Ron understood his father’s feeling. It was indeed something of a personal triumph to establish communication and friendship with these aliens. He decided against repeating the warning of Borah, at least for the time being. He had no more reason for believing Borah than accepting Barmese and Athol at face value, except for his own personal feelings that the bearlike delegate was more to be trusted than the unpleasant-looking characters in suits.
With gusto Mr. Barron repeated tales of spacecraft and adventure which his new friends had related to him. It appeared these two were genuine swashbucklers of the old school, but it would not be hard to shift the characterizations slightly and make pirates of them instead of simple-hearted adventurers. Ron decided he would mention Borah’s warning
