ter from some other planet wanting us wiped out.
But he learned him a lesson, if he did! And o' course, it coulda been
the Compubs themselves, trying to fool us into committing suicide so
they'd--uh--inherit the earth. I wouldn't know! But I bet there ain't
any more broadcasts from nowhere!"

He was allowed to return to the Rehab Shop, and the flickering standby
lights of many Mahon-modified machines seemed to glow more warmly as he
moved among them.

And he was right about there not being any more broadcasts from nowhere.

There weren't.

Not ever.

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