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It was less a question than a statement. IT WAS LESS A QUESTION THAN A STATEMENT
iron-gray and thinning in front, he had begun to grow thick at the waist, and his calm features bore the lines of middle age. He wore the dark-green uniform of the Paratime Police. "Well, Vall," he greeted. "Everything secure?" "Not exactly, sir." Verkan Vall came around the desk, deposited his rifle and bag on the floor, and sat down in one of the spare chairs. "I'll have to go back again." "So?" His chief lit a cigarette and waited. "I traced Gavran Sarn." Verkan Vall got out his pipe and began to fill it. "But that's only the beginning. I have to trace something else. Gavran Sarn exceeded his Paratime permit, and took one of his pets along. A Venusian nighthound." Tortha Karf's expression did not alter; it merely grew more intense. He used one of the short, semantically ugly terms which serve, in place of profanity, as the emotional release of a race that has forgotten all the taboos and terminologies of supernaturalistic religion and sex-inhibition. "You're sure of this, of course. WELL PASSED HIS TWO HUNDREDTH YEAR HIS HAIR WAS IRON GRAY AND THINNING IN FRONT AND HE HAD BEGUN TO GROW THICK AT THE WAIST AND HIS CALM FEATURES BORE THE LINES OF MIDDLE AGE HE WORE THE DARK GREEN UNIFORM OF THE PARENTINE POLICE WELL WALL HE ASKED EVERYTHING SECURE NOT EXACTLY SIR VERKAN VALL CAME AROUND THE DESK DEPOSITED HIS RIFLE AND BAG ON THE FLOOR AND SAT DOWN IN ONE OF THE SPARE CHAIRS I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AGAIN SO HIS CHIEF LIT A CIGARETTE AND WAITED I TRACED GAVRAN SARN VERKAN VALL GOT OUT HIS PIPE AND BEGAN TO FILL IT BUT THAT'S ONLY THE BEGINNING I HAVE TO TRACE SOMETHING ELSE GAVRAN SARN EXCEEDED HIS PAIRTIE PERMIT AND TOOK ONE OF HIS PETS ALONG A VENUSIAN NIGHTHOUND TORIA KARF'S EXPRESSION DID NOT ALTER IT MERELY GREW MORE INTENSE HE USED ONE OF THE SHORT SEMANTICALLY UGLY TERMS WHICH SERVEVE IN PLACE OF PROFANITY AS THE EMOTIONAL RELEASE OF A RACE HAS FORGOTTEN ALL THE TABOOS AND TERMINOLOGIES OF SUPERNATURALISTIC RELIGION AND SEX INHIMITION YOU'RE SURE OF THIS OF COURSE
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