BLAINE COULD SEE IT in him now. That air of quiet, confident dominance. “I see what you mean,” Blaine agreed. “I am like that, on Earth. You realize it?”
“It is why I chose to bring you here,” Ratan said.
“I can be very helpful to you,” Blaine added. “My companions—they are just captives. But I would like to be more than that.” The banker shrugged. “I bow to the inevitable. If you are to seize my world, then I would like to do the best for myself. That’s good sense, isn’t it?”
Was he gaining this fellow’s confidence? The big Radak smiled also. “What do you mean?”
“On Earth I am very powerful. I have money, property.”
“Of what good could that be to me?” Ratan smiled. “And when I get there—I have it all anyway.”
“What I mean,” Blaine persisted, “I am an organizer. I know the resources
