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it to distinguish the different kinds of monsters. It
seemed very different when talking to a deeply reli-
gious perseon. These things from space could be
killed. They were created by scientific means. In no
way should they be confused with immortal spirits
against which all the firepower in the galaxy would
mean nothing.
"I understand," said Albert. "Would you mind
telling me who you are and how you came to be
here?"
"Won't the President ask us that?" I asked.
"Yes."
"Then why should we tell you?" asked Arlene.
"Because I don't have to be as cautious, and I'm a
fellow soldier."
"So you should tell us about yourself," I said.
"In time. You don't have to tell me anything either,
but you should consider it."
"Well," I said, thinking on my feet, "if we talk to
one Mormon, we should probably talk to the leader."
Albert laughed. "We're not all Mormons here," he
said. "Just most of us."
"Oh?" I said, unconvinced.
"Uh, I am," he cautioned. "Think about it. We're
fighting the common enemy of mankind. We don't
care if you're Mormons. We care that you can be
trusted."
"Makes sense," admitted Arlene in a tone of voice
so natural that I realized she'd been subtly mocking
them before.
"I'm of the Church," continued Albert, "but Jerry
and Nate are Jehovah's Witnesses."
"I thought they didn't fight," said Arlene,
surprised.
"They are not pacifists, but neither are they of the
Latter-Day Dispensations," he said as warning bells
went off in my head. I prayed I could count on
Arlene's promise to keep her trap shut . . . but she
pressed her lips pretty tight.
"Latter-day what?"
Albert was more succinct than his friends: "They
believe all the world's governments are works of the
devil. They won't fight their fellow man at the com-
mand of a state. But they can fight unhuman monsters
until Judgment Day."
"I get it," I said. "Draft protesters in World War
TwoЧ"
"But volunteers for this," Albert finished.
"What do you mean by, uh, 'dispensation'?"
He laughed. Apparently we'd fallen into the hands