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anti-detection field.

Bell began to worry about the food. Each spacesuit contained an iron ration which could be consumed
by means of a clever arrangement that made it unnecessary for the wearer to open the spacesuit.

Half or two-thirds of the rationsтАФvarying with the appetite of the occupantтАФhad already been eaten up.
In no more than 20 hours they had to find a place where they could take off their suits. Only then would
they be able to use the supply of food they had taken out of the disabled Gazelle.

Bell glanced at the watch on his wrist. The second hand crept like a blind caterpillar over the dial and the
two coloured illuminated indicators pointed to figures which meant nothing. 9:17тАж A.M.? P.M.?

Marshall suddenly sat up. At the same moment Betty uttered a soft cry of surprise.

Bell turned around and asked: "WhatтАЩs going on?"

Marshall responded only by raising his hand and cocking his head to listen.

Ras Tschubai, the teleporter, who was lying farther ahead, turned his head to look at Marshall and then
peered out of the cave.

Ras had keen eyes. He didnтАЩt need binoculars like Bell, who usually pressed them so tightly against his
elastic faceplate that he had the eyepieces almost on top of his eyes.

Ras realized what happened.

The dark brown sheet had started to move. It was clearly visible in the semi-darkness against the
light-grey rocky ground as it approached the cave.

"There!" Ras exclaimed.

Bell observed it through his binoculars. He took his time until he was sure that the brown substance
aimed straight for the cave.

"ItтАЩs feeling its way," Marshall commented. "ItтАЩs reaching out for our brains and as soon as it has spotted
one itтАЩll probably send a hypnotic command."

Bell felt a shudder running down his spine.

The brown massтАФmass was the wrong word; the thing was only a wafer thin coating on the
rocksтАФcrept closer.

Bell didnтАЩt know much about telepathy but he knew that a telepath with hypnotic capabilities had first to
perceive the wave pattern of an alien brain before he could influence it.

The probing for a wave pattern was not so much different from the selection of a certain frequency on a
radio receiver. Of course there were no knobs and indicators and the searching brain acted as a tuning
circuit. This made matters a little more difficult.

Nevertheless, it was no reason to feel safe. The brown patch kept coming closer at a speed they could