"And in peace we come!" Charlie called. A moment later he was shaking hands gravely with Captain Purcell.
"Tell the captain about—about my corpse," Chandler told Tashtu.
Charlie looked at Chandler. He had seen the dead man. "Did Robin make you?" he asked in surprise. "We never brought the dead to life before."
"Can you really do it?" Purcell demanded.
"No, not really. But we can copy perfectly—and the copies live."
"You see?" Chandler demanded triumphantly.
Captain Purcell said: "Show me."
Charlie created a brother to the roan stallion. Captain Purcell gawked. The one example sufficed and he did not ask for more as Glaudot had done.
"Where's Robin?" Charlie asked. "At the ship?"