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Tortha Karf fingered them and nodded. Then he became as visibly angry as a man of his civilization and culture level ever permitted himself. DOROTHA CARR FINGERED THEM AND NODDED THEN HE BECAME AS VISIBLY ANGRY AS A MAN OF HIS CIVILIZATION IN CULTURE LEVEL EVER PERMITTED HIMSELF
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." It was less a question than a statement. Verkan Vall bent and took cloth-wrapped objects from his bag, unwrapping them and laying them on the desk. They were casts, in hard black plastic, of the footprints of some large three-toed animal. "What do these look like, sir?" he asked. XACTLY 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 IT WAS LESS A QUESTION THAN A STATEMENT VERKAN VALL BENT AND TOOK CLOTH WRAPPED OBJECTS FROM HIS BAG UNWRAPPING THEM AND LAYING THEM ON THE DESK THEY WERE CASTS IN HARD BLACK PLASTICK OF THE FOOTPRINTS OF SOME LARGE THREE TOED ANIMALS WHAT DO THESE LOOK LIKE SIR HE ASKED
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