The weird little vehicle trundled forward, then back, then made a K turn.
“Holy shit,” said Mayor Monica.
“You haven’t seen anything yet,” said Ellie. She motioned to Hutch. “Do it,” she chirped.
Hutch manipulated the controls — an unwieldy old console sprouting wires like ivy — and the vehicle suddenly flipped upside down and landed on the ceiling as natural as could be.
“Jesus,” said Monica. “How did you figure this out?” asked Monica.
“You told us to,” said Hutch.
“We screwed with it on end until things started to happen,” said Ellie.
“And now?”
“Now we put them to work.”
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