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At least that was what sheintended; neither experience nor education had anything to say about thepossibility of deep perception. Good, Voker said, and disconnected. Lormagen nodded, remembering Kettle. You see, you cannot successfully manipulate people, once they learn theT'sel, but you can collaborate with them on the basis of overlappinginterests and mutually held reality.

The T'swa had no problem with this; they accepted Voker's experienceand judgement. He watched Romlarscan the woods on the opposite side with white binoculars. ss the gravel pan where the only midday movement was a drill birdflying from thorn jug to thorn jug, to listen and peep, peck and swallow. Troops afoot sometimes took cover in the shelter of a roadside fence,mostly not to shoot back, but for a reprieve and a nap.