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Going to stay with 'em while you're here? Varlik's misgivings were gone, leaving only a light unease in its stead. The only thing I need to sleep is my bunk, Jerym thought. And later theKlestronu intrusion-and the teleport. The reardoor was something of a bottleneck, but the press of bodies was notsevere.

5-Surveillance platforms (first direct Iryalan participation) parked onstrategic Heaviside coordinates. The two engaged regiments, as ofyesterday, numbered only 396 men active behind enemy lines. Both the Birds sat down, eyes on their prisoner, and Varlik,after hesitating, also sat, wondering if they'd roust him to his feet again. No, sir, Fenssen answered.