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From his initial statement it was obvious that Bud sided with the group determined to oppose all contact with the starmen. His reaction was more frantic than most. He awoke at night from a soggy dream of terror. _Let us alone_, he sobbed, trembling. _Let us alone._ The future, once so secure, was now a veiled menace. _Go away_, he whispered into the night, _let us alone. We don't want you. Go away._
He appeared sleepless for the first hearing. The three starmen filed in. He hated them.