human
This isn't going to mean anything but a short delay, I'm afraid, said Brand, clenching his fists in an agony of futility.
gpt
They'll be in here in a minute, and get us like trapped rats.
human
Not before we get a lot of them,
gpt
But that isn't enough, man! We don't want to die, no matter how decently we do it. We've won free, and stayed free this long; now, somehow, we've got to reach our ship and get back to Earth to warn them of the danger that hides here for our planet!
human
The lever! he exclaimed.
gpt
That lever! It's our only answer! If we could get to it.... But how can we? We couldn't break into the dome, now the Rogans are on the watch for us, with anything less than a charge of explosives. Or a tank. God, how I'd like to have an old-fashioned, fifty-ton army tank here now!
human
There is the great beast there, she said hesitantly, pointing a slim forefinger at the huge lizard that had backed into a far corner and was regarding them out of dull, savage eyes. Then she shook her head.
gpt
But that is impossible. Impossible!
human
Of course, said Brand.
gpt
Of course! Greca, you're marvelous! Wish we had a tank? Why, we've got one! A four-legged mountain of meat that ought to be able to plow through the side of that dome like a battering ram through cardboard!
human
But it's not possible, replied Greca, her head dropping dejectedly.
gpt
My people, as driven slaves, till the fields with great animals that were trapped in the surrounding jungles. They harness other great animals to haul burdens. But none of the beasts are like _this_ one. This kind cannot be tamed or harnessed. It is too ferocious. It is used only as a scourge of fear, to crush us into complete submission.
human
Can't be tamed? Brand said.
gpt
We'll see about that! Come on, Dex.
human
Just a minute,