human
Yes, that is what would happen if they found ways of reaching your globe.
gpt
But, God, Brand, we can't allow that! cried Dex.
human
We've got to find a way to spike the guns of these walking gas-pipes, somehow!
gpt
We are two against hundreds of thousands. We are bare-handed, and the Rogans have those damned tubes. Anyway, we are on the verge of death at this very moment. What under heaven can we do to spike their guns?
human
What's in that big, round topped building, Greca?
gpt
I do not know, exactly, replied the girl.
human
There is some sort of machinery in it, and to it go connecting beams from all the square metal plates everywhere. That is all I know.