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"I can't do it," Colin said at last, sounding frustrated.


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A Coming of Age

"That's okay," Jarvis told him. "Don't worry about it. HereтАФwhy don't you see if you can teek the
pod all the way over the chimney, okay? Then you can play for a couple of hours before it'll be time
for dinner."

"Okay." Obviously relieved to be back on familiar ground, Colin teeked the pod from Jarvis's hand
and sent it skittering between the conetree's lower branches. Craning his neck as he stood up, Jarvis
saw the pod sail high over the cabin.

Smiling, he headed back toward the cabin door. Dinner would be trehhost pastaтАФone of Colin's
favorite dishes, he knew from his Vaduz Park conversations. He'd better get started on it; the slow-
cooking a trehhost required would take a while.

And later that evening there would be games, conversation, and some unobtrusive testing... and,
perhaps, another shot.




Chapter 7
It had begun to cloud up while Lisa was eating dinner, and as she flew over Barona's lengthening
shadows, she decided it would probably start raining by morning. That could be a new headache for
the foreman at her construction site; after losing the use of Lisa's group last Friday, he wouldn't be
happy if a heavy rain deprived him of their services tomorrow as well. But rain in the eyes could
cause kids to lose their grip at crucial times, and no builder was foolish enough to risk that. Gavra
wouldn't permit it, anyway.

The Lee Introductory School was in a section of Barona Lisa had only visited once or twice before,
and it took some hunting before she finally located the squat three-story building. After the tall,
majestic towers of the hive, Lee Intro seemed almost selfconsciously earthbound, and it made her
feel a little creepy as she landed by its front door. I'll be just as earthbound soon, she thought.
Steeling herself, she walked inside.

The door opened into a spacious lounge about half-full of teens, many of them frowning intently into
colorful books. The room itself was much friendlier and less intimidating than the reading area at the
library had been, but still Lisa hesitated at the threshold. Maybe she should just go home and forget
all of thisтАФ

"May I help you?" a courteous voice came from her right.

Startled, Lisa turned and saw for the first time the alcove just inside the outer door. A young adult
sat behind a desk there, a telephone and long sheet of paper in front of him.

"I'm looking for Daryl Kellerman," she said, stepping over to him. "He used to be at the Dayspring
Hive."