"I—I'm going back to the ship," stammered Parker. The whiteness of death was in his face. "I'm going to stay with Brown."
He turned, and then he screamed.
"Captain, the ship's moving!"
Silently, the Wanderer was drifting to the side of the field.
The toneless voice said:
"We are removing your vessel so that other descending ships will not damage it."
Captain Wiley shouted into the air. "Wait! Don't go away! Help us! Where can we see you?"
The voice seemed to hesitate. "It is difficult for us to speak in thoughts that you understand."
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Silence.