"It's no use, Gorla. It can't lift the three of us with the jet half-clogged."
Gorla's voice came sharp and clear. "Then I stay. Take him on. That's the important thing. He must be made to see...."
Telis realized with agonizing helplessness that since the sled could not lift three persons Gorla was remaining behind. To face the Guski!
He tried to cry out his protest, but he was too weak to do more than moan.
"Can you find the way?" Gorla asked the girl.
"I have maps. There's the transmitter, too. I can come in on D-F fixes. But what about you?"
"Never mind me ... remember, the fate of my world goes with you ... and with Telis. Explain that to him ... after he knows...."
Telis heard the motor speed up again, and he felt the bumping of the runners on the sand. But he was unconscious before the sled lifted into the air....
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