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Dangerous Games
by Marta Randall
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Copyright (c)1980, 2002 by Marta Randall


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This one's for Lizzy.
_"For herein may be seen noble chivalry, courtesy, humanity, friendliness,
hardiness, love, friendship, cowardice, murder, hate, virtue, and sin. Do
after the good and leave the evil, and it shall bring you to good fame and
fortune."_
-Sir Thomas Malory
_Le Morte d'Arthur,_ preface
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*Part One*

*STRAYS*

1242 new time

I came to the place of my birth and cried, "The friends of my youth, where are
they?" And echo answered, "Where are they?"
-Arab saying
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ALEJANDRO CRISTOBAL MARQUEZ PUT HIS hands behind his back and stood
amid the dim lights and harsh noises of the portside bar. His palms were
slippery with sweat and his chest tightened; he hoped that his anxiety and
hatred did not show in his face. Before him, the tall, dark-skinned tauCaptain
rocked his chair back, put his feet on the table, and skimmed the contents of
Sandro's Certificate. The blue light of the Certificate's readout flickered
across the tauCaptain's face, imparting a demonic look to the high cheekbones
and oriental eyes. Sandro cautiously relaxed his clenched hands and resisted
the urge to look around, convinced that the other spacers were grinning and
poking each other with their elbows. They had watched this scene before.