Far below, at the base of the woods, something moved amongst the trees. Venus was a small planet, as planets go, but large enough to swallow ten thousand cities—or even a hundred times that—without any visible crowding of the skies. One of us will need to cutthem down, the wench said. It yielded in a softness that did not touch, and at the pleasant tingle, Cleon relaxed a bit.
en … how’s that song go? The one about mankind jumping out into the stars? And everybody thought that was how it was going to be. \parBel Riose reached for the belt of linked metal that clung to the curved wall. Laughing, hedropped to his knees, plunged his head under the water, and came up drenchedand dripping. Then she put one paw on the back of his head and began to groom his fur with her tongue.
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