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She shrugged.
"Have you done a spectroscopic on the coal?"
"Yes, of course, months ago-"
"No, I mean recent."
"Joe says we can't, the instrumentation is gone. We've got to go there."
"I was thinking dynamite at the bit, but what if air was getting in?" Cadmann was looking about him, not obviously, trying to read faces.
"Possible, but tricky. We'll look when we get there," Linda said.
"All right. Bluff Two. Good moorage for Robor, and it's the right place for the Scouts. Make it the base, and we'll check the other mine areas by skeeter."
"What about the lowlands expeditions. Dad?"
"Remember, this is a dry run. Take three days, check everything, do your overnight with the Scouts, then you can look for a good place for a base camp. Stay alert, and pull back fast if anything unexpected crops up."
"Reconnaissance in force," Linda said.
Cadmann grinned faintly. His fingers moved across the map. "Once you're through with the Scout stuff, you can do geology with one skeeter and use another for mapping. While you do that, the Grendel Scouts stay on the Mesa with somebody steady in charge. Usual rules there. Stay high, no lowlands at all. Any variation from this order will be cause for mainland privileges to be revoked. Do we understand each other?"
For a moment Justin wondered if Aaron would give an argument, or say something provocative-he had been known to do that. But he wanted this trip too badly. Justin could almost see him sitting on his emotions, holding his tongue for dear life. Instead of smart-mouthing, he nodded.
Linda sighed. "I'm sure that whatever is wrong, we can handle it. Nothing to worry about. Otherwise," she said, "I'd never take Cadzie with us. Never in a thousand years."