“ Are you sure about it?” Nadine, whose head was leaned against his chest, asked him, crying. “ Yes, I'm going to do that, if it's the last thing I do. Let's resume our march now! Come on!” Matthew answered. So, they resumed their search for the kid. E mily was at the village, where she had finally gathered a small group of Proximians together; then, after informing Amelia, Abigail and the other terrestrial beings of the situation, she asked whether the local inhabitants owned any non-primitive weapons and, to their great amazement, they were informed that the old weapons on board the MATER 1 had been gathered together and buried in a safe spot near the village. So, they were led there by a few Proximians, and they recovered them. W hen two of them entered a nearby cave, holding two

