"Of course." Bregg sounded surprised. "They migrate every year at the
beginning of the dry season. How do you suppose Webber found them so
easily?"
Kieran looked at Webber. He asked, "Then they weren't running from the
Sakae?"
"Of course they were," Paula said. "You saw them yourself, cowering
under the trees when the ship went over."
"The patrol ships frighten them," Bregg said. "Sometimes to the point of
stampeding them, which is why we use them only in emergencies. The
people do not connect the ships with us."
"That," said Paula flatly, "is a lie."
Bregg sighed. "Enthusiasts always believe what they want to believe.
Come and see for yourself."