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For the first several miles though, the shorter youth was content tostay just a dozen or two yards ahead, seemingly as a matter of principle. Seeren bulgedlopsidedly white, and the breeze and chill of two nights earlier had beenreplaced by mellow stillness. But after half anhour of avoiding the enigmas that had trapped so much of his attention, itseemed to Varlik that he was repeating himself. At larger scales, the classification becomesprogressively more detailed, the finer types being outlined and defined bysymbols.

Ahead,the rifle fire slacked. 12 straight-line miles from here. The T'swi peered through, signaling till the pilot had gottenthe outgate site on the ground. Well, then, Koda said casually, perhaps you will consent to be mycivilian aide-my press aide.