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 Lloyd appeared to have lost interest. He was listening again. A while later he said, "There arenтАЩt any
really alien patterns present. Maybe just here and there."

"What percentage would you say?" Rous asked quickly.

"One in a thousand," Lloyd answered. "ItтАЩs tough to pick them up in such a mass of thoughts, particularly
at this distance."

Rous made a deprecating gesture. "For all we know, the population of Fillinan could be over 3,000,000.
If there were at least 3000 of the aliens among them, youтАЩd know it. So I donтАЩt think there are very many
of them present."

Lloyd grumbled: "Then weтАЩll have to wait until one of them comes close enough." With that he leaned
forward again and supported his head in his hands.

A few minutes later, Rous began to put on the brakes. He turned the bus to the side of the road and
came to a stop. "We get out here," he announced.

"Why?" asked Rosita.

"At the most, the city is 3 miles away yet. Our headlights could be seen from there. I donтАЩt want to be
questioned by anybody as to how we got hold of the bus or whatтАЩs happened to the passengers."

They got out. Lloyd carried the case under his arm.

The rest of the way to Fillinan was uncomfortable. The storm blew against the lonely wanderers in sharp,
chilling blasts. The gray dust particles bit into their skin and they held their heads down to afford
themselves some protection.

Fortunately they encountered no one. By an Earthly way of thinking, the broad highway should have
been swarming with traffic. But it was empty.

At the first glimmer of gray dawn the first outlying buildings and houses began to appear. The storm had
abated somewhat but the sky was still overcast. Mirsal, the central star of the system, failed to appear.

The houses they were looking at appeared to be deserted. They had the customary 6-sided construction
design like all the others they had seen. Some of the windows had drawn shades but nowhere was there
a light to be seen.

Lloyd came to a halt suddenly. "3 or 4 men are close ahead," he announced. "Maybe 200 yards."

"Only 4?" asked Rous curiously. "What about the houses?"

"Nobody. TheyтАЩre all empty."

Rous pondered it. The city was inhabited, there was no doubt about that. Only the outlying houses were
empty, Why?

Because theyтАЩve evacuated them in order to observe the exit roads, dumbbell! The 4 men Lloyd is
detecting are sentries at a military guard post.