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Kelromak sat back, his expression questioning. Now they were looking down at tall grass-a variable stand ranging, heguessed, from waist high to taller than a man, and mostly sparse, withscattered denser clumps and patches. In a minute or two they'll be a chorus, he told himself, and got tohis feet. One of the advantages of the long T'swa training is the degree ofcross-training possible.

I'd hoped, Konni said, that we might cooperate here, to some degree atleast. AtMellis's bunk, the younger boy asked for a boost. Would they be mercenaries like the T'swa? If they were part of the Iryalanarmy, they could easily spend their entire career without fighting. Lormagen is a professionalnewsperson, and his discoveries were of a delicate nature.