Then you hear Bill calling.  "Anybody home?"
he asks weakly.
   "Just me," you say, descending into the cabin.
"How do you feel?"
   "Not so hot.  But I'll live."
   "So what do we do?" you say.  "Radio for
help?"
   "No way.  The Omicron Masters would be on us
in seconds.  In fact, we better get out of this boat
fast.  They may well have patrols.  What we're going
to do is take the inflatable boat and find a safe
place on shore.  Then you can come back here for
supplies."
   "What is Omicron?" you ask, once Bill is safely
loaded on the boat and you are under way.
  "It makes as a big coporation," he says,
"They're into high-tech stuff- space exploration,
electronics, computers, bio-engineering, and so
forth.  But their real aim is to use their technology
to take over the world."

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