Chapter Fourteen - Harriet
REFRESHED BY THE UNKNOWN liquid, Carrie and Dave followed their silver saviour as it led them through a labyrinth of tunnels. Each time they met with other robots, the effect was the same as their first encounter after their rescue. On some silent entreaty or command of their guide, the machines backed away and avoided them. As they journeyed through the mountain they speculated at length about why the robot had freed them and where it was taking them, but neither Carrie nor Dave could come up with an explanation.
All that was apparent was that the robot had, for some reason only known to itself, decided to help them. This particular silver machine was quite different from its fellows. All she had seen of the others up until that moment indicated the rest were
