"I must make a bargain first."
"Why should I bargain? You're mine, to do with as I will."
"Quite. But we couldn't last very long. Why waste your imagination on the three of us when you might have thousands?"
Avery's amber eyes opened wide. A shocked incredulity slackened Sheila's rigid muscles. The voice cried:
"Thousands of humans to play with?"
The eager greed sickened Falken. Like a child wanting a bright toy—only the toys were human souls.
"Not until the bargain is made," he said.
"Well? What is the bargain? Quick!"
"Let us go, in return for the game which I shall tell you."
"I might lose you, and then have nothing."