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"I wish I had guts enough to give the Boss-man the facts but I can't get nerve enough to try. I've a good job here a wife and two kids and I don't want to jeopardize my future." Blalok glanced over the side. "Well, here we are," he said, and began descending into the center of a spokelike mass of buildings radiating outward from a central hub. "Hmm big place," Kennon murmured.
"Which goes to prove that my theories on preventive medicine are right," Alexander said, turning to Blalok. "It looks that way," Blalok admitted, "but that could be because you picked a good man." "He's good in more ways than one," Alexander said. "Or did he tell you he saved Douglas's life out on Otpen One?" "He's never said a word." Alexander smiled. "Another point in his favor.
"Sometimes I feel like one. But I'd like to get this job finished." "Well, I'll do what I can," Blalok said. "I'll try to keep him down at Alexandria for a few days." "It'll be enough," Kennon said. More than enough he added mentally. The coils of fuel wire were ready to load, and the power slugs for the ship's reactor were already stored in the power plant building here at Olympus.
During the day it's too hot to breathe, let alone work. Well, let's get going. There's still time to visit the outer stations." Kennon climbed in and Blalok started the vehicle. "I thought we'd take a jeep today," he said. "They aren't very pretty, but they get around."
"Now wait a minute," Blalok said. "Get the kink out of your neck and simmer down. Sure the Boss-man told us to keep an eye on you but that's not why I'm here this time." "Well?" "Douglas came back this morning." "What for?" "I don't know." Blalok's face wore the noncommittal look it always wore when he was taking liberties with the truth.
He owed a debt of gratitude to the Boss-man. "You're lucky you never knew her," Kennon said. "That all depends on what you mean," Blalok said as he grinned and walked to the door. The parting shot missed its mark entirely as Kennon looked at him with blank incomprehension. "You should have been a Mystic," Blalok said. "A knowledge of the sacred books would do you no end of good."
I found a few things wrong but there are probably more." "I'll check on it and thanks for the advice," Mullins said. "Sit down, Doctor. Your airboat won't be serviced for another few minutes. Tell me how things are on the main island. How's Blalok?" "You know him?" "Of course. I used to be a frequent visitor there. But with that young pup here, I couldn't leave. I didn't dare to.
The location was different the conference room in Alexandria was more formal than Blalok's parlor but the same people were present: Alexander, Blalok, Jordan, and himself. Somehow Alexander seemed to have shrunk. He was no longer as impressive as he had been. But the man still radiated force, even though it didn't seem quite so overpowering.
And even with their superstitions and tabus they're better than most humans." "For pets," Blalok said heavily. "They're not better at anything," Jordan demurred. "They can't be man is the best and always will be." "The eternal racial chauvinist," Alexander murmured. He turned his attention to Blalok. "But for awhile, Evald, I'd suggest you keep an eye on our young man.
What job wouldn't be with a bunch of goofballs like these I've got working on it. "I can't keep a Lani here for two weeks without having her throw a catfit, and the superstitious idiots are affecting the men who ought to know better! I wish I'd never have opened my big mouth to Alexander! As far as I'm concerned he can take this job and " "Hey take it easy, man!" Blalok said.
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