"Harris speaking."
"You've escaped?"
"They set me free. It's a long story. Did you get a directional fix on the building?"
"Yes. Why did they let you go?"
"I promised to become a Medlin secret agent," Harris said. "My first assignment is to assassinate you."
The chuckle that came from the speaker grid held little mirth. Carver said, "Fill me in on everything that's happened to you since last night."
"For one thing, the Medlins know everything, but everything. When I went to visit the girl last night she was waiting for me with a gun. She stunned me and carted me off to the Medlin headquarters. When I woke up they gave me some weird line about raising a breed of super-Earthmen, and would I help them in this noble cause?"
"You agreed?"
"Of course. They let me go and I'm supposed to eradicate all the Darruui on Earth, beginning with you."
"The others are well scattered," Carver said.