human
That, he said painfully,
gpt
It's all bad business, said Burleigh in a flat and somehow exhausted tone.
human
The fuel-block burned. There's nothing left of it or Hallet or the spider.
gpt
It was bessendium and uranium, added Burleigh hopelessly.
human
And the uranium burned. It wasn't an atomic explosion, it just burned like sodium or potassium would do. But it burned fast! The torch-flame must have reached it. He added absurdly.
gpt
Hallet died instantly, of course. Which is better fortune than we are likely to have.
human
Oh, that ... said Moran.
gpt
We're all right. I said I was going to kill him. I wasn't trying to at the moment, but I did. By accident. He paused, and said dizzily;
human
I think he should feel obliged to me. I was distinctly charitable to him!
gpt
But we can't lift off. We're all marooned here now.
human
Nonsense! he said.
gpt
The crew of the _Malabar_ went off without taking the fuel-block from the wreck's engines. It's in a drawer in the _Nadine's_ control-room with a note to Carol that I asked her to read should something happen to me. We may have to machine it a little to make it fit the _Nadine's_ engines. But we're all right!
human
We're on the way,