Shorty took him by the hand and helped him to his feet. "Do you want any more? Have you got enough?" he asked."I know," Albin told it. Routine was taking over and he felt almost cheerful again. There was a woman working in the food labs in Building Two. He'd noticed her a few times in the past weeks. Now he thought of her again, happily. Maybe tonight "This time I'm going to show you what to do," he told the Albert, and swept a hand over a row of buttons. In the smelter, metal began to heat.
ONE:Cadnan tried to untangle the questions, and finally settled for a simple answer. "We are slaves," he said. "You are masters."
"Here she goes, I guess," he continued, as a bugle sounded at headquarters. "Everybody git ready to jump at the word, and not stop goin' till we're inside the works.""Undecided?" the voice asked.The two boys were evidently recruits of some months' standing, but not yet considered seasoned soldiers."This is true," Cadnan muttered.