 Why is it unexpectedly hard for the men to forge letters for the children?
But when he got to Mars to find out why fifteen boys had vanished from a spaceship in mid-space, he found out that even his quick mind needed time to pierce the maze of out-of-this-world double-dealing. After sixteen years of education, Jack found himself teaching high school English in Chicago, a worthwhile career, but "not what one would call zesty." Security men were not hired for their loquaciousness. Chief of Security or not, I was getting a little burned up at his highhanded treatment of my emotions. If these mere boys can get together and travel the voids of space, then so can everyone else! "Their mothers—they've been getting letters and—" "Forgeries, Fakes.
 They have to intentionally write poorly, which is proving to be difficult with the volume they have to write
 There is a huge amount of letters to write and families to keep up with. It's a lot of information  They have to intentionally write poorly, which is proving to be difficult with the volume they have to write  None of them are particularly good at writing letters, making it difficult for them  It makes them too emotional, because it involves children.