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But four weeks should do it. The meadow had bent right, then pinched out, and when he'dtried to backtrack, it had pinched out that way too, ending at a marsh. Normally he awoke earlier than his men; in mid-Sixdek2 the sun didn't riseas early as it had when they'd first arrived, but at 0540 it was already wel On the other side of the road were fieldsand pastures.

In suchdense darkness, visibility was limited even so, and the quality of seeingwas strange. The ilkan was anindigenous species-all T'swa livestock were, he said-an ungulate with longlegs, long erect ears, and short, soft, mole-like fur. The tent was floored with dirt, and had five cots along each side, with aduffel bag at the foot of each and a barracks bag beneath. And Kusu's face was Kusu's face, though he appeared to be perhaps nineyears old.