Henig was sent to obtain a soil sample of the planet. It was a routine assignment, but not necessarily the only method for discovering an-- Three of the hairless bipeds stood in front of the frame building talking. Concealed by the brush beyond the road, Henig studied them carefully. These were the dominant species on this primitive world, unspeakably grotesque things. The pale, white skinned animals had a culture of sorts--their language, their buildings, their wheeled vehicles testified to that--but an animal society was very different from the rational civilization Henig knew.…
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