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It had been there, too, where he had chanced upon the library of tapes, one of which had eventually landed Travis and his people here on Topaz. Even if he did find racks of such tapes in one of those towers, there would be no way of using them with the ship wrecked on the mountain side. Only Travis' fingers itched where they lay quiet on his knees there might be other things waiting.
"Do you mean, have we changed the future? Who can answer that? They may return in force, this may have been a step which was taken before. Those pylons may still stand in the future above a deserted sea and island. We shall probably never know." That was also their own truth. For them also there had been a substitution of journey tapes by Fate, and this was now their Hawaika.
Maybe he should have been eager to welcome another meeting with the ship people, but if he were truly honest, he had to admit that he did not. He glanced up, sure that Ashe had read all that hesitation and scorned him for it. But there was no sign that his discomfiture had been noticed. "By doing some looting of our own," Ashe answered. "Those tapes we brought back are going to be a big help.
Having decided on the size of your kite, cut out two pieces of material as wide as a box is to be deep, and as long as the circumference of the box plus an inch and a half to spare. Machine stitch 5/8 inch tapes along each edge, using two rows of stitching about 1/8 inch from the edges of the tape.
Opening his bag he took out the contents an oblong package in waterproof paper sealed with wax in several places, with the short ends of three broad tapes protruding from the top, and a tube of liquid glue. He opened the deep drawer, and after noting the precise position of the Green Box, drew it forth and set it on the table. He wrought rapidly but without flurry.
"Will use it more freely than we plan to?" Buck wanted to know. "We reserve to ourselves that right because we hold our motives higher? To think that way is also a crooked trail. We will use this means because we must, but afterward...." Afterward that warehouse must be closed, the tapes giving the entrance clue destroyed. One part of Travis fought that decision, right though he knew it to be.
He was not in the least hungry for the concentrated food. He could repeat the information tapes they carried dull word for dull word. "Nothing to see nothing but these blasted walls!" Again Wonstead's voice arose in querulous protest. Yes, while in overdrive there was nothing to see. The ports of the ship would be sealed until they were in normal space once more.
Annie rushed to the door to be greeted by him and the other children, and carried away in their midst. Mrs. Lorrimer asked Susy if she would like to see over the house. "Yes, please," replied Susy; "I have brought the tapes and measures." She stopped, for Hester had given her a heavy frown. "If its really inconvenient, I needn't do anything to-day," she said, sinking back into her seat. Mrs.
Jackson was for assuming that the first record was worn and old, the last one, fresh and new; but after examining both tapes under a glass, and seeing how equally clear cut and sharp the impressions all were, they agreed that the extraordinary voice they had heard was practically true to life. They tried out the rest of the records in that batch, finding that they were all by the same speaker.
Their leather tunics hung to mid-thigh above leggings which were bound to their limbs with painted straps. Cuff bracelets of copper ringed their forearms, and necklaces of animal teeth and beads displayed their personal wealth. Ross could not remember having seen their like on any of the briefing tapes at the base.
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