He swiveled his mike to his mouth, then reached into a pocket andswitched his radio to the regimental command channel; the need for radiosilence was over. He hiked on anyway, until just beyond a storm-felled treetop, he saw tiretracks where a vehicle had pulled off onto the saturated shoulder of theroad. The scout sat not many yards from the command tent, just within thejungle's edge. He turned and grabbed her, grinning.
Shit! Kelmer wasn't a combatant, though T'swa riflemen could hardlyknow that, certainly not at a distance. Grab a shovel and pretend to be astoker. ***Splenn was the most sophisticated of the trade worlds, and one of onlytwo with its own spaceships. Money is not our purpose, it is only a means.
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