Lorenz looked up as the aqua fliv landed at the padport outside the Laird"s and Lady"s Station. He had been supervising the transfer of range kine to the feeding pens. He always felt it unnecessary as the range kine of Thalia were far more placid than the cattle of Earth, but Thalians loved their fatted kine.
“It looks like Ishmael,” he said and nodded at Laten. “Take over.”
He met Ishmael at the end of the padport and noted the worried look on Ishmael"s face. Lorenz had met him while he was an Ab instead of the Lad of Ishner during the fight with the Sisterhood. They had become friends when Llewellyn"s forces retrieved the House members from servitude.
They greeted each other and Lorenz asked, “What"s wrong?”
Ishmael gave a forced grin. “Nay, really. I, uh, wondered which Maca Daniel
