Chapter 30Larry Smith was still grinning.
His features shone with a blissful light, an ecstatic radiance. He stood transfigured in the trench with arms spread wide, fists clenched victoriously.
"A second chance!" he shouted, his voice and attitude like those of a preacher praising heavenly hosts.
"A second chance!" he boomed exuberantly, lunging a step forward, a step away from the body in the dirt.
Frozen and stupefied, Dave Heinrich listened from above. He didn't share Larry's delight; while Larry beamed and bounded, Dave remained silent and paralyzed, virtually lifeless. His gears were locked; his systems had been scrambled and deactivated. He'd been drastically overloaded, and the chaotic input continued to shower him.
"I'd been sent back!" piped Larry, emphatically waving his
