348 | John W. Warner IV A shot passed by Bernies head and lodged itself into the Tellus. Dials spun, noises rang out. A low tone descended from an hexagonal organ pipe like a dying water buffalo. Bernie put a fist in Klemperers face. Down he went. The tool box in the cabinet, I saw wire in it. He held his aching hand. Ahhnngghhh. First my ass, then the leg, now Ive hurt the hand.. .oh, why did I.. .shit! Gwafa found steel wire and tied Klemperers hands. LArmee Franfaise can learn much from German efficiency and preparation. Bernie put his boot on Klemperers upper back. Easy, Herr Dipshit. This chap knows how to tie the legs of a goat well, then quote some pithy Rumi poetry. Klemperer struggled. Autsch, verschwindel Gwafa rattled his memory as he wound the wire. Out beyond ideas ofwrongdoing and rightdoing, there is afield Ill meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is toofull to talk about. Ideas, language, even the phrase ‘each otherDoesnt make any sense. A struggle. Klemperer yelled: Schwartzer animal! Nigger-lovers! Traitors! Geer pushed through the air lock hatch. All eyes landed on him. Ernst, we have stowaways… Bernie pry-barred off the lock to the weapons locker adjacent to the cargo bay. Enough of this candy-ass screwing around. He armed himself, Gwafa, and Alice with MP-40 submachineguns. One bandolier of extra ammo. He shoved in a magazine and shut the action with the back of his hand. You two eggheads stay clear and stay put. Gerlach huffed: Gladly. And mind that you dont I know, I know, no rounds through the damned fuselage. He handed Geer a pistol. He refused it. Im a scientist only. Except for Shafers crates and some extra lumber, the Kubelwagen was all that was left in the cargo bay. Porsche proudly showed off his camouflage-livery prototype to Gerlach. Its all electric. A battery compartment is in the front. Four-wheel drive. It charges off a solar panel I invented for ths Afrika Korfs, desert-use, lots of sun. Rommel loved the idea, theres a struggle for fuel. Gerlach checked the unique battery array. Youre not as much of an idiot as I suspected. Ingenious. With a limp, Bernie led them to the Information Center compartment. They