"No! No! You couldn't know. And you couldn't believe. I have been--"
And he stopped, faint with his knowledge of what she was and what
she must be thinking deep in her mind. He must be cunning, strong,
treacherous, too! He quivered with effort, laughed in the strange way
that was possible for him.
"I have been," he chided, "ten billion light years away. I discovered
fourteen million new comets and tied their beards together!"
She was piqued. "You must have been to a very interesting place," she
decided. Tentatively: "Shall we go there together, Devil Star? I am
tired of playing with those silly energy children. They're stupid."