There must be more
talking later on--you understand that?"
"I never thought otherwise." Hume set the needler inside the flitter.
The civ smiled again, this time including Vye in that evidence of good
will before he walked away.
Hume made no comment. "That does it," he told his companion. "Still
want to go?"
"If you do--and you can't do it alone." No man could take on the
valley and Wass and his men.
Hume made no comment. They had rested briefly after their return to
the safari camp, and Vye had been supplied with clothing from Hume's
bags, so that now he wore the uniform of the Guild. He went armed,
too, with the equipment belt taken from Rovald and that other's
weapons, needler and tube. At least they started on their dubious
rescue mission with every aid the safari camp could muster.
It was mid-afternoon when the flitter took to the air once again,
scattering the hovering globes. There was no alteration in the ranks
of the blue watchers waiting--for the barrier to go down, or someone
in the camp to step beyond that protection?
"They're stupid," Vye said.
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