"That's ridiculous," I said. "Holdreth Khain isn't carrying any theta
bomb. We've checked him very carefully."
"I know," said Jedon Onomondo. "That's where you're wrong in the second
place. _Zorvash Pedrik isn't and never has been carrying a bomb._"
I was careful with my expression. "You mean he's going to use some
other method to blow up the Grand Capitol? Or is there some other trick
he's going to try?"
The Damakoi shook his head. "That isn't it. What I mean is that
Zorvash Pedrik is a lunatic--he's absolutely insane!"
* * * * *
"Tell me more."
"Zorvash Pedrik is a madman," the Damakoi repeated. "He's been in
neuropsychiatric hospitals more than once. He likes to think of himself
as a great savior of the people--any people. On Damak, he has denounced
more than one person falsely. He has denounced anti-Government and
pro-Government men alike.
"He doesn't have any reason for it; he just likes to hog glory--any
kind of glory."
"Wait a minute," I said. "This doesn't follow the pattern. I don't
think that our Holdreth Khain is Zorvash Pedrik."