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These Savage
Futurians by Philip E.
High
Chapter One
HE STOOD on a high white cliff looking out across the sea. Far out,
clumps of weed and wreckage drifted slowly down the channel looking, in
the blue-gray water like the backs of sleeping dolphins.

Closer to shore an old plastic paddle-boat butted stubbornly against the
current, making such slow progress it appeared almost stationary.

He had once seen the inside of a paddle-boat. He could imagine the
drive-men crouched over the bars, faces dewed with sweat and pedaling
desperately to stop the vessel losing way.

"What are you doing here?"

He stiffened then turned slowly. "Please?"

"You heard meтАФwhat are you doing here?"

"I was looking at the sea."

"And why are you not at work?"

"It is my free day." He fumbled in his pocket for the pass and handed it
over.
 He was a tall young man with a thin tanned face, dark untidy hair and
intelligent blue eyes. His body appeared thin but was strong and lithely
muscled.

The questioner studied him briefly and examined the pass.

A certain slowness of movement and the slightly halting speech had
already been noted.

The pass was in order and was handed back.

"Identity disc." The questioner waited while the other fumbled the disc
from his clothing and finally extended it from the chain which encircled
his neck.