The Credo Adopted by the Echo Terrorists

Richard, Gwen and I followed him to the broken front door. Every step made so much sound. The wind whistled through the gap in the wood. In that ghost space, black, blocky letters two feet high had been painted with a thick brush. Page 220 of Susan Roth's book reveals it to be the Credo adopted in 1970 by the echo terrorists calling themselves Region 10. No man left to defile the earth. Go ahead. Slow. Don't run unless I start to. Richard told us. And he gestured us, past him, turning back toward the schoolhouse,. raising the pistol in expectation that something might happen.