"Where?"
"Two vursts from here—down the hill. They're camped near a road. They have a big ground car with them."
"Did you see them?"
"Yes."
"What did they look like?"
The radiance in the cubicle flicked out. "They're horrible!" Ven said. "Monstrous! Four or five times our size! I never saw anything so hideous!"
"Did they see you?"
"No, I don't think so. They weren't looking in my direction at first. And I don't think they can sense, because I was frightened and they didn't respond to my projection." She was beginning to recover.
"You couldn't have been too frightened," I said. "I didn't hear you—and you can reach farther than two vursts."
"Mostly I was repelled," Ven admitted.