


Throckmorton led the way through thedry lab, where the computers and other electrical equipment were kept high and dry, and into thewet lab, basically a small space with sinks, running water, tanks and table space used for the damp pursuits such as carving up specimens for investigation.

A few seconds later, it began to spit out documents. Sten, Bet, Alex, and the others jockeyed their gaudily painted wagons through the crowds that were pouring into the holy city. Then this girl, Deirdre, ran out of the house and towards the squad car.Take me away! she screamed. Miss Carl said she had had enough of thisintrusion, that this was a family argument and the police weren't needed here If we didn't leave, she'd call Judge Byrnes. He stopped writing as he caught sight of Swanson out of the corner of his eye. The answering call sign of Drift Station Zebra. One of them was scribbling away mechanically on a -message pad.DSY, he was writing down,DSY repeated over and over and over again. Two operators were on watch, both leaning forward toward their transmitters, one with his head bent low, the other with his cocked to one side, as if those attitudes of concentrated listening helped them to isolate and amplify the slightest sound coming through the earphones clamped to their heads. Commander Swanson got to the radio room first, but only because he had a head start on Raeburn and myself.
