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Then he took off his coat, removing his pipe and tobacco from the pockets, and spread it on the wet grass. He unwrapped a package and took out a small plastic spray gun he had brought with him from the First Level, aiming it at the coat and pressing the trigger until it blew itself empty. THEN HE TOOK OFF HIS COAT REMOVING HIS PIPE AND TOBACCO FROM THE POCKETS AND SPREAD IT ON THE WET GRASS HE UNWRAPPED A PACKAGE AND TOOK OUT A SMALL PLASTIC SPRAY GUN HE HAD BROUGHT WITH HIM FROM THE FIRST LEVEL AIMING IT AT THE COAT AND PRESSING THE TRIGGER UNTIL IT BLEW ITSELF EMPTY
 human history, the same rain had been coming down on the old Kinchwalter farm, near Rutter's Fort, on the Fourth Level. And it had persisted all day, in a slow, deliberate drizzle. He didn't like that. The woods would be wet, muffling his quarry's footsteps, and canceling his only advantage over the night-prowler he hunted. He had no idea, however, of postponing the hunt. If anything, the rain had made it all the more imperative that the nighthound be killed at once. At this season, a falling temperature would speedily follow. The nighthound, a creature of the hot Venus marshes, would suffer from the cold, and, taught by years of domestication to find warmth among human habitations, it would invade some isolated farmhouse, or, worse, one of the little valley villages. If it were not killed tonight, the incident he had come to prevent would certainly occur. Going to the barn, he spread an old horse blanket on the seat of the jeep, laid his rifle on it, and then backed the jeep outside. L UNAFFECTED BY THE PROBABILITIES OF HUMAN HISTORY THE SAME RAIN HAD BEEN COMING DOWN ON THE OLD KINCHWALTER FARM NEAR RUTTER'S FORT ON THE FOURTH LEVEL IT HAD PERSISTED ALL DAY IN A SLOW DELIBERATE DRIZZLE HE DIDN'T LIKE THAT THE WOODS WOULD BE WET MUFFLING HIS QUARRY'S FOOTSTEPS AND CANCELING HIS ONLY ADVANTAGE OVER THE NIGHT PROWLER HE HUNTED HE HAD NO IDEA HOWEVER OF POSTPONING THE HUNT IF ANYTHING THE RAIN HAD MADE IT ALL THE MORE IMPERATIVE THAT THE NIGHTHOUND BE KILLED AT ONCE AT THIS SEASON A FALLING TEMPERATURE WOULD SPEEDILY FOLLOW THE NIGHTHOUND A CREATURE OF THE HOT VENUS MARSHES WOULD SUFFER FROM THE COLD AND TAUGHT BY YEARS OF DOMESTICATION TO FIND WARMTH AMONG HUMAN HABITATIONS IT WOULD INVADE SOME ISOLATED FARMHOUSE OR WORSE ONE OF THE LITTLE VALLEY VILLAGES IF IT WERE NOT KILLED TO NIGHT THE INCIDENT HE HAD COME TO PREVENT WOULD CERTAINLY OCCUR GOING TO THE BARN HE SPREAD AN OLD HORSE BLANKET ON THE SEAT OF THE JEEP LAID HIS RIFLE ON IT AND THEN BACKED THE JEEP OUTSIDE
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