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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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Various
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"That
means,"
said
Sarka
the
Elder
in
a
dead
voice,
"that
by
forcing
Dalis
to
go
out
at
the
head
of
his
Gens...."
"We
have,"
interrupted
Sarka
the
Younger,
"placed
a
new
weapon
of
treason
in
his
hands!
Dalis,
at
the
very
moment
of
contact
with
the
aircars,
loaded
with
Moon-men,
broke
in
on
their
signals--they
must
have
had
some
means
of
signalling
one
another--and
communicated
with
them
in
their
own
way!
Do
you
think
it
possible
that,
with
all
his
Gens,
he
may
go
over
to
the
Moon-men,
form
an
alliance
with
them?"
For
many
moments
no
one
dared
to
answer
the
question;
yet,
from
what
the
Sarkas
knew
of
him,
it
was
not
impossible
at
all.
For
Dalis
was
the
master
egotist
always,
and
never
overlooked
opportunity
to
gain
something
for
himself.
It
was
Jaska
who
broke
the
silence.
"Did
you
note
carefully,"
she
said,
"those
aircars
which
were
partially
destroyed
by
our
ray
directors
and
atom-disintegrators?"
The
Sarkas
nodded.
"Did
you
note
that
no
men,
formed
like
our
own,
no
creatures
of
any
sort
whatever,
fell
from
the
cars?"
Again
the
awesome
silence,
and
the
keen
brains
of
the
Sarkas
wrestled
with
this
vague
hint
of
the
uncanny.
"You
mean,
Jaska
...
you
mean...."
"That
the
occupants
of
aircars
are
part
of
the
cars,
but--Beings
of
the
Moon!
That
they
are
either
metal
monsters
endowed
with
brains
or
tiny
creatures
irrevocably
attached
to
the
cars
themselves!"
"But
how,"
said
Sarka
at
last,
"are
we
to
be
sure?
I
can
understand
what
Dalis
might
do
if
the
Moon-men
granted
his
wish
for
an
alliance
with
them.
It
is
easy
to
understand
why
his
Gens
would
follow
his
lead,
for
with
the
Moon
forced
outward
from
the
Earth
faster
than
his
Gens
could
retreat,
there
is
but
one
direction
for
his
Gens
to
go--toward
the
Moon!
They
would
go
to
the
Moon
as
captives
and
trust
the
keen
brain
of
Dalis
to
gain
the
mastery,
sooner
or
later,
over
the
Moon-men.
And
then...."
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