Terry had another loaded question. 'Why did our radio and the telephones all go dead? We thought it was a worldwide invasion. No wonder we all felt afraid and desperate.'
'We have a device to stop all kinds of electro-magnetic radiation. It was supposed to protect us from your weapons. Our scientists must have probed too far ahead of the time we came when they looked to see what weapons were in use. They didn’t realize you’d still only have simple projectile devices here.'
Ruby and Terry could hardly believe what Jixl was telling them. Bobby, though, had heard a lot of it before, and he had no doubts. 'I think we could go and meet them now. If Jixl goes first, she can explain that we wouldn’t hurt them.'
'There could be a problem if there are any protectors left. They’d attack us on sig
