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"Then," we said, "keep silent. This place is ours. This place belongs to us, Equality 7 2521, and to no other men on earth. And if ever we surrender it, we shall surrender our life with it also." THEN WE SAID KEEP SILENT THIS PLACE IS OURS THIS PLACE BELONGS TO US EQUALITY SEVEN TWO FIVE TO ONE AND TO NO OTHER MEN ON EARTH AND IF WE EVER SURRENDER IT WE SHALL SURRENDER OUR LIFE WITH IT ALSO
leave it, as if the skin of our hand were thirsty and begging of the metal some secret fluid beating in its coldness. We returned to the earth. International 4-8818 looked upon us and stepped back. “Equality 7-2521,” they said, “your face is white.” But we could not speak and we stood looking upon them. They backed away, as if they dared not touch us. Then they smiled, but it was not a gay smile; it was lost and pleading. But still we could not speak. Then they said: “We shall report our find to the City Council and both of us will be rewarded.” And then we spoke. Our voice was hard and there was no mercy in our voice. We said: “We shall not report our find to the City Council. We shall not report it to any men.” They raised their hands to their ears, for never had they heard such words as these. “International 4-8818,” we asked, “will you report us to the Council and see us lashed to death before your eyes?” They stood straight all of a sudden and they answered: “Rather would we die.” S IF THE SKIN OF OUR HAND WERE THIRSTY AND BEGGING OF THE METAL SOME SECRET FLUID BEATING IN ITS COLDNESS WE RETURNED TO THE EARTH INTERNATIONAL FOUR EIGHT EIGHT ONE EIGHT LOOKED UPON US AND STEPPED BACK EQUALITY SEVEN TWO FIVE TWO ONE THEY SAID YOUR FACE IS WHITE BUT WE COULD NOT SPEAK AND WE STOOD LOOKING UPON THEM THEY BACKED AWAY AS IF THEY DARED NOT TOUCH US THEN THEY SMILED BUT IT WAS NOT A GAY SMILE IT WAS LOST AND PLEADING BUT STILL WE COULD NOT SPEAK THEN THEY SAID WE SHALL REPORT OUR FINE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND BOTH OF US WILL BE REWARDED AND THEN WE SPOKE OUR VOICE WAS HARD AND THERE WAS NO MERCY IN OUR VOICE WE SAID WE SHALL NOT REPORT OUR FINE TO THE CITY COUNCIL WE SHALL NOT REPORT IT TO ANY MEN THEY RAISED THEIR HANDS TO THEIR EARS FOR NEVER HAD THEY HEARD SUCH WORDS AS THESE INTERNATIONAL FOUR EIGHT EIGHT ONE EIGHT WE ASKED WILL YOU REPORT US TO THE COUNCIL AND SEE US LASHED TO DEATH BEFORE YOUR EYES THEY STOOD STRAIGHT OF A SUDDEN AND THEY ANSWERED RATHER WOULD WE DIE
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