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III
Space is deep and beautiful, ruthless but predictable,
Inhuman.

The men of Earth are only some of these.

From EARTH, by Chandra Queiros


Han var Ahmed, son t’ Ahmed, han var såd a Kassis spihunn i Kyng Janos hov på
Pestad.
Svarthud var han likså faren, långsynt åsa som d’ älren, slug å kail i pann som
faren.
Laste ikke tankar tväätom, såg han aj i själ som faren, fäsen tävelte om makten i d’
sajkarl hövdingringen.
Ikke fegling som d’ älren, dolte aj i prysi jömme, kjämpe han, jääv liks å vasam,
hövding han blann orkahodern.
Hätte rival, luden Drekå, han som gläde sej i törtyr, sjalson t’ d’ aset Kassi.

[Ahmed was he, son of Ahmed, was the seed of Kazi’s spy-dog in the Magyar court
of Janos.
Black-skinned was he like his father, patient also like the elder, ruthless, cunning,
as his sire was.
Was no telepath however, read not minds as had his father, though he strove to
rule the psi men.
Was no coward like his father skulking in a velvet covert, was a warrior hard and
wary, was a chieftain in the orc horde.
Had a rival, hairy Draco, he whose pleasures lie in tortures,
Draco, soul-child of dead Kazi.]

From THE JÄRNHANN SAGA,
Kumalo translation.

The buckled lattice of leather straps reached high on the ankles, as on Roman sandals.
The leather soles were needlessly thick and hard, however, and noisy with metal bosses
and heel plates. They clattered harshly in the stone corridor, driven by five pairs of
strong purposeful bare legs, and turned a blind corner without caution. Two slaves,

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