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Seated as he was, Romlarloomed above him, not threatening but impressive, almost T'swa-like in hissize, his physical hardness, his sense of calm strength. Toward noon they crossed another ridge, this one little more than awrinkle in the earth, just big enough to show on his map book. Something. He made his call to Konni and she accepted thedinner invitation.

But of the survival and evacuation status, he knew nothing except for thecadet operation. ***Sergeant Pitter Pross was unhappy: The paddock guards fell asleep fasterthan he could circle the paddock and wake them up. After four wars on four worlds,Colonel Dak-So had lifted from Marengabar with fewer than two hundredmen of what had been the Shangkano Regiment. They were to warn him of any Komarsireinforcements approaching.