You would. (Hence the "apologies to Christopher Priest" at the end.)

Or at least a close variation thereupon. Jen was missing the last page of the notes, which was why she didn't know what the machine would actually do. (Indeed, at the end of the story she's under the impression that it did nothing. Or that it worked exactly as she expected. Depending on your point of view.)

--G.
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