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SEVEN IT WAS TIME to rouse Goth once more ... past time by twenty minutes or so. But let her sleep a little longer, the captain thought. This alternatewatch arrangement would get to be a grind before the Chaladoor run was over! If he could only trust one of the others on board.... Well, he couldnt. He sniffed. For a moment hed fancied a delicate suggestion of perfume in the air. Imagination. Hulik do Eldel used perfume, but it was over twentyfour hours since shed been in the control room. Besides she didnt use this kind. Something stirred in his memory. Who did use this kind of perfume? Wasnt it…? Do you have a few minutes to spare for me, Captain Aron? somebody purred throatily behind him. He started, spun about in the chair. Redheaded Sunnat leaned with lazy, leggy grace against the far wall of the control room, eyes half shut, smiling at him. Her costume was the one which most of all had set the captains pulses leaping rapidly, when shed slid off her cloak and revealed it to him, back in Zergandol. He started again, but less violently. Not bad! he remarked. He cleared his throat. You were off on the voice though, and pretty far off, Id say, on the perfume. Sunnat stared at him a moment, smile fading. Hmm! she said coldly. She turned, swayed into Goths cabin. Goth came out a moment later, half frowning, half grinning. Thought I was her pretty good! she started. Voice, too! You were, really! the captain admitted. And just what, may I ask, was the idea? Goth hitched herself up on the communicator table and dangled her legs. Got to practice, she explained. Theres a lot to it. Not easy to hold the whole thing together either! Light waves, sound waves, and scents, eh? No, I imagine it wouldnt be. Thats all you do? Right now its all, nodded Goth. The captain reflected. Another thing, if you saw that costume of hers, you were doing some underhanded snoopingaround in Zergandol! Looked like you might need help, Goth said darkly. Well, I didnt! No. She grinned. Couldnt k