The News office was ticking like a time bomb about to go off when Huston came in. His first words were: "Did anybody have the brains to try calling 'em back?"
"Ah—I doubt it."
"Dammit, do it! You try calling 'em back!"
"And you?"
Huston scowled. "They're out there on Latham's Triplets, all alone and unprotected. Y'know what happens next?"
"I can imagine."
"Well, this is what amounts to war. I'm collecting what I can to go out there and see that they're protected!"
"Good luck," said Donatti. "Y'wanna hear the record before you take off?"
"I can wait that long. Yes!"
The superimposed recording was just ending when one of the office boys brought back two papers. One of them was Donatti's, with "Z-WAVE!" in a bright red headline across the top.