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The guard had departed. \parCaptain Han Pritcher was ordered to the rebel world called Haven in the strongest terms. Even before my war with the Foundation had opened, I had already sent delegates to negotiate with the Empire. When he can, Toran, when he can.

Then he stopped and looked back at me again. \par Not yet. A squab with a sword, he said. Forever War, John Wyndham’s Chocky, and Isaac Asimov’s Foundation; no doubt some of these will show up sooner or later, although i