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"You in there! Thomas!"

It was a nized the voice of Jesus Lewis

"Is that you, Lewis?"

"Yes Who are you talking to?"

Tho "I have to talk to Oakes"

"Why?"

"Ship is going to destroy us"

Let you destroy yourselves The correction was gentle but firm in his awareness

"Was that what you were shouting about? You think you were talking to the ship?" There was derision in Lewis’ tone

"I was talking to Ship! Our WorShip is all wrong Ship demands that we learn how t"

"Ship demands! The ship is about to be put in its proper place, a functiona"

"Where’s Waela?" He shouted it in desperation He had to have help Waela nant and she’s been sent shipside to the Natali We don’t have birthing facilities here yet"

"Lewis, please listen to me, please believe Ship awakened me from hyb to put you all on notice You don’t have much time left t"

"We have all the time in this world!"

"That’s it! And this world has only seven more diurns Ship demands that we learn the proper WorShip befor"

"WorShip! We can’t waste time on such nonsense We have to make a whole planet safe to live on!"

"Lewis, I have to talk to Oakes"

"You think I’s?"

"You forget that I’m a Ceepee"

"You’re insane and you’re a clone"

"Unless you listen to me, you’re headed for destruction Ship will break th it will be the end of humankind forever"

"I haveto obey them There’s only room for one Ceepee here"

The hatch behind Thohts of the passage fraiant head, round black hole for anearly to his ankles The eyes were glaring red and bulbous

"You!" A growling voice issued from the round black hole "Out here!"

One of the massive hands reached in, closed around Thoe

"WorShip We have to learn how to WorShip," Thoet tired a hearin’ that WorShip crap," the sentry said "You’re ave Thoe

"Where are we going? I have to talk to Oakes"

The sentry lifted one of his are "Out!"

"Bu "

Another push sent Thoth of this clone Thoe It curved to the right and ended at a locked hatch The sentry took one of Tho wide to reveal the open ground of Pandora in the harsh cross-lighting of Alki swinging low on the horizon to his left A sudden push fro into the open and took his breath away He heard the hatch sla of a flock of hylighters

They’ve sent me into the open to die!