1
"It is a star with a ring around it," said the puppeteer.
2
"I had tried to translate into your terms," said the puppeteer.
3
"Humans," said the puppeteer, "should not be allowed to run loose.
4
"Let us first attempt to contact them," said the puppeteer.
5
"We can study what we cannot understand," said the puppeteer.
6
"Your intuition is wrong," said the puppeteer with silver curls.
7
"I take the human name of Nessus," said the puppeteer.
8
"Of course we will leave," said the puppeteer.
9
"Your species has been decimated," said the puppeteer.
10
"It relates to our destination," said the puppeteer.
11
"Naturally," said the puppeteer with silver curls.
12
"Happy two hundredth birthday," said the puppeteer.
13
"You have guessed correctly," said the puppeteer.
14
"Of course not," said the puppeteer.
15
"But," said the puppeteer, "if her luck has no power, how could she have activated the emergency thruster?
16
"This human and I," said the puppeteer, "will explore a place such as no kzin has ever dreamed.