Chapter Twenty-One – Battle of the Buddies
DAVE WOULDN’T DESTROY Harriet without her agreement, Carrie didn’t think, at least not until the last minute, when they had to choose between returning to their own time or living out a miserable, short existence on an alien planet thousands of years in the past. But for the last half hour he’d been wearing her down with rational, logical arguments, and he wouldn’t stop until she gave in. She had no sensible reply to his statements.
“But it isn’t certain she’s the Liberator,” she said, continuing to play for time, hoping a reason for sparing Harriet would pop into her head.
Dave rubbed his neck, sending exaggerated shadows sliding over the rock face behind him. “We’ve been over this so many times. It adds up. She’s different from the other robo
