In Komars, the authorities didn't even allow ship's crewashore, not even to handle lines on the dock! Longshoremen wereassigned to that. Anythingyou need to tell us? Esenrok's head jerked a sharp negative, but he didn't meet the olderyouth's eyes. They left together then. Meanwhile DAAS, in its role as gunnery computer, tracked it.
***The sight of Jerym startled Esenrok out of a reverie of what he'd taunt himwith when they passed, perhaps a quarter mile ahead. This project required that two more crewmen become privy to the secret:the stoker on the twelve-to-four watch, and his coal trimmer. There the inner bark, the phloem, was scraped off andpestled into pulp that would be added to flour for baking. Even at hyperspace speeds, it will bequite awhile before the Klestroni can arrive.
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