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they held land men wanted. And all know the stories of the ever-living greed of
Terra which spread like a mist-dark cloud wherever their ships touched, until
there came the Great Reckoning.

"Before that these winged and unwinged ones fled along the star roads not
knowing where they might land. They found worlds to settle for a space. But
always the same such worlds drew the Terrans. They would come so that the
Little People must once more take to space. This has happened many times over,
judging by legends we have recorded. However, at last there were no more
reports of them, only what remained in songs and stories."

"Did they war with the Terrans then?" Farree's mouth was dry. He must have
squeezed Togger too hard for the smux twisted about and gave a warning nip to
a finger.

"There was a war, yes, though we hear little of thatтАФ mainly a ballad over some
Terran killed by the evil magic of the Little People.. From Udolf, for example,

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there comes a whole set of dance songs lamenting some leaders who died from
weapons known to the Little People alone. They must have practiced also some
form of mind control, for they would keep men within their hold for what
seemed a day or a year and then let their captives go, for them to discover that
they had really been gone from their homes for a matter of years. There is also
the Mingra report. Come and see for yourself."

Farree followed the Zacanthan to the larger table where there were even more
piles of tapes balanced perilously. Zoror began to clear these away, piling them
on the floor. Farree stooped quickly to help him, folding his wings tight again
lest he cause some disaster.

"This is old, too, by the reckoning of most." The Hist-Technneer was fussing
with a reader, making sure the machine was in proper position.

"Mingra?" That was a word Farree had never heard before.

"The darkened worldтАФthe world of the dead-aliveтАФ" Zoror was more intent on
the disc he was fitting into the reader than he was to any question. "Now this"тАФ
he gave the roll a last turn, slipping it into placeтАФ"was the Shame of Mingra, the
Shame of all who are space travelersтАФthough perhaps it has so faded during the
years that it is only alive as a poisonous whisper by now. Watch with careтАФfor
into it has gone the hate of one species for another and yet there is nothing to
explainтАФ"

His voice died away in a final hiss. Farree obediently looked at the small screen.
Togger moved impatiently in his grasp until he placed the smux down carefully
on the table before the screen. Togger drew himself into a ball and perhaps went