"You don't trust me, Limio. Listen. I don't come to kill, I came to bring peace."
"You are a fool, man, but I'm not. Go away, while you are in one piece."
"I offer you a long life and a more exciting one!"
As he spoke Karns glanced behind him. Adstrom's ship was circling above, ready to dive. It would try to disable Burnt Atom II, board the ship and rescue Sandra, and then leave Karns to Limio's mercy.
"The last earthman to come here talked of progress," Limio said. "You speak of other gifts. What—"
"Not a gift, Limio, but a price! We terrestrials wish to buy precious minerals you guard on Chaos."
"What has happened of progress on earth?"
"The minerals represent our ideal of progress."
"Do the minerals make you grow?"
"No, Limio."