“Elaine,” Rollins Bricko addressed one of his assistants,
“Start by making a rubbing of this section here.” The bearded researcher indicated a cluster of
petroglyphs on the immense boulder before them.
Elaine, a talented artist selected from among thousands of applicants by
the Smithsonian to accompany Bricko on his exploration of the area around
Mounts McCartney, Snoopy, and Roddenberry, watched as dozens of animal-like
figures appeared on the paper beneath her even strokes of charcoal. She saw them as lizard-camels, but knew she
should wait for Bricko’s expert interpretation.
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