The two plates, whose claim the kits failed to sustain, had been connected by a square iron rod, too oxidized to be useful, that had apparently connected two really remarkable masses of metal. They were also identical, and off the same alloy, yellow-gold when polished: not quite globes, but flattened spheres. Once At [...]
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Chapter Six
As soon as Point mentioned poison, Greater Than released his harness. The big black case fell off his back and he opened it up like a cabinet. He rummaged rapidly, running his hands down labeled compartments.
“Upper right corner,” Point snapped.
He touched the stud on that compartment and it popped open to reveal a [...]
Chapter Five
“I see things lying around under these trees,” Tilde’s interest was what you’d expect from somebody who lives chiefly to eat and to nourish others. “Maybe they’re some kind of fruit.”
A question of general interest, actually. And the objects she was pointing out under tall, slender trees set back from the boulders we [...]