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I'm gladthings are turning out well for you; I suspected they might when I saw howhard you worked preparing yourself. Tomorrow you may be dead, or I may, or both of us may, and I wantvery much for you to stay. Which was trulyremarkable even then, when the army was beginning to expand rapidly. There was radio here, there was no question about that, though only onebroadcast source had reached the Blessed Flenyaagor.

Or was it intended forofficer trainees? Jerym laughed. He was unusually short, still sinewy beneathage-loosened skin; he leered almost toothlessly down at Varlik, who satcross-legged on the ground. I'm lucky, he said. I won't go into details, but starting withless than forty percent of your opponent's manpower and less than a tenthhis firepower, lacking any sup