Chapter 35

No hostile demonstration was made as they dropped lower and lower, however, and Seaton, with one hand upon the switch actuating the zone of force, slowly lowered the vessel down past the reflectors and to the surface of the water. Through the visiplate he saw a crowd of people coming toward them—some swimming in the lagoon, some walking along narrow runways. They seemed to be of all sizes and unarmed. “I believe they’re perfectly peaceable, and just curious, Mart. I’ve already got the repellors on close range—belie…