"Huston is down there, too, you know," said Paul thoughtfully.
"So what?"
"He apparently came with quite a gang."
Stacey grunted. "Let's wait until we're sure that the unpleasantness has subsided. Someone will be yelling 'Veni Vidi Vici' and I want to be sure that the guy yelling 'Vici' is on my side."
Grayson shook his head thoughtfully. "Huston got here," he said.
"So?"
"Hoagland and his gang must have—" Grayson's voice trailed away as Paul went into another reverie of thought.
"Paul, this is what is commonly referred to as patently obvious."
Paul snapped out of it again.
"Y'know," he said slowly, "Neither Hoagland nor Huston would be a-roaring down here with fire in their eyes if they did not know we'd succeeded."