Below him on the dry Flat he
saw the pale shadow of his flyer skimming across the dust. The drone of
the motors filled the compartment.
The radio cut in again. It was Manning. "What's this about a city, Lee?
Is that where they are?"
"The City of the Temple," Rynason said. "It's down among overhanging
rocks--no wonder we hadn't seen it before. Doesn't seem to have been
used for centuries or more. But that's where the Temple of Kor is--and
the Hirlaji are all in the Temple."
Static hissed at him for a moment. "How did they bring her down?"
someone asked. It sounded like Stoworth.
"Probably the disintegrators," Rynason said. "The Hirlaji don't have
many of them, but they've got enough power to give us a lot of trouble."
"And they're using them, eh?" Manning said. "What do you think of your
horses now, Lee?"
Rynason didn't answer.
In a few minutes they were over the range. Rynason had to scout for
awhile before he found the pass he had seen on Mara's screen, but once
he saw it below him he followed it out to the other side.
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