opped it into chutes, and doors opened and people stood up and saluted and the chutes spat out the ball and Beza went on. Halla noticed that at first everyone watched Beza, but as they penetrated deeper into the spaceport, people began watching Halla. At first it was the man of real authority they noticed, but later, where everyone had authority, it was his cargo they cared to see. Only when Beza strapped himself into the shuttle seat beside him did Halla realize Beza was going to launch with him. "How far?" asked Halla. "How far are you going with me?" Beza smiled thinly. "All the way, Halla." "Are they making you administrator of Command School?" "No." So they had removed Beza from his post at Battle School solely to accompany Halla to his next assignment. How important am I, he wo

