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Anne McCaffrey – Dinosaur Planet II – The Survivors Almost like children released from a tiresome class, they left.
Fordeliton’s excitement was palpable.
“Look, I’ll get Maxnil, Crilsoff, and Pendelman, raid the galley and the recorder stores, and follow. Okay?”
“Would you have time, and the space, to take one or two of the geology people?” Kai asked.
“Sure, sure.” Fordeliton craned his neck to see the list in Kai’s hand. “Baker, Bullo, and Macud are good, and they work hard. They’re off-duty right now so they’ll be bored and easily persuaded to accompany me.” Fordeliton grinned. “No problem. Don’t want to inundate you but you’ve no idea what a treat this is.”
By this time, they had reached the air lock. Varian had a clear view of the sky and saw the departure of three sleds from the Iretans’ settlement, heading southeast. She wondered if they were going to consolidate their position on the first campsite which they had abandoned. She looked quickly to see if Kai had noticed the sleds but he was discussing supplies with Fordeliton.
“If you have any telltaggers in your stores, you might want to mount one on your sled,” Varian suggested to Fordeliton.
“We have. I will. I’ll follow as soon as I assemble the men.”