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The outer door opened and the sub-coht about the trap We ht theate&039;s secure now, and we&039;ve cleared out that last building"
McKie pursed his lips, then:
"Take the prisoners to Jedrik Tell her we&039;re co in"
A flicker of surprise touched the sub-commander&039;s eyes
"She knows"
Still the man hesitated
"Yes?"
"There&039;s one Hu"
McKie waited Jedrik kneas coone on here, knew about the Human prisoner out there She wanted him to question this person Yesof course She left nothing to chanceby her standards Well, her standards were about to change, but she ht even know that
"Name?"
"Havvy Broey holds him, but he once served Jedrik She says to tell you Havvy is a reject, that he was conta him in"
Havvy surprised him The surface was that of a bland-faced nonentity, braggadocio clearly evident under a reen uniform with a driver&039;s brassard The uniform rinkled, but there were no visible rips or cuts He&039;d been treated withled out of the room Havvy replaced the Gowachin in the chair McKie waved away the bindings
Unfocused questions created turmoil in McKie&039;s mind He found it difficult to delay Sixty hours! But he felt that he could almost touch the solution to the Dosadi mystery, that in only a few minutes he would know names and real motives for the ones who&039;d created this monster Havvy? He&039;d served Jedrik In ay? Why rejected? Contaminated?
Unfocused questions, yes
Havvy sat in watchful tension, casting an occasional glance around the room, at the s There were no more explosions out there
As McKie studied hied Havvy was small but solid, one of those Humans of lesser stature who concealed heavy musculature which could surprise you if you suddenly bue, but he was not Dosadi A member of Grinik&039;s teah He didn&039;t examine those around him with an automatic status assessment His reactions were slow Too much that should remain under shutters flowed from within him directly to the surface Yes, that was the ultimate revelation It bothered McKie that so much went unseen beneath the surface here, so much for which Aritch and company had not prepared him It would take a lifetime to learn all the nuances of this place, and he had less than sixty hours reh McKie&039;s mind in an eyeblink He reached his decision, uards and others to leave
One of the security people started to protest, but McKie silenced hi the captive
The door closed behind the last of the guards
"You were sent here deliberately to seekHavvy had expected He stared into McKie&039;s eyes A door slammed outside There was the sound of several doors opening and shutting, the shuffling of feet An amplified voice called out:
"Move these prisoners out!"
Havvy chewed at his upper lip He didn&039;t protest A deep sigh shook him, then:
"You&039;re Jorj X McKie of BuSab?"
McKie blew out through pursed lips Did Havvy doubt the evidence of his own senses? Surprising McKie shook his head, continued to study the captive
"You can&039;t be McKie!" Havvy said
"Ahhhhhh" It was pressed out of McKie
So about Havvy: the body ree
McKie thought about what the Caleban, Fannie Mae, had said A light touch He was overtaken by an abrupt certainty: soh the man&039;s eyes Yessss Aritch&039;s people controlled the Caleban who maintained the barrier around Dosadi The Caleban could contact selected people here She&039;d have a constant updating on everything such people learned There must be many such spies on Dosadi, all trained not to betray the Caleban contact - no twitching, no lapses into trance No telling how ents Aritch possessed here
Would all the other people on Dosadi reh? That was a matter to question
"But you must be McKie," Havvy said "Jedrik&039;s still working out of" He broke off
"You ," McKie said "I assure you, however, that BuSab is not a look came over Havvy&039;s face
"No, she hasn&039;t ured out yet how Pcharky&039;s supposed to buy his freedom?"
McKie felt off balance at this odd turn
"Explain" "
"He&039;s supposed to transfer your identity into Jedrik&039;s body and her identity into your body I think she was going to try that with ed
It was like an explosion in McKie&039;s newly sensitized awareness Rejected! Contae! McKie was accusatory!
"Broey sent you!"
"Of course" Offensive
McKie contained his anger The Dosadi coer baffled hi back layer upon layer of concealment With each new layer you expected to find the answer But that was a trap the whole universe set for the unwary It was the ultimate mystery and he hated mystery There were those who said this was a necessary ingredient for BuSab agents You eli he&039;d uncovered about this planet showed him how little he&039;d known previously about anynew about Jedrik There was little doubt that Broey&039;s Huer told the truth
Pcharky had penetrated the intricacies of PanSpechi ego transfer He&039;d done it without a PanSpechi as his subject, unlessyesthat expanded the implications in Tria&039;s history Their PanSpechi experirotesque proportions
"I will speak directly to your Caleban monitor," McKie said
"My what?"
It was such obvious dissimulation that McKie only snorted He leaned forward
"I will speak directly to Aritch See that he gets this e without any lassy He shuddered
McKie felt the inner tendrils of an attempted Caleban contact in his oareness, thrust theent Pay close attention, Aritch Those who created this Dosadi horror cannot run far enough, fast enough, or long enough to escape If you wish to et for violence, you are proceeding correctly Others, including BuSab, can employ mass violence if you force it upon theht But unless you adhere to your o, to the honored relationship between Legum and Client, your shame will be exposed Innocent Gowachin as well as you others whose legal status has yet to be determined - all will pay the bloody price"
Havvy&039;s brows dren in puzzlement
"Shame?"
"They plan to blast Dosadi out of existence"
Havvy pressed back into the chair, glared at McKie
"You&039;re lying"
"Even you, Havvy, are capable of recognizing a truth I&039;h the lines to Broey Tell him what you learned fro to"
"Ask Aritch for yourself"
Havvy didn&039;t ask "Aritch who?" He lifted himself from the chair
"I will"
"Tell Broey we&039;ve less than sixty hours None of us who can resist mind erasure will be per: Yes, I am Dosadi now He said:
"Get out of here"
It afforded him a measure of amusement that the door was opened by the sub-commander just as Havvy reached it
"See to hi Havvy "I&039;ll be ready to go in a moment"
Without any concern about whether the sub-conht There re, who&039;d sent twenty Gowachin fro That was the name of the mythical monster who&039;d tested the first pri the pattern of their deepest instincts
Mrreg?
Was it code, or did some Gowachin actually use that name? Or was it a role that some Gowachin filled?