"What is it? Where?"
Abruptly Kari's face changed. She pressed herself against Stuart,
avoiding his lips, simply seeking--he knew--warmth and companionship.
She was crying softly.
"So long--" Kari whispered, her arms tight around him. "I've been here
so long--with the gods. And I'm so lonely, Derek Stuart. So lonely for
green fields and fires and the blue sky. I wish--"
"You'll see Earth again," Stuart promised. At that Kari pulled away.
Her strange half-breed loveliness was never more real than then, with
tears sparkling on her dark lashes, and her mouth trembling.