Circuits opened up; the Elder gave them his knowledge.
They had no difficulty in deducing the general picture of what was happening on Earth.
*Walt failed,** they accused Forential.
**Save us, Elder! Save us!**
There was a hysterical babble of thought throughout the space station.
Forential raced down the ladder like a tumbling spider. He threw himself along the second level corridor. He stopped, gasping, before the frequency transmitter governing his charges.
It still functioned perfectly.
The other aliens fled aimlessly through corridors, huddled in dark corners; they whimpered and moaned and waved their tentacles in terror.
**Make peace!** one of them screamed shrilly.
**Surrender!**