I stood up. "Okay, Jedon Onomondo. Let's go. I'll get him out of the
Grand Capitol, and we'll take a look at him."
"Fair enough," said the Damakoi. "Let's go."
* * * * *
By the time we got back to the Grand Capitol, things had happened. My
assistant, Ned, was waiting for me by the main gate. When my car pulled
up, he leaped aboard.
"Chief, something's happened. Nothing really serious, except that that
Damakoi that you left here has been hit by a high-frequency guard beam."
"How did that happen?"
Ned shrugged. "One of the guards let him walk around. Somehow, he
managed to get hit by a beam. We can't figure out how; none of the ways
to the guard beams are open. A freakish occurrence.
"Holdreth Khain doesn't know what happened. Evidently, he dragged
himself from where he was hit. We have him in the Special Room now."