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Others had also been woken by the Messenger's arrival, and were sitting up
or
climbing from their beds, knowing there was unloading to be done.

He himself had been temporarily excused from such duties; even so, as the
others
drifted across to the laSders and began to ascend, he followed, curious to
see
if anything had come for him.

When the last Messenger had come, three days back, it had brought nothing
but
the Observers-those unexpected "guests" billeted upon them by the
Council.
Before that it had been almost three weeks since they had had contact with
D'ni.
Three solid weeks without news.

The Messenger had come to rest between the two excavators. Already its
four-man
crew were busy, running pipelines between the middle segment of their craft
and
the two much larger vehicles, ready to transfer its load of mechanical
parts,
equipment, drill bits, fuel, and cooling fluid to the excavators.

Aitrus yawned, then walked across. The young men of the Messengers Guild were
of
nature outward, friendly types, and seeing him, one of them hailed him.

"Ho! Aitrus! There's a parcel for you!"

"A parcel?"

The Messenger gestured toward where one of his colleagues was carrying a
large
mesh basket into the forward cabin of the left-hand excavator.

Aitrus turned and looked, then hurried after, almost running into Master
Telanis
coming out.

"Aitrus! Why such a hurry?"

"Forgive me. Guild Master. I was told there was a parcel for me."

"Ah," Telanis made to walk on, then stopped, lowering his voice. "By the
way,