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[5] Sa Dak, master in Abruian. Ubca-tor always referred to Moura so.
[6] Author’s note: As biographer of this history, I take the liberty of presenting the following story as told by Elsie Rollins-weiti in the third person so as to omit the necessity of the many interruptions in its telling, and to keep its chronological order which was often upset as she recalled happenings and events out of order.
[7] Anyaka, the Abruian word of endearment.
[8] A brownish, resinous material, of waxy consistency, collected by bees from the buds of trees and used as a cement.
[9] Aro—of Abrui—two and a half hours of Earthly time.
[10] The life of these creatures was twenty kalan (years) ordinarily, but the injection prevented them from attaining adult life and shortened their span by more than half.
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leslie F. Stone, The Void Saga
