Avert your eyes, he said. The access code is top secret.
controls.
That was the moment to be prepared for.
will be escorted by armed guards to the gates of the landing station.
passes for civilization in these parts. An agricultural society with
is your chance to be cleansed for I have shown you the true Way.
Good morning, Admiral.
leading in from the plain.
expressions. Forward!
grown beard black against his parchment skin.
all, white-clad and standing firmly erect. But his face was wrinkled
We slipped on our packs and started walking. By the time an hour had