-Leaving? -Yes.
-Listen. Are you having the
last final today? -Yes.
I'm off.
One may think that you're whipped
into crawling all over the Universe.
You should've left the wig on.
It looked good on you.
I haven't seen Tatyana for a year and a half.
Sergei took off for Pluto-
They found some cosmic wanderers there.
Stepa, stop it.
After the finals, you,Stepa, will go off
God knows where for an internship.
Yes, yes, I will.
I don't see Grandfather at all-
he spends all his time underwater.
-Are you gonna go too? -I'll stay on Earth.
Yes, yes, you will.
She's not a reliable partner.
If the phone rings
and they say
"Neeya, we found your planet"...
It's for you, Maria Pavlovna.
I'm listening.
Repeat diagnosis again.
I got it, very well.
They're having a difficult labor case in a camp
on the plateau of South Cross. I gotta go.
OK, no questions asked.
Don't they have their own midwife?
You should be proud
That Grandmother is asked to help.
I'm proud; very proud.
Neeya, do you want to come with me?
Very much so.
I think everyone forgot that
I'm leaving Earth tomorrow.
You will pass your final and wait for us.
We'll be home in the evening.
Are you tired?
No. Grandmother did everything.
She performed a miracle.
That's her job.
-What are you digging here? -An ancient town.
The one that was here before.
Why?
Our ancestors lived here.
If it wasn't for them, we would not
be here either.
They died long time ago,
there's nothing left now but stones.
Stones can speak too.
We need to save the memory of those who died.
Why would you save the dead ones?
Everything's connected together.
We dug this stone out last year.
It's poems.
The author lived a thousand years ago
but he had the same problems and
thoughts as we do today.
We're not here forever, just in passing
Even jade is born, even the feathers
of Ketsal get torn,
We're not here forever,