Eric 754 had generously allowed her to make a recording of the trees. She would replay it later to restore her mood before he woke from his sedative. In the meantime, she would neutralize the final threat. After both women were in hibernation, Lucy walked back to where Eric 754 lay unconscious in the grass. She certainly couldn’t carry a man as large as he was, but she needed to get him inside where she could care for him properly. Reaching down, she grabbed the back of his shirt and started dragging him toward the facility entrance. He was not hard to drag, which she found helpful in the circumstances. Heaviness was never a challenge for her anyway, but the size and height of an object often were. All locks in the facility were now in perfect sync with her anti-security device. The door