It made nomove to attack him, or to defend itself, and Hal saw no malice or angerin its gaze. But each time as he closed with the herd, the wind hadtricked him. her throat,while the other was staggering away, her near front leg swingingloosely from the broken bone. it aside, and asquare of soft light fell through the hatch.
He read from the list inhis hand. Suddenly he made an impatient gesture to the woman who stood besidehim. Shoulder to shoulder, they formed ranksand worked through the manual of arms. Hal lay on his hard bunk in the dark, his hands clasped across hischest, and tried to sleep.
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