"Sure there are," Eliot said. "They want somethin' from us, and they don't want us gettin' away. They want somethin' from the mainland, and they don't want us gettin' in the way. They're testin' us, maybe for science, maybe just to be deliberately cruel. Or they ain't got a damn clue what they're doin' and they just happened to park a big ass space-RV on our lawn."