We just missed this one because she was on her way back from programming when the evac order came." Where's she at in the processing?" another voice a...ked. She didn't understand what they were talking about (did they mean her?), but she kept listening to see if it made more sense."Physical changes are complete: breast enlargement, lip plumping, hair color, permanent body hair removal and tanning, clothing block, pheromone production. Mental changes are in progress: IQ lowered, will weakened but. So, have you ever heard this poem, it's by Emily Dickenson, because Ijust looked it up to make sure the words were right:To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee,--One clover, and a bee, And revery. The revery alone will do If bees are few.And the 'puter says it's spelled wrong, but it's not. Have you heard it?Daddy told it to me. It was when we were fishing, and I wasn't fishing, Iwas just sitting by a tree and looking down the canyon we had come up tocatch trout, and I was thinking. "What the fuck Landon!" He almost screamed it.I couldn't respond. I felt paralyzed. I wasn't sure if I wasbreathing. I just stared forward."Relax, Josh. Maybe we could all step outside really quick and talk," Iheard Sally's voice and saw that she had stepped up and was pleadingwith her eyes at Josh. Sally of course knew him from the services lastmonth when he had hit on her. She wasn't interested in him, and had lethim down gently, but I could also sense some anger from that."What is. “Fine,” I said after a long pause while turning towards the frightened men. “Listen up! Jimmy wants to go down the valley to investigate the source of that light. Anyone who wants to go with him is free to do so. Whoever doesn’t will head back to camp with me and check on the cattle. Hopefully they haven’t run off during this commotion.”“What?” Frankie exclaimed. “Who gives a shit about that light or the goddamned cattle? We need to get out of here right now!”“I’ll go with Jimmy,” Carlos.