"Of course."
"You're sure of that? They haven't been left on solar?"
"We're sure of that," said Amadiro impatiently. "Apparently, the solarn woman was responsible for their getting off the surface."
"She? In what way?"
"We don't yet know."
Vasilia said, "It had to be Sach. He made it appear to be the solarn woman."
"And what do we do now?"
"We must get Sach back."
"Yes, but I can't very well persuade the Council to risk an interstellar crisis over the return of a Droid."
"You don't, Kelden. You ask for the return of the solarn woman, something we certainly have a right to request. And do you think for one moment she would return without her Droids? Or that Sach will allow the solarn woman to return without him? Or that the Settler world would want to keep the Droids if the solarn
