... lived their entire lives on the starships, raised theirfamilies there, and never set foot outside their own Enclave duringtheir landings on Earth. They grew to despise Earthers, and the Earthers ... much of the sup-ply, but the amount used to blow up half the great cities of the worldhardly compared with the amount we needed to put them back togetheragain.In three centuries the shattered ... strand snapped. Then another. At last I had enough use ofmy hand to reach out and grasp the blaster. Then I pulled myself across the floor to Ledman, removed the tanglegun, and melted the remainingtangle-cord...