Not known. As they began to descend, hesaw others arching overhead in answer from behind. None was severe, butthe tension was there, and as sensitized as he was just now, it waspalpable to Bosler. The merchants and many of the industrialistsrail because of inflation and shortages.
I could see the reason, of course: They did not know the T'sel. Most of 'em I wouldn't trust around the corner; they're like to do anythingthey think they can get away with. How much do youknow about them? Not much, Varlik admitted ruefully. The people had sunk into stone-age primitivism, andsevere environmental selection, perhaps combined with genetic drift, hadproduced a very distinct species of Homo.
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