overinterested

Updated: May 9, 2025

There was enough leakage from Ramos' tightened beam, here at its source, for them to hear what he said. But when, after a moment, Paul Hendricks answered from the distance, "Easy with the talk, fella overinterested people might be listening," they suddenly forgot their own enthusiasms. They realized. Their hides tingled unpleasantly. Ramos' dark face hardened. Still he spoke depreciatingly.

Raymond Z. Gallun - The Planet Strappers