asked Captain Griffin. “Yeah, you’ve been awfully close-mouthed about how we were going to contact them,” said Master Chief O’Leary. “What is the plan?” “I haven’t wanted to talk about it with you, Master Chief,” said Calvin, “because I am well aware of your misgivings when it comes to out-of-the-ordinary adventures.” “If you mean I don’t like spooky shit,” said Master Chief, “you got that right. And, I have to say, I don’t like the direction of this conversation. Are we not planning on taking the entire platoon down with us to the surface?” “No,” replied Calvin, “we are not. I’ve given this a lot of thought, and I think it’s best if just you and I go down. Sella and Trella seemed to have the closest connection to the two of us; if we take everyone down there, we run the risk of scaring them off.” “What if they show up with an army?”
