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He pointed it at Kieran's middle. "Reason one," he said. "If the Sakae catch Paula and me here we're in very big trouble. Reason two this is a closed area, and you're with us, so you will be in very big trouble." He looked coldly at Kieran. "The first reason is the one that interests me most." Kieran shrugged. "Well, now I know." He ran. Only then did he hear the low heavy thrumming in the sky.
It's land the Sakae didn't want. Now, of course, they have no objection to setting it aside as a sort of game preserve. The humans are protected, the Sakae tell us. They're living their natural life in their natural environment, and when we demand that a program be " She was out of breath and had to stop, panting. Webber finished for her. "We want them taught, lifted out of this naked savagery.
It had people human people on it, very low in the scale of civilization." "Well, what was the problem? Couldn't you start teaching them as you had others?" She shook her head. "It would take a long while. But that wasn't the real problem. It was You see, there's another race on Sako beside the human ones, and it's a fairly civilized race. The Sakae. The trouble is the Sakae aren't human."
Two Sakae were mounting guard as the party from the car approached the corral. Inside the fence Kieran could see the people, flopped around in positions of exhaustion. They did not seem to be afraid now. A few of them were drinking from a supply of water provided for them. There was food scattered for them on the ground.
You can drop the patronizing professional jargon and answer my question." Her voice became hard and brittle. "You're new to this environment. You wouldn't understand if I told you." "Try me." "All right," she answered. "We need you, as a symbol, in a political struggle we're waging against the Sakae." "The Sakae?"
He asked, "Then they weren't running from the Sakae?" "Of course they were," Paula said. "You saw them yourself, cowering under the trees when the ship went over." "The patrol ships frighten them," Bregg said. "Sometimes to the point of stampeding them, which is why we use them only in emergencies. The people do not connect the ships with us." "That," said Paula flatly, "is a lie." Bregg sighed.
"First to " Bregg used a word that undoubtedly named a city of the Sakae but that meant nothing to Kieran, " and then to Altair Two. This, of course, is a council matter." He stopped and looked with bright, shrewd eyes at Kieran. "You are quite the sensation already, Mr. Kieran.
I don't think " "Use it," said Kieran. "And get moving again. Slowly." They started to move, and then across the sky a great iron voice spoke like thunder. "Lie down," it said, "please. Lie down flat." Kieran turned his head, startled. From the direction of the building on the hill a vehicle was speeding toward them. "The Sakae," said Webber with what was almost a sob of relief. "Lie down."
The old people and the little children ran strongly. "Is their village there?" Kieran asked, indicating the distant mountains. "They don't live in villages," Paula said. "But the mountains are safer. More places to hide." "You said this was a closed area. What is it, a hunting preserve?" "The Sakae don't hunt them any more." "But they used to?" "Well," Webber said, "a long time ago.
Then from up forward, without turning, Webber spoke. "What do you think now of Vaillant's fine idea, Paula?" "It can still work," she said, but there was no conviction in her voice. "If you don't mind," said Kieran, with an edge to his voice, "I'd still like to know what this Sako business has to do with reviving me." "The Sakae rule the humans on that world," Paula answered.
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