"No, no, I mean it," said Chryseis earnestly. "Shorzon had you put in
here alone not out of malice, but simply to make this private talk
possible. You can help us with a project so immeasurably greater than
your petty quarrels that anything you can ask in return will be as
nothing. And you are the one man who can do so.
"I tell you this so that, realizing you have some kind of bargaining
position, you will meet as us as equal to equal, not as prisoner to
captor. If you agree to aid us, you will be released this instant."
With a sudden flame within him, Corun tautened his huge body. O gods--O
almighty gods beyond the clouds--if it were true--!