The Forever Hero (1987)
“Despite the strange assortment of sounds, behind the surface chaos was a clearly identifiable theme—harmony.
Only the silence of those listening around the arena kept Gerswin from snorting aloud, but he maintained his attentive and superficially reverent position while studying the guards around him, and beyond them the red stone arena. He had mentally dubbed the aliens Ursans, for want of a better term, and because they resembled bears more than any other of the animals he had run across.
One ...of the Ursan officers, or clan leaders, or whatever their class of leaders were called, stepped a pace closer, but did not look directly at the I.S.S. officer.
While Gerswin didn’t understand the language, he had a fair idea why he had been escorted to the arena near what he thought was the capitol. He hoped he was right.
Although he had misgivings about leaving the Fleurdilis in Lieutenant Harsna’s hands, with Major Strackna unstable and under restraint, there hadn’t been any real alternative.MoreLess
Only the silence of those listening around the arena kept Gerswin from snorting aloud, but he maintained his attentive and superficially reverent position while studying the guards around him, and beyond them the red stone arena. He had mentally dubbed the aliens Ursans, for want of a better term, and because they resembled bears more than any other of the animals he had run across.
One ...of the Ursan officers, or clan leaders, or whatever their class of leaders were called, stepped a pace closer, but did not look directly at the I.S.S. officer.
While Gerswin didn’t understand the language, he had a fair idea why he had been escorted to the arena near what he thought was the capitol. He hoped he was right.
Although he had misgivings about leaving the Fleurdilis in Lieutenant Harsna’s hands, with Major Strackna unstable and under restraint, there hadn’t been any real alternative.MoreLess
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