Jude took something out of her pocket and held it up, in front of the tall man’s eyes. He looked at it. “Oh”he said.” I see. EDI. Don’t see many of those. Ok, what do you want to know? ” “What-is-that-thing ?” Said Jude .The tall man looked unhappy. ‘It is, or it was, one of the army’s new fighters. It got away from our laboratory, and we just couldn’t catch it.’‘But it was alive . . . a-a living thing,’ said Hawker. ‘You can make a lot of living things in a laboratory these days,’ said the tall man. ‘Genetic engineering is getting very clever. This fighter can run all night, live under water, see in the dark. But it’s new. We haven’t got it right yet.’
“And it’s programmed to kill anything,is it?’ said Jude. ‘No, no’ the tall man said quickly.”Not this one. This one just kills small animals with four legs- sheep, dogs, cats, things like that” well, said jude, that is nice to know.”
“And where are the other monsters?” asked hawker. For killing man, women and children-things like that. The tall man smiled. Can’t answer that, I’m afraid. Talk to your people in Brussels. Well, we must get back. Lots to do ,you Know. Thanks for your help. Bye. The men in grey put their dead monster in one of the boats and went away up the loch into the dark and the rain.