“That was one of the questions I hadconcerns about. Thank you for resolving it.”
“So the question now is, what do youplan to do with it?”
“Thought I might get into realestate.”
Jazez smiled. “That’s usually agood investment. I’m very happy to hear you say that. Because ourgovernment would like to make you an offer.” He reached into hisbriefcase and brought out about a dozen sheets of paper, boundtogether. He passed the packet over to Mavers. “Would you read thatplease? It’s an offer to take the planet off your hands.”
Mavers skimmed the document. Anotherplus for the Terleran civilization was that their legal documentswere not written in legalese, but in plain straightforwardlanguage.The papers were a simple contract, but Mavers didn’t believe thefigures he saw.
He looked up. The two T
