Amdiranifani translated: "There is something else; he has asked me about it before. Jefri knows how to wake the other children --" the word literally meant "pack of puppies", "-- on the ship. You look surprised, my lord Steel?" Even though he no longer dreamed in terror of monster minds, Steel would just as soon not have a hundred more aliens running around. "I hadn't realized they could be wakened so easily.... But we shouldn't do it right now. We're having trouble finding food that Jefri can eat." That was true; the creature was an incredibly finicky eater. "I don't think we could feed any more right now." More grunting. More sharp cries from Jefri. Finally,
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