"Yes, if it contained but one memory-pattern," laughed Toralen Ki.
"They'd have done better to have sent a plumber and an electrician than
we two failures."
"At this point, we must attempt to convey the idea of a search for the
master machine."
"It will not be hard. This race will search rather than return home
with an incomplete mission. The rivalry that exists between the leaders
insures the success of our plan despite any set-back."
* * * * *
Toralen Ki and Hotang Lu faced Lane and Downing. All four shook their
heads in complete misunderstanding. Then Hotang Lu sketched a crude
diagram of the catmen's star-system. He indicated the master machine
and also indicated their search for it and its ultimate destruction.
Lane gritted his teeth. "How big?" he asked aloud, and pointed from the
machine to several bits of equipment in the ship.