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In the grandstand, the susurrus ofconversations thinned, almost stilled. Once closed, the carriers were cooled somewhat, and whenthey lifted, pressurized. Uncharacteristically he'd gotten tense. You are Iryalans, the new Iryalans.

Quickly, his nimble fingers counted out smallpiles of silver coins, then he made entries on two pages in a ledger,glancing up as he did so. Minutes passed with diminishing gunfire, then two of the troopers who'dmarched up the street with Jerym appeared and stood beside Kelmer inthe deep shadow beneath the tree. Easy enough; the first four numbers were his birth year. Lanks andhis people, with their T'swa escort, had been landed on the roof, and takenby lift to cells in the cellar.