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TO THE TEMPLEтАж

"Bring the one in," Citlallatonac's voice spoke from the temple, and they pushed him inside.

The first priest was sitting cross-legged on an ornamented block of stone before a statue of Coatlicue. In
the half-light of the temple the goddess was hideously lifelike, glazed and painted and decorated with
gems and gold plates. Her twin heads looked at him and her claw-handed arms appeared ready to seize.

"You have disobeyed the clan leaders," the first priest said loudlyтАж Chimal came close, and when he did
so he saw that the priest was older than he had thought. His hair, matted with blood and dirt and
unwashed for years, had the desired frightening effect, as did the blood on his death-symboled robeтАж
His skin had a waxy pallor except where patches of red powder had been dusted on his cheeks to
simulate good healthтАж.

"You have disobeyed. Do you know the penalty?" The old man's voice cracked with rage.

"I did not disobey, therefore there is no penalty."




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STAR SMASHERS OF THE GALAXY RANGERS




CAPTIVE UNIVERSE

HARRY HARRISON

A BERKLEY MEDALLION BOOK
published by BERKLEY PUBLISHING CORPORATION




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