The protagonist of the novel tries to confuse one of them by dousing his valise in (*) whiskey.
As one of these beings approaches, a character racks his brain for a single word that might sum up his entire past week, getting his answer when another man whispers the word "there." In their first appearance, it is noted that these beings "slept but did not sleep, lived but did not live." Several men turn rats, cats, and chickens loose, then take bets on which of the animals one of them will go after first. At one point, the novel includes an excerpt of a newscast in which a helicopter follows one of these beings around. The protagonist of the novel tries to confuse one of them by dousing his valise in (*) whiskey. These beings possess a proboscis that extends a steel needle which it uses to inject procaine and morphine. Captain Beatty scoffs at the protagonist of the novel for observing that one of them does not like him, because it is just a series of programs and functions. After escaping from one of these beings, Guy Montag finds the exiled Book People. For 10 points, name these canine-shaped machines that aid the firemen in Fahrenheit 451.
As one of these beings approaches, a character racks his brain for a single word that might sum up his entire past week, getting his answer when another man whispers the word "there.
Mechanical Hound