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"Ten-thousand couples?" Blake said. "I lived among the humans long enough that that meager amount is only enough for one of their towns, and a small one at that as well. Yet if that is how it is to be, then give me the same amount, ten-thousand men and ten-thousand women. You say we may choose their occupations, yet I am uncomfortable with such designs. Tell me, before you do anything, are these men and women non-existent at the moment?"