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Of course. Varlik chuckled. Mellis glared. Carrmak looked at him exasperatedly.

On the flat ground behindthe encampment, Varlik could see hundreds of men in groups, doing whatappeared to be choreographed tumbling in a thin haze of dust. At a glance he looked like a warrior: A year's mercenary training,strenuous to the limits of endurance, had given him a physical hardnessthat, even in a baggy field uniform, was quite apparent. A moment later a young man entered, well built and rather tall, like hissister before him. I saw you cross from thefloater pad.