human
Hanson! cried Inverness.
gpt
Man, but we're glad to see a human face again--but why did you come? Now they've got us all.
human
But they'll let us all go, I said, with a confidence I did not feel.
gpt
I've demonstrated to one of their leaders just what the _Ertak_ can do--and will do--if we aren't aboard, safe and unhurt, in three hours.
human
The young bloods don't obey well, though, said Brady, shaking his head.
gpt
Look at them, milling around there in the central passage! They didn't see your demonstration, whatever it was. They started for us some time back, and we had to rip a couple of them to pieces, and barricade ourselves.
human
Well, said Correy grimly,
gpt
Tell them to make way, I commanded.
human
We're leaving.
gpt
I've--I've been in communication with him, moaned Tipene.
human
And he hasn't any power over these youngsters. They want blood. Blood! They say the ship won't dare do anything so long as so many of us are here.
gpt
It will, though, I snapped.
human
Kincaide will obey my orders to the letter. It'll be a wholesale slaughter, if we're not there by the specified time.
gpt
I know! I know! groaned Tipene.
human
But I can't make them understand that. They can't appreciate the meaning of such discipline.
gpt
I believe that, put in Brady.
human
Their state of society is still low in the scale. You shouldn't have come, Commander. Better the two of us than the whole group.
gpt
It may not be so simple as they think. Mr. Correy, shall we make a dash for it?
human
I'd be in favor of that, sir!