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_An invisible network of human minds / lay across the country, delicately tuned, / waiting breathlessly for the first spark / of contact from the unknown. from / the unpredictable telepathic Alien._
The ship skimmed down like a shadow from the outer atmosphere and settled gently and silently in the tangled underbrush of the hill that overlooked the bend in the broad river. There was a hiss of scorched leaves, and the piping of a small, trapped animal. Then there was silence.