He saw at once he could never hope to extricate the older man, for the metal walls of his chamber had been crushed, knifing into bone and flesh and trapping him.
"Amos, can you hear me?"
The eyelids fluttered open with pain. "I never will see the end, Johnny...."
"What are you talking about?"
"Don't ... fool me. I'm all broken, inside. I—"
"We'll get you out of there in no time."
"You'd have to melt ... the metal down to ... do it, and you know it."
"We'll do it."
"Your only hope is that the Robot did not have time to broadcast a warning. If ... he did ... you will have to hurry, but—"