human
You're sure it didn't get through your suit?
gpt
The creatures have changed size. There's no proof they've changed anything else. Beetles live in tunnels they make in fungus growths. The beetles and the tunnels are larger, but that's all. Inchworms travel as they always did. They move yards instead of inches, but that's all. Centipedes--
human
It was-- said Carol unsteadily.
gpt
It was thirty feet long!
human
Centipedes, repeated Moran,
gpt
We certainly can't leave Moran here!
human
He kept Harper from being killed! said Carol.
gpt
Your blast-rifles weren't any good. The--creatures are hard to kill.
human
Very hard to kill, agreed Moran.
gpt
But I'm not supposed to kill them. I'm supposed to live with them! I wonder how we can make them understand they're not supposed to kill me either?
human
I'll admit, said Burleigh,
gpt
Oh, I'm a hero, said Moran.
human
Noble Moran, that's me! What the hell would you want me to do? I didn't think! I won't do it again. I promise!