The hour-lilies will slowly thaw out, and you all know what'll happen then.
We won't be able to prevent them from returning to their original owners.″
″You mean,″ said yet another, ″that our own coldness won't be sufficient to keep them deep-frozen?″
″There are only six of us, unfortunately,″ said the second speaker.
″You can calculate our freezing capability for yourself.
Personally, I feel it was rather rash to cut down our numbers so drastically. It hasn't paid off.″
″We had to opt for one course of action or the other,″ snapped the first speaker, ″and we did, so that's that.″
Another silence fell. ″In other words,″ said someone, ″we may have to sit here for years on end, twiddling our thumbs and gawping at each other.
I find that a dismal prospect, I must confess.″ Momo racked her brains.
There was certainly no point in her sitting there and waiting any longer.
When the men in gray were gone, the hour-lilies would thaw out by themselves,
but the men in gray still existed and would continue to exist unless she did something about it.
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