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Hallemeier

Head of Robot education, who barricades the stairs and then pauses at the door to listen to Helena play Rachmaninoff.

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First appearance: r u r

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Hallemeier oversees the training of Robots, yet in the crisis he is the one stacking barricades and admitting, with a soldier's bluntness, that there's a feeling of death about it all. He is practical, a little…

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HDHarry DominDGDr. GallHGHelena GloryNANanaALAlquistHAHallemeier

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  • Other

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  • Corporate and Scientific Founders
  • Protagonist
  • Human Survivors and Emotional Robots

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Alquist’s psychological peak is his frantic, desperate prayer for the secret of Robot reproduction, revealing…

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