 Why didn’t David awaken the woman first?
[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Planet Stories November 1952. "Your name is David Corbin. There were round dials set in a row above a speaker. Over the mesh-covered speaker, two knobs glowed red. "Your name is David Corbin. If you understand, press button A on your right." The mesh-covered hole and the two lights looked like a caricature of a face, set in a panel of dials. I reached down to the tightness that held my body, found the wide strap that held me and fumbled with the buckle. There was no sensation of place, no feeling of up or down, no direction. "Your name is David Corbin." The name meant nothing to me, but I thought about it, watching the relentless lights that shone below the dials. After the first shock of looking out, I accepted the fact that I was in a space ship, yet I couldn't read the maps that were fastened to a table, nor understand the function or design of the compact machinery. Now it must tell me why I didn't. It must tell me.... "Your name is David Corbin. If you understand, press button A on your right." It was the only thing I saw that could help me, guard me against another shock like seeing outside of the clear portholes. "Do not begin operations until the others are removed from suspension." He was as still as death, motionless without warmth or breath as I hovered over him.
 He found her beautiful and didn’t want to harm her.
 He had amnesia and forgot.  She was important to the mission.  He stumbled and hurt himself.  He found her beautiful and didn’t want to harm her.