The Companion Clause

as bleeding

intly where it caught the sulfur-tinted sun. Trees-twisted things with glassy

ck in the earth, her boots hissing where they

her, voice muffled slightly by the rebreather over his fa

was full of aphrodisiac pollen and the locals

paradise,"

smir

ded not to notice. His armor was worn, patched in three places with dark

. "This 'Star-Seed' thing we're her

ly. "Extremely unstable. Might

, flat look. "And you

atching y

The jungle hissed in response. Somewhere in the distance,

Mistress, you're going to take

lking toward the next crack in the ground. "

ed, low a

wed her in