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"Uh ... thank you," Linda said. "I'd like that."
"Now then," Ben said. "Leadfoot and the Wolfpack
have found survivors in Youreka. Several hundred
of them. We're going to stop there for a time today and set
up another outpost. Then we'll move on. For you
people who weren't with us some years back, this is the
second time the Rebels have been in this area. We
went down the state to just north of San
Francisco. We did not enter the city at that
time." He paused and sighed.
"I want to warn you all of a few things. There are
mutants in the area just south of us. There are also
tribes of people who call themselves the Woods Children,
headed by two young men named Ro and Wade comif
they're still alive. And a tribe called the Underground
P. Both of those are to the east of Interstate
5. They will see us. It's doubtful that we will see
them unless they want us to. Leave them alone. They
are for the most part peaceful people.
They have fought alongside us and they believe in our
ways. They live in the forests and are caretakers of
it. Personally I wish we had more like them. They are
not meat-eaters. They educate their young properly, and
when they need medical treatment or advice, they
seek out some Rebel patrol or outpost.
"The mutants? Well ... leave them alone and
they'll usually leave you alone. No one knows what
caused them to be as they are. Perhaps they've always been
here and they just avoided us. Perhaps the chemicals that
poisoned the people had something to do with their growth. I
don't know and neither does anyone else I've ever
talked with."
He paused as Corrie announced a fresh pot of
coffee was ready and they all poured and sugared and
creamed. Ben said, "A question I've been asked is
why didn't we encounter the warlords and creepies and
street punks back then. For one thing, we didn't
enter the cities and that's where they concentrate. And
too, most of us were in mild shock because we'd been
led to believe San Francisco and Los
Angeles had taken nuclear hits and were
gone. We just didn't have the time or the forces to move
south."
Linda looked away. The others were listening, but she
got the impression that this update was for her ears more
than for anyone else.
"We're going to take our time on this sweep, people, and
do it right. We're going to clear this state of crud and
crap, establish as many outposts as possible, and then
stand down for the winter in preparation for the exploration of