Zaron thought, ::How to explain?::
Bron answered, ‘‘Just tell them all of it.’’
“For the benefit of our fems and Mark, I need to outline a bit of Sarran history.
“We are one of the oldest known civilizations in the galaxy. Some of our historians believe that the rapid development of civilization on Sarran had more to do with the geography of the planet than any natural tendency toward a superior genetic heritage. The planet’s landmass consisted of a single continent crisscrossed by abundant rivers, lakes and streams with a salt ocean surrounding the whole.”
“Yet as I understand the history of the galaxy, the Sarran were preceded by the First Ones who seeded the galaxy with life on any planet in the Goldilocks zone,” Mark said as he picked up his brandy from the low table and moved from
