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Having just listened to as concise a briefing as the relevant department had been able to prepare with virtually no notice at all, vaan Leuderwolk filled her in on what was known about the Unop-Patha as it had been related to him.

Dirge Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000

Turning toward the two Unop-Patha the human glanced down.

Dirge Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000

As soon as ship-to-ship communications were established and the taxonomy of the Unop-Patha crew confirmed, the visitors were allowed to proceed as they wished.

Dirge Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000

The Unop-Patha were not sophisticated, but they were thorough.

Dirge Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000

The Unop-Patha were not particularly courageous, but they were persistent.

Dirge Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000

What they could see of its face and head inside a helmet were almost as shaggy as those of an Unop-Patha, but the eyes were far too small and the mouth too large.

Dirge Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000

The Unop-Patha were neither bold nor threatening, finding the maintenance of even formal relations with other intelligent races a strain on their limited resources.

Dirge Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000

Even if the Unop-Patha had not provided details of the vessel's location, it would have been easy to find.

Dirge Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000

They made the transfer in a couple of the Ronin's accessory craft - not because Lahtehoja and vaan Leuderwolk did not trust the patently inoffensive Unop-Patha, but because the transportation the aliens courteously offered to provide would have been too cramped even for the purposely diminutive group of physicians and assistants.

Dirge Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000

Certainly the Unop-Patha and their pitiable vessel looked harmless, but they would nevertheless be watched carefully and scanned periodically until they left the system or reentered space-plus.

Dirge Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000