Snake paused for a minute. Then nodded.
"Do you think he was trying to kill you?"
Snake nodded again.
"Did you know that the man killed this morning in your place was one of the two men who came back from Aptor with the Priestess?"
Snake looked surprised.
"And that the other one drowned this morning, fell overboard, and was lost?"
Snake nearly jumped.
"What is it?"
Look ... for ... him ... all ... morning. He ... not ... dead ... hear ... thoughts ... dim ... low.
"Who's not dead?" Geo asked. "Which one?"