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They had stopped beside a metal grill, in front of which was poised another hyperman, his propeller tail idling slowly. He had thought that he was to be Seaton's jailer, and as he swung the barred gate open he engaged the Terrestrial's escort in optical conversation -- a conversation which gave Seaton the mere instant of time for which he had been waiting.
"So these are the visitors from outer space, whose bodies are so much denser than solid metal? " he asked curiously. "Have they given you much trouble?"