"Great," Bill said, "now all we need is some theme music."

"If we survive," Truscot flashed a brief grin. "I'll play it for you. It was a terrible program, but the music was good."

As they walked back to the quads, Martin made a detour and picked up an axe.

"Philson might have told you that I'm good with an axe," he said. The others looked at him, but Truscot shrugged.

"It's just after noon," the Sargent said, slipping into his briefing mode, "but there is no ...