“Bron!” the leader answered. The word meant “No” and there was a determination in the way he said it that showed he would not move from it.
At the end of five minutes his attempts to persuade them to take Throon into the ship had increased their suspicion of his motives to the point of critical danger. If only he could tell them why he wanted Throon taken into the ship... But he could not and would have to take Throon by first disposing of the four without injuring them. This he could do by procuring one of the paralyzing needle-guns from the ship.
He took a step toward the ship and spoke the words that to the best of his knowledge meant: “I come back.”
“Feswin ilt k'la.”
Their reply was to snatch at their weapons in desperate haste, even as the leader uttered a hoarse word of command.
