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When Verkan Vall donned that coat, he would become his own living bait for the murderous fury of the creature he sought. At the moment, mastering his queasiness and putting on the coat, he objected less to that danger than to the hideous stench of the scent, to obtain which a valuable specimen had been sacrificed at the Dhergabar Museum of Extraterrestrial Zoology, the evening before. WHEN VERKAN VALL DONNED THAT COAT HE WOULD BECOME HIS OWN LIVING BAIT FOR THE MURDEROUS FURY OF THE CREATURE HE SOUGHT AT THE MOMENT MASTERING HIS QUEASINESS AND PUTTING ON THE COAT HE OBJECTED LESS TO THAT DANGER THAN TO THE HIDEOUS STENCH OF THE SCENT TO OBTAIN WHICH A VALUABLE SPECIMEN HAD BEEN SACRIFICED AT THE DHERGABAR MUSEUM OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL ZOOLOGY THE EVENING BEFORE
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. 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. A sickening, rancid fetor tainted the air--the scent of the giant poison-roach of Venus, the one creature for which the nighthound bore an inborn, implacable hatred. It was because of this compulsive urge to attack and kill the deadly poison-roach that the first human settlers on Venus, long millennia ago, had domesticated the ugly and savage nighthound. He remembered that the Gavran family derived their title from their vast Venus hotlands estates; that Gavran Sarn, the man who had brought this thing to the Fourth Level, had been born on the inner planet. OME 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 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 A SICKENING RANCID FETTER TAINTED THE AIR THE SCENT OF THE GIANT POISON ROACH OF VENUS THE ONE CREATURE FOR WHICH THE NIGHTHOUND BORE AN INBORN IMPLACABLE HATRED IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS COMPULSIVE URGE TO ATTACK AND KILL THE DEADLY POISON ROACH THAT THE FIRST HUMAN SETTLERS ON VENUS LONG MILLENNIA AGO HAD DOMESTICATED THE UGLY AND SAVAGE NIGHTHOUND HE REMEMBERED THAT THE GAVRAN FAMILY DERIVED THEIR TITLE FROM THEIR VAST VENUS HOTLANDS ESTATES THAT GAVRAN SARN THE MAN WHO HAD BROUGHT THIS THING TO THE FOURTH LEVEL HAD BEEN BORN ON THE INNER PLANET
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