so are simple..."
"Then lets have them!" he sat back and his bronze squawked as
it fought to keep its balance.
"Leave the lad alone so he'll tell us, Meron," said Asgenar.
"My reasons," I continued, "are as follows: One, If one tells
anything extraordinary in public, then false versions run rampant from
Hold to Hold and; Two, Why ruin the surprise?!" I waited while that found
a way into even Meron's twisted mind.
"Continue, we wish to hear all," said Larad, echoed by all.
"Yes, lets hear it," said Meron.
After I had finished telling my tale, no one moved an inch, not
even Lytol. They all seemed to be trying to absorb the information, and
were not doing well by their confused expressions. Lytol recovered first,
followed by Meron, who was grinning maliciously.
"How can you expect us," said Meron, "to believe THAT outrageous
story! Next, he'll be saying he drew an inside straight on a Bitran just
a sevenday ago!" the little bronze fire-lizard crooned softly to him in
an ineffectual effort to soothe him.
"Enough Meron! By what Mastersmith Fandarel told me, some of
the things that Jason had could never have come from Pern. 'We lack the
understanding to build such devices' said Fandarel just yesterday. I believe
Jason's tale. I've never seen Master Fandarel so animated ," said Larad.
"Jason Florian Long of Earth, I too believe your tale," announced
Asgenar and he was echoed by most. Only Oterel, Corman, Raid, Sifer, Meron
(of course!!), and Begamon seemed to doubt my tale, as I expected [FOR
THE FEW OF YOU WHO CARE OTEREL, RAID, AND BEGAMON DID COME AROUND BY OR
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