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In the woods below the hill, 2nd Battalion's attack had never been morethan a diversion. udio and video recordings with Bertol and Konni, and send off a report toIryala via the message pod. He looked Varlik up and down from a distance of six feet, curious ratherthan hostile or gloating, then spoke in Standard. A third salvo landed still farther back, and thefourth mostly on and along the road.

We never had civilian prisoners before, so I left 'em in the holdingpen till you could decide how you wanted 'em handled. ave emerged so remarkably near and on a matched course:Clearly the alien had technology well beyond his own. They'd grown up in the T'sel, and done theOstrak Procedures through Level 8. The 3rd Rangers should, he thought, be ahead and well to his left, waitingfor morning, and for the sounds