In the Year 2889 Page #3

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- Yes, I know.

- Oh yes, I told you this morning.

- I've known about this valley for a long time.

The lake, too. Read about it in college, in Geology.

- Oh, you a geologist?

- Mm-hmm.

I worked for an oil company about 100 miles south of here.

Then you just didn't stumble in here yesterday by accident?

No, my brother and I headed here the minute we heard about the bombings.

Smart thinking on your part.

Do you know

the real force of the atom has never been fully calculated?

Well, I think it reached its fulfillment yesterday.

Yes, but only as we know it affects our present form of life...

or life as we knew it, before this nuclear inferno covered the Earth.

You think some other form of life could have survived?

I'm only saying that its true force has never been fully understood.

You're confusing me now, John.

- Do you remember the H-bomb test at Matsuo some years ago?

- Sure.

I captained one of those ships.

5 days after the blast, I towed the animal ship out of target zero.

The outside world never had a true account of that test.

What are you trying to say, John?

Coyote. In the daytime.

Hm. Must be a lot of game in this valley now.

Contaminated game. Fighting for life, just the way we are.

What's the matter, Granger?

There's live game outside.

I can tell.

Yes, we heard a coyote during the day.

I can feel it. And I need meat.

Granger, that game's contaminated. If you ate that, you'd die.

You would die,

but not me.

I can't eat that canned junk. I've gotta have some meat!

Fresh, do you hear?

That's all you're gonna get for a long time.

That's what you think.

That's just what you think.

Three weeks. Thought we'd all be dead by now.

Even Granger got out of bed yesterday.

Steve...

- I know he's your brother, but...

- But what?

Well, he... he gives me a funny feeling.

Logically, he should have been dead long ago, but...

There's no such thing as logic anymore.

What's so illogical about my brother?

You know as well as I do, he hasn't taken food or water in three weeks.

Not since he's been here.

He says he doesn't need food.

And last night, he slipped out of the house and didn't come back until dawn.

The radiation must have affected his mind.

He's a mutation, Steve. Face it.

He's a freak of this new atomic world of ours.

I'm going outside.

For a walk.

Well, uh, don't go too far. Stay inside of the house.

Why?

Because I say so, that's why.

- Aren't you tired, Grange? You need more sleep.

- I'm not tired.

I'm not afraid of anything out there.

In fact, I like it.

Would you like to go with me?

Oh, no, I have things to do.

I think he's dangerous.

No, I don't think so.

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