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It was the better part of an hour before Kristal's commset chirped. Which of course they could never do. Interesting. No aerial bombardment of any kind.

After a while I came to bodiesin the snow-our own people and some T'swa. Good evening, gentlemen! he boomed, withoutelectronic augmentation, and they responded instantly, almost in unison,as if drilled in it. l outside the newBeregesh defense perimeter by Standard infantry lobbers whose range issupposedly somewhat too short. Forthere would be no towns or manufactories* waiting, or even people, butonly the native planet in its wild state.