羊毛战记 Part 5 The Stranded 77

　　77,　　• Silo 17 •,　　“Hello? Walk? Shirly? ”,　　Juliette shouted into the radio, the orphans ¹ and Solo watching her from several steps below. Shehad hurried the kids through the farms, made hasty introductions, checking the radio all the while.,　　Several levels had gone by, the others trudging ² up behind her, and still no word from them, nothingsince she’d been cut off, the sound of gunfire sprinkled among Walker’s words. She kept thinking ifshe just got higher, if she tried one more time … She checked the light by the power knob and madesure the battery wasn’t dead, turned the volume up until she could hear the static, knew that the thingwas working.,　　She clicked the button. The static fell silent, the radio waiting for her to speak. “Please saysomething, guys. This is Juliette. Can you hear me? Say anything.
”,　　There were groans ³; these poor refugees of silo seventeen acted like she was the one who’d lost hermind. But they stomped ⁴ up the stairs after her, their pace dictated ⁵ by Solo, who had seemed to rallywith some fruit and water but had slowed as the levels wore on.,　　“Where are these friends of yours we talked to?” Rickson asked. “Can they come help? ” Hegrunted as Solo lurched to one side. “He’s heavy.
”,　　“They aren’t coming to help us,” Juliette said. “There’s no getting from there to here. ” Or viceversa, she told herself.,　　Her stomach lurched with worry. She needed to get to IT and call Lukas, find out what was goingon. She needed to tell him how horribly awry ⁶ her plans had gone, how she was failing at every turn.,　　There was no going back, she realized. No saving her friends. No saving this silo. She glanced backover her shoulder. Her life was now going to be one of a mother to these orphaned ⁷ children, kids whohad survived merely because the people who had been left, who had been committing the violence oneach other, didn’t have the stomach to kill them. Or the heart, she thought.,Their uncle was declared guardian to the orphans. 这些孤儿的叔父成为他们的监护人 。,There was a stream of refugees trudging up the valley towards the border. 一队难民步履艰难地爬上山谷向着边境走去
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