A disgruntled looking floating head appeared on the screen as the applications were being recieved.
"Oi! What in the blimey heck is going on here? Can't an AI with an I.Q. over 200 get some sleep on this grubby planet?!"
The floating head looks at the two recruits and laughs.
"Oh! The Brotherhood wants to recruit some new people eh? Well they can forget about it! The last ram stick they put in me short circuited."
The head's eyes immediately went the the door where an unidentified Elder held a mallet menacingly.
"Errr, I mean. I would love to help the Brotherhood! Ha! Your applications have been received. Complete the quiz to gain full membership."
"The thirteen saloons that had lined the one street of Seney had not left a trace. The foundations of the Mansion House hotel stuck up above the ground. The stone was chipped and split by the fire. It was all that was left of the town of Seney. Even the surface had been burned off the ground.
Nick looked at the burned-over stretch of hillside, where he had expected to find the scattered houses of the town and then walked down the railroad track to the bridge over the river. The river was there."