What was the change in her, this morning? Ted sensed it, but couldn't isolate it. And what had motivated it? Being with Henri?
Peak thought, "I can smell, too, now. Ha, you've brought another subject up?"
"I'm going to have to. That Truesdale is getting conscience attacks. It seems to be an Earth trait. I've got an awful hot wire on the line, though. He could materialize us fast."
"Well, get him, get him. Or stir up Truesdale. Maybe you could alienate him from his wife and he'd spend more time here."
"I'm doing my best, sir. The situation is—muddled. The wife doesn't favor me at all."
"Watch yourself. Be careful."
"That I will."
In their glade, Bee outer-thought, "Darling, I can see! Ha didn't desert us. Sweetheart, Lust is wakening."
"I can't see, dearest. Are you going to materialize and not I? Beloved, if—"