Then he turned and walked away, in a mannerthat reminded Varlik of a T'swa dismissal. Then each sept on the islandselected one in 200 of its people to go, and when all had boarded, thegreat ships left, never to return. All right, he said, let'sget our asses out of here. Theancient veteran, owning humankind's most admired military mind, wasworth his full attention, even making a graduation address.
The musicstopped, they stepped apart, then abruptly she stepped close again andkissed his cheek. Invite a colleague to dinner with us, to talk business. Just don't talk much. And he realized what was botheringhim, had been bothering him since they'd been dismissed after trainingand he'd found the regiment back from the south.
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