They heard the familiar ding-dong announcing an incoming message. N8 and the others paused what they were doing and glanced up at the monitor overhead. Presently, Wembley came into focus, a smile on his always beneficent face as he stared back at them.
“Good evening, everyone! Glad to see you all busy and industrious. I have some wonderful news to impart! Tests this morning have detected a reduction in the band of radiation circling the planet. Our scientists tell us that for the first time since the war concluded, the level was just under eight hundred microsieverts. That’s fourteen days in a row that the radiation level has shown a definite reduction. And although the drop has been minuscule, the fact that it is dropping is something to celebrate. Now, as I’ve explained many times, an a
