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"You said you had a plan."
"I've been thinking about it some, yes," Xris admitted, taking out a twist and lighting it. "What's our first move?"
Xris took a drag on the twist. "We go shopping."
Raoul opened his eyes.
CHAPTER 31
I came like Water, and like Wind I go.
Edward FitzGerald, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
The long-range Schiavona slid out of the Lane and into the warm glow of Rengazi. an orange-yellow star circled by ten bustling, self-important planets. Located near an intersection of several highly traveled hyperspace lanes, Rengazi had been one of the first systems reached by human explorers. The climates of the various planets had not been at all suitable to human habitation, but the humans, noted among the galaxy's races for their energy, ambition, and eagerness to make money, had either adapted to the mineral-rich planets' environments or forced the planets to adapt to them.
Consequently, Rengazi boasted the first major settlement to be established off-Earth. The fact that the settlers had all perished in a bioplague--caused by an attempt to cross Earth and native plant species, resulting in the creation of several amazingly deadly viruses--was beside the point. A statue had been erected to the intrepid humans, who looked particularly prehistoric and clunky in their bubble-shaped headgear and bulky space suits. A small matter such as lethal viruses had not kept the humans away long
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