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Dan still didn't turn his head, didn't take his eyes from the unidentifiable conglomeration that had been the
radar scope and cabinet. But he knew they were there. He began backing awayтАФone step at a time, the
chair still cocked for defense.

Spencer said, тАЬDan, what on earth got into you.тАЭ

He watched Dan begin shaking, a trembling at the knees first; then a progressive increase in tremor set
the young man's entire body to twitching. There was, or seemed to be, an accompanying loss of color, a
greater gouting of facial muscles. Dan came to the wall, his back against it, and he began to slide his
shoulders along the wall toward the door.

тАЬSpencer,тАЭ he said, vaguely and as from a distance.

тАЬOkay, Dan. Take it easy.тАЭ

тАЬI want to go to a church.тАЭ

тАЬWhat?тАЭ

тАЬI want to go to a church. I want to go quick. You take me there, will you? You got your car here.тАЭ

тАЬWhat church?тАЭ

тАЬI don't know. The first one you think of.тАЭ

тАЬDon't you go to a church?тАЭ

тАЬNo, but I got to go to one now.тАЭ

He had said all this without noticeably taking his eyes off the scope ruin, and he had not lowered the chair
nor loosened the tension in any way.

тАЬSure, Dan, sure,тАЭ Spencer's voice had gone up a little. тАЬSure, I'll take you. If you have any particular
church in mind, that's where we'll go.тАЭ

In a tone of thin high tension, Dan Adams said, тАЬIsn't any house of God a refuge from evil? That's what I
want, a refuge from evil.тАЭ

тАЬOkay, I'm a Presbyterian. I'll take you there,тАЭ Spencer said. Then he went over and cautiously laid hold
of the chair Doc held. He said, тАЬYou won't need this chair, will you? Be all right to leave it here, won't
it?тАЭ

Dan was silent for a while, back jammed against the wall, shaking. In the most defeated, hopeless voice
Spencer had ever heard, he said, тАЬA chair wouldn't be any defense, would it?тАЭ

тАЬDefense against what?тАЭ

Dan hesitated again, silently. Spencer didn't think the pause of particular importance at the time, but later
he realized the other man had made a hair-raising decision.