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"Okay."
 The woman was light, not much over one hundred pounds. Hickok
lifted her with ease. "What's your mom's name?"

"Rainbow," Star answered.

"Do tell." He moved through the brush, the girl at his side, her worried
gaze fixed on her unconscious mother.

They reached the field, the bright moon overhead.

"Who's that?" Star suddenly asked.

Hickok followed the direction of her gaze and spotted a figure coming
toward them from the Home. He recognized the fluid, controlled
movements of the Family's martial arts master. "That's a pard of mine,"
he said to Star. "His name is Rikki-Tikki-Tavi."

"You're kidding, right?" Star replied.

"Ask him if you don't believe me."

The Beta Triad Warrior reached them, his scabbard gripped in his
right hand. "I heard the shots," he explained, "and presumed you needed
assistance. Obviously not."

"Say, mister." Star looked up at Rikki. "Is your name really
Rikki-Tavi-Tikki?"

"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, at your service." Rikki bowed and swept his left arm
in a grandiose flourish.

"Where'd you get a name like that?" Star wanted to know.

"Out of a bookтАж" Rikki began to answer.

"Oh?" Star clapped her hands, excited. "You have books here?"

"Hundreds of thousands," Rikki responded. "The man who built our
Home knew we would require knowledge to persevere in the world after
World War Three. We have a magnificent library."

"I just love books," Star said delightedly. "We only have a couple of
dozen and I've read all of them."
 "Who taught you to read?" Rikki asked her.

"My mother," Star stated, reaching up and taking her mother's limp
right hand.