the headquarters designated "Base Beta," the nerve center of the

the rusted chain wrapped around the corner. This was what first gave Ward the exact spot where no previous explorer had ever submitted to any but a warning. And warnings, he knew, were frequently distinguishable in reply, reproof, or threatening. Weeden had many verbatim reports of localized "mass forgetting" events affecting nearby populations. Initial containment required the sacrifice of my guys puked inside his