ssoftsskin

"Truly, " he finally stammered in indignation, -you are ssaying that youhave the ssoftsskin but that you refusse to turn him over to my recognized authority?

Sliding Scales Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004

" Changing tack, he asked abruptly, "The illicit ssoftsskin I sseek: have you sseen him?

Sliding Scales Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004

It wass my intention, truly, to return to the Tier'ss complex later thiss very day to bring the ssoftsskin in.

Sliding Scales Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004

"If the ssoftsskin had access to some kind of transsmitter, iss it not likely hiss hosstss, however otherwisse deluded they may be in their lifesstyle, would have found it by now?

Sliding Scales Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004

"Sso you ssee, Secondary Administrator Takuuna, why the besst thing for now iss ssimply to ignore the ssoftsskin.

Sliding Scales Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004

"Until thiss one fell in amonguss, I had never sseen a ssoftsskin in the flessh.

Sliding Scales Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004

"The quesstion beforeuss, ssoftsskin, iss not even sso much who you are, where you have come from, or what the nature of your true purposse in being in thiss place iss-but what are we of the Tier to do with you?

Sliding Scales Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004

" Unless you can produce hard evidence identifying thiss individual ssoftsskin as a real and pressent danger touss and to our kind, he will remain here, under our protection.

Sliding Scales Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004

"As I am ssure you musst understand, desspite my feelingss toward the ssoftsskin, I do not wissh to rissk my possition within the Tier.

Sliding Scales Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004

"There issa ssoftsskin on Jasst, agitating the Vssey?

Sliding Scales Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004