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　　Quite possibly--at any moment--the issue might be decided in favor of resuming loyalty to Polkjhy's captain-leader, or reporting Lark's presence to the embattled crew. But not yet. Meanwhile, there continued a strange, tentative partnership of Zang, human, and ring stack. Nike high heels A loose coalition of collective beings. Lark decided to call the confused creature "X"--at least till it made up its minds.
　　Waves of shadow and color flashed briefly, while the stack whistled breathy Galactic Six from its oration peak.
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　　"Yes?" Lark took a step forward. "Did you learn where they took Ling?"
　　He had hoped to find her in the Life Core, near the nest where they had been happy--all too briefly.
　　The composite creature twitched and shuddered. Across its corrugated, waxy flesh there Nike heels crawled dozens of small rings, crimson in color, feeding on its secretions. To the Polkjhy crew, those innocuous-looking toroids were carriers of a plague, more horrid than the Zang infestation.
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　　News of hydrogen-breathing reinforcements did not affect Lark's passenger as expected. The globule-entity quivered, indicating a strong desire to avoid contact with the newcomers until they could be viewed from a safe distance.